Patent ID: 7980170

Claim:
An apparatus for making coffee-based or tea-based drinks, the apparatus containing; a cooker portion which is capable of containing a coffee powder or tea and is used to make coffee or tea concentrate by an espresso method, a storage vessel for receiving coffee or tea concentrate from the cooker portion, wherein the storage vessel of the coffee or tea concentrate, which is connected to the cooker portion, contains an air lock and is hermetic to reduce oxidation of the concentrate, and contains a heating means to maintain the concentrate at a predetermined temperature, and a mixing tank, which is connected to the storage vessel and which has pipeline fittings for cold and hot water and a pipe fitting for taking the finished coffee or tea drink out of the equipment, whereby the mixing tank makes it possible to mix the coffee or tea concentrate and water in a suitable proportion so as to obtain a coffee or tea drink with a desired strength, whereby the storage vessel and the mixing tank are adapted to operate in normal pressure.