Patent ID: 6220147
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A device to assist a drink maker in preparing beverages with an espresso machine of a type which has a porta-filter with a brewing enclosure connectable to a group head of the espresso machine, the brewing enclosure including a brewing chamber in which various different brewable substances can be exposed to heated water to make part of a beverage, the device comprising in combination:a tube having a top end attached to a discharge of the brewing enclosure of the porta-filter and a lower end opposite said top end, said tube including an interior conduit extending between said top end and said lower end;said tube including means to adjustably alter a position of said lower end both horizontally and vertically relative to said brewing enclosure; andwherein said position alteration means includes means to pivot said tube vertically relative to said brewing enclosure.