Patent ID: 9101163
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A23F,A23L,A23V,B65D,B67D

Abstract:
1. A sealed cartridge for a beverage preparation system with a beverage dispenser for producing a brewed beverage, the sealed cartridge comprising: an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge, an outlet downstream of the inlet for the discharge of the brewed beverage from the cartridge non-gelled beverage liquid concentrate comprising a liquid concentrate and about 0.01 to about 5 weight% in total of one or more thickeners, a flow path connecting the inlet to the outlet and comprising a constriction downstream from the non-gelled beverage liquid concentrate and, wherein the flow path includes the non-gelled beverage liquid concentrate, and wherein the beverage liquid concentrate is non-gelled when in the sealed cartridge so that the beverage liquid concentrate can flow through the constriction and wherein the thickeners provide for the brewed beverage to thicken after the beverage is dispensed from the beverage dispenser.