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

Claim 14:
15. 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 to produce a first measured temperature;
comparing the first 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 direct 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;
cooling the cold water received from a water inlet connection using a first cooling device which furnishes cooled cold water to the controllable metering valve for metering the amount of cold water; and
cooling the hot beverage in a second cooling device by indirect cooling after the metered amount of cold water is supplied.