Patent ID: 8522841

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of additive storage cavities configured to contain at least one additive substance, each additive storage cavity comprising: a top sealed by an upper thin plate, the upper thin plate includes an upper sealed hole spanning a limited portion of the upper thin plate, a bottom sealed by a lower thin plate, the lower thin plate includes a lower sealed hole spanning a limited portion of the lower thin plate and is configured to be vertically aligned with the upper sealed hole, each of the upper sealed hole and the lower sealed hole are configured to be punctured by a cavity piercing mechanism, and each additive storage cavity is configured to guide the cavity piercing mechanism to pass vertically through the additive storage cavity via puncture of a portion of the upper sealed hole and a portion of the lower sealed hole; a lower base liquid container configured to store a base liquid, the lower base liquid container is sealed at its top by a puncturable upper surface; and the apparatus is configured to release a selected additive substance from a selected additive storage cavity into the lower base liquid container by receiving the cavity piercing mechanism to pass vertically through the selected additive storage cavity into the lower base container.