Patent ID: 7243818

Claim:
In a system of dispensing beverages using water as a motive force and a venturi mixing device to mix the water with a beverage base to produce a beverage output, the improvement comprising a system having: at least one liquid beverage base input line with a first control device disposed upstream of a venturi chamber of a venturi mixing device, at least one liquid beverage base input line adapted to connect at least one liquid beverage base source with the venturi chamber; or at least one liquid beverage base input line and at least one liquid beverage sweetener and/or flavoring input line with a second control device disposed between the venturi chamber of the venturi mixing device, at least one liquid beverage sweetener and/or flavoring input line adapted to connect at least one liquid beverage sweetener and/or flavoring source with the venturi chamber; a single beverage outlet from the venturi mixing device having a dispensing valve; a water input connected to the venturi mixing device for supplying pressurized water as the motive force for both mixing of the at least one beverage base or the at least one beverage base and the at least one liquid beverage sweetener and/or flavoring and the water to form the beverage, and propelling the beverage from the venturi mixing device to an outlet of the dispensing valve; means for controlling the taste of the beverage output by controlling input into the venturi chamber; and a unit sized to be portable and easily moved, the unit enclosing the venturi mixing device and including a chamber to retain the at least one liquid beverage base source, the unit also having the water input and the dispensing valve mounted thereto.