Patent ID: 7311037

Claim:
A beverage brewing system, comprising: a beverage brewing machine having a housing, a water reservoir, an electrical heating element for heating water and a location to receive a brew basket, the brewing machine heating water from the water reservoir; a plurality of filter packs for use with the beverage brewing machine, each filter pack containing an amount of grinds sufficient to brew approximately only a single serving of brewed beverage; and a plurality of single serving disposable brew baskets for use with the beverage brewing machine, the brew baskets being inserted into the location in the beverage brewing machine, the brew baskets comprising a bottom and a wall extending generally upwardly from the bottom to define a brewing reservoir, the bottom and wall being formed with a disposable rigid non-collapsible one-piece construction, the bottom having a port there through to permit a brewed beverage to flow from the brewing reservoir of the disposable brew basket into a single serving beverage container located proximate to the beverage brewing machine, the wall of the brew basket extending upwardly from the bottom to an open top, the brewing reservoir having a size dimensioned appropriate to make approximately only a single serving of beverage during a brewing operation, the brewing reservoir being sufficiently large to hold at least one of the filter packs and the heated water while brewing without a level of the heated water rising above and overflowing the open top; and a first package including at least one of the brew baskets and a second package including at least one of the filter packs, the first and second packages being separate from one another.