Patent ID: 11903395
Assignee: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A coffee composition comprising:
a plurality of dried, coated ground roast coffee particles compacted to a compaction of 60% to 70%;
wherein the coating binds the plurality of coated ground roast coffee particles into a three-dimensional coffee structure and is formed from a mixture of a first coffee extract that includes coffee solids from instant coffee and a second coffee extract that includes coffee solids, wherein the second coffee extract is extracted from the plurality of ground roast coffee particles, the coating has an average thickness in the range of 5 microns to 1,500 microns and the average coating coverage of an outer surface of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles is in the range of 50% to 100%;
wherein a weight percent of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles is in the range of 60 wt % to 82.5 wt % based on of the total weight of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract,
a weight percent of the first coffee extract is in the range of 17.5 wt % to 40 wt % based on of the total weight of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract.