Patent ID: 8003145

Claim:
A method for delivering a one or more customized beverage products with a beverage delivery system, the method comprising: a) providing a data input device for receiving and collecting one or more sets of consumer preference data; b) the data input device communicating the one or more sets of consumer preference data to a customization director; c) the customization director processing the one or more sets of consumer preference data collected by the data input device and generating one or more sets of executable instructions for producing one or more individually customized beverage products; d) the customization director communicating to a beverage delivery system the one or more sets of executable instructions for producing the one or more individually customized beverage products; e) brewing a beverage extract in the beverage delivery system and fractionating the beverage extract during brewing to form a plurality of fractions including at least an earlier fraction and a later fraction; f) separately holding at least two of the plurality of fractions in the beverage delivery system for a minimum period of about 5 minutes after the onset of brewing; g) using at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of held fractions to produce the one or more customized beverage products based upon the collected consumer preference data; and wherein the beverage delivery system is capable of producing the one or more customized beverage products by using at least a portion of one of the plurality of held fractions and producing the one or more customized beverage products by using a mixture of at least two of the plurality of held fractions based upon the collected consumer preference data.