Patent ID: 9743802
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A process for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage machine using a capsule comprising tea leaves, the process comprising: a) introducing hot water delivered from a pumping and heating member in the capsule to submerge the tea leaves in the capsule enclosure; b) letting the tea leaves soak; c) introducing hot water into the capsule until the required volume of beverage is delivered; and continuously delivering water from the pumping and heating members during the three steps and continuously introduced in the capsule from the beginning of step a) until the end of step c) wherein the capsule comprises a filtering wall defining at least one filtering side of the enclosure, and an overflow wall that is located in the path of the brewed liquid after a filtering wall and comprises at least one overflow aperture, wherein the filtering wall extends from below a median horizontal plane passing through the enclosure when the capsule is positioned so that the overflow aperture is located above the plane.