Patent ID: 8783164

Claim:
A system for dosing coffee beans, comprising: an apparatus provided with a coffee been grinder; a coffee bean package provided with at least one wall which encloses at least largely an inner space for coffee beans, a coffee bean outlet for delivering coffee beans, and a coupling part for coupling and uncoupling the coffee bean package with the apparatus provided with the coffee bean grinder, and an at least partly movably arranged coffee bean receiving device for supplying coffee beans from the coffee bean package to the grinder, which coffee bean receiving device is provided with a dosing space for being capable of containing a predetermined dose of coffee beans, wherein the coffee bean receiving device and the dosing space are arranged to be guided via the coffee bean outlet into the inner space of the coffee bean package for letting coffee beans from the coffee bean package into the dosing space, and to guide the coffee bean receiving device and the dosing space via the coffee bean outlet out of the inner space of the coffee bean package for supplying the dose of coffee beans from the dosing space to the grinder. wherein the coffee bean package is provided with a closing member arranged to close off the coffee bean outlet so that when the coffee bean package is uncoupled from the coffee making apparatus exposure of the coffee beans in the coffee bean package to ambient air is prevented, and wherein the closing member is provided with a second coupling part for coupling and uncoupling with the coffee bean receiving device.