Patent ID: 8448565

Claim:
A beverage brewing substance transfer device for use with a beverage brewing substance holder of a beverage maker, the beverage brewing substance holder defining at least a portion of a brewing chamber of the beverage maker for use in brewing a beverage, the beverage brewing substance transfer device collecting, retaining and transferring beverage brewing substance to the beverage brewing substance holder, the beverage brewing substance transfer device comprising: a wall defining a cavity therein; a rim of the wall defining a transfer mouth, the transfer mouth being the only passage for beverage brewing substance into and out of the beverage brewing substance transfer device; the beverage brewing substance holder having a rim defining a holder mouth; and a first mating structure on the rim of the beverage brewing substance transfer device mating directly and dimensionally with the rim of the beverage brewing substance holder mouth to allow the beverage brewing substance transfer device to mate with the beverage brewing substance holder to facilitate transfer of beverage brewing substance from the beverage brewing substance transfer device to the beverage brewing substance holder.