Patent ID: 6488976
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A23F,A47J

Abstract:
A method for brewing tea including the steps of:providing an espresso machine including a water boiler therein and a group head coupled to the boiler, the group head providing an exit from the espresso machine for water from the boiler, the group head including means to attach in a removable sealing manner with a brewing enclosure; providing the brewing enclosure with a brewing chamber therein and an outlet, the outlet at a lower end of a hollow outlet tube, the tube attached to the brewing enclosure in a movable fashion, such that the lower end of the outlet tube can be adjustably positioned while the brewing enclosure remains stationary, a flow rate restriction means located between the brewing chamber and the outlet; configuring the group head and the brewing enclosure to attach in a removable sealing manner to each other such that water from the boiler can pass out of the group head, through the brewing chamber of the brewing enclosure and to the outlet; locating a brewable substance derived from a tea plant within the brewing chamber; attaching the brewing enclosure to the group head; passing water from the boiler of the espresso machine through the group head exit to the brewing chamber of the brewing enclosure, adjacent the brewable substance and out of the outlet, where the water has become tea; maintaining a pressure above atmospheric pressure within the brewing chamber during at least a portion of said passing step; and agitating the water and the brewable substance within the brewing chamber with agitation sufficient to move the brewable substance within the brewing chamber.