Patent ID: 8124150

Claim:
A process of controlling brewing of beverages from a brewing apparatus, comprising: operating a controller to send signals to appropriate electrically operated components in the brewing of beverages; and in accord with the sent signals, the electrically operated components implementing: pressurizing and heating incoming water; feeding the pressurized, heated, incoming water into a brewing chamber volume of a brewing chamber; filtering the pressurized, heated, incoming water through ground edible ingredients in the brewing chamber; brewing a beverage with the filtered, pressurized, heated incoming water in the brewing chamber; dispensing a beverage from the brewing chamber at an actual flow rate; detecting real-time data of at least the actual beverage flow rate of the beverage dispensed; comparing said detected real-time data with said stored data during the brewing to determine whether a correction to the actual beverage flow rate should be made; and, if so, selecting a beverage brewing parameter from the group consisting of the flow rate of the pressurized, heated, incoming water upstream of the brewing chamber and the volume of the brewing chamber; selecting the equipment from the group consisting of one or more pumps that are upstream of the brewing chamber and operative to alter the flow rate of the pressurized, heated, incoming water to the brewing chamber, at least one valve that is upstream of the brewing chamber and operative to alter the flow rate of the pressurized, heated incoming water to the brewing chamber, and at least one motor that controls at least one of two brewing pistons that move to alter the volume of the brewing chamber and thereby the flow rate of the pressurized, heated, incoming water to the brewing chamber; and altering the selected beverage brewing parameter in real-time during the brewing to an extent that brings said actual beverage flow rate in line with said stored data during the brewing by sending appropriate signals to the selected equipment to carry out the altering.