Patent ID: 11925289
Assignee: MELITTA PROFESSIONAL COFFEE SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 20:
21. A method for adjusting a desired dispensing temperature of a hot beverage from an automatic beverage maker, comprising the following steps:
providing hot water by a boiler;
providing the hot beverage by a brewing unit supplied with the hot water from the boiler;
measuring a temperature of the hot beverage output from the brewing unit;
comparing the measured temperature with the desired dispensing temperature of the hot beverage;
adjusting the first measured temperature of the hot beverage to the desired dispensing temperature by cooling that is effected at least partially using a controllable metering valve to supply a metered amount of cold water to the hot beverage provided by the brewing unit or to the hot water supplied to the brewing unit; and
homogenizing a mixture of the hot beverage and cold water before the measuring of the temperature.