Patent ID: 8613248

Claim:
An apparatus for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption from at least two ingredients and an amount of liquid, which is supplied to the ingredients, wherein a first ingredient comprises a substance to be dissolved and a second ingredient comprises a substance to be extracted, the apparatus being provided with an at least one holder system for receiving and physically separating the first and the second ingredient, the holder system being provided with an at least one inflow opening and an at least one outflow opening and a liquid supply means configured for, during preparation of a single beverage, supplying a liquid from a first reservoir to the at least one inflow opening of the holder system, wherein the apparatus includes a control device for controlling the liquid supply means for supplying, during at least a first period, a first portion of the liquid having, at most, a maximum first temperature to the holder system so that the liquid comes into contact with the first and the second ingredient, the maximum first temperature predetermined so that, during the first period, the first ingredient is substantially dissolved but substantially none of the second ingredient is extracted, for obtaining a first beverage part of the beverage which is dispensed via the at least one outflow opening, and controlling the liquid supply means for supplying, during at least a second period, a second portion of the liquid having, at least, a minimum second temperature to the holder system so that the liquid comes into contact with the first and the second ingredient, the minimum second temperature being predetermined so that, during the second period, the second ingredient is extracted, for obtaining a second beverage part of the beverage which is dispensed via the at least one outflow opening.