Patent ID: 8012523
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A method for inserting brewing substances within a permeable, deformable and permanent filtering pod for brewing beverages, comprising: applying finger pressure to opposing sides of the deformable pod; deforming a sealed slit on the top surface of the pod to create an opening in the slit into a cavity within the pod; inserting a pre-selected amount of brewing substance into the cavity of the pod through the opened slit to vary the strength of the brew beverage to meet a particular desired taste level for the brewed beverage; releasing the finger pressure on the opposing sides of the deformable pod thereby returning to the pod to its non-deformed state so that the slit seals the opening into the cavity of the pod making the pod ready for brewing the beverage; wherein the pod includes an annular pod rim around the circumference of the pod, placing the pod rim on top of an inner rim of a brewing basket and generally horizontally disposed on the bottom portion of the basket on a brewer machine to hold the pod in place during the brewing process and passing a hot liquid through the sealed pod with the brewing substances therein to make the brewed beverage.