Patent ID: 8062682
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A23F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A closed, sealed container for containing at least one beverage ingredient to produce a beverage when combined with a liquid injected under pressure into the container when the container is inserted into a beverage machine, which comprises an external wall or walls made of a liquid impermeable material and configured to withstand internal pressures greater than atmospheric pressure and retain a liquid pressurized above atmospheric pressure in the container, and at least first and second separated compartments therein, each compartment containing an ingredient or a mixture of ingredients that is different from that contained in the other compartment, wherein the first compartment is configured, dimensioned and arranged to release the ingredient or mixture of ingredients at a delayed time relative to the second compartment when liquid is introduced under pressure into the container to prepare the beverage, wherein the pressure of the injected liquid creates an interior pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure in the first compartment and the interior pressure build-up contributes to the delayed release of the ingredient or mixture of ingredients.