Patent ID: 8062684

Claim:
A method for delivering an individually customized coffee beverage product to an individual consumer, said method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining information regarding said consumer's preferences with a customization interface; b) processing said information with said customization interface; c) communicating said information to a beverage delivery system with said customization interface; d) delivering an individually customized coffee beverage product with said beverage delivery system, based upon the information processed by the customization interface, wherein the beverage delivery system performs the following steps: (i) holding at least a portion of a beverage extract in contact with coffee grounds in the beverage delivery system for from about 5 minutes to about 48 hours after the onset of brewing of the extract; (ii) filtering at least a portion of the extract held in contact with the coffee grounds to create a filtered extract; and (iii) using at least a portion of the filtered extract to produce the individually customized coffee beverage product.