Patent ID: 11896025
Assignee: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A structured coffee composition comprising:
a plurality of ground roast coffee particles that each include an outer surface;
a matrix 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; and wherein the matrix is on the outer surface of the ground roast coffee particles and binds the plurality of ground roast coffee particles together to form a compacted structure compacted to a compaction of 60% to 70%;
wherein a weight percent of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles is in the range of 65 wt % to 82.5 wt % based on the total weight of the ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract, and
a weight percent of the first coffee extract is in the range of 17.5 wt % to 35 wt % based on the total weight of ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract.