Patent ID: 7258884

Claim:
A method of supplying in-room beverage service to a lodging establishment that provides beverage dispensers in rooms of the lodging establishment for use by a plurality of different lodging guests, the beverage dispensers comprising a water reservoir, an electrical heating element for heating water, and a location at which heated water is discharged, the method comprising: (a) providing a plurality of disposable filter packs, the filter packs containing an amount of grounds to brew approximately only a single serving of brewed beverage; (b) providing a plurality of one-time, single-use, single-serving disposable brew baskets, each brew basket comprising a bottom and a wall extending generally upwardly from the bottom to define a brewing reservoir, the bottom and wall being formed with a disposable rigid one-piece construction, the bottom having a port there through to permit a brewed beverage to flow from the brewing reservoir of the disposable brew basket into a single serving beverage container located proximate to the beverage dispenser, the wall of the basket extending upwardly from the bottom to an open top, the brewing reservoir having a size dimensioned appropriate to make approximately only a single serving of beverage during a single brewing operation, the brewing area being sufficiently large to hold one of the filter packs and the heated water while brewing without a level of the heated water rising above and overflowing the open top; (c) supplying the rooms with at least one of the plurality of disposable brew baskets; (d) supplying the rooms with at least one of the disposable filter packs, where the brew basket and filter pack are used for brewing a single serving of beverage; and (e) after using the brew basket and filter pack in a single brewing operation, discarding the brew basket and filter pack, and supplying a new unused brew basket and new filter pack in the room.