Patent ID: 7845509

Claim:
A lid for a beverage container for holding a decoction beverage, for a disposable tea container; said lid comprising: a base plate; a cover arranged at a distance from the base plate; and wherein the cover is arranged sloping at an acute angle to the base plate; a holding space being formed between the base plate and the cover and bounded by a circumferential side wall; wherein the side wall includes a circumferential clamping edge adapted to engage a rim of a beverage container and oriented so that when the rim of the beverage container is engaged thereby, the base plate is disposed intermediate the beverage container and the cover; a first opening being provided in the base plate through which a decoction unit containing a decoction material can be guided; and a second opening smaller than the first opening being formed in one of the cover and between the cover and the side wall, through which a section of the decoction unit can be guided, said holding space being of such dimensions as to hold at least part of the decoction unit.