Patent ID: 8257768

Claim:
A method of preparing a beverage suitable for human consumption with a fine-bubble foam layer, the method comprising acts of: supplying a liquid jet of the beverage to a receiving unit such that the jet enters the receiving unit under pressure for obtaining the beverage with the fine-bubble foam layer, the receiving unit having a chamber with at least one drain opening for delivering the beverage with the fine-bubble foam layer and a jet impact member accommodated in the chamber and having a top which lies free from an inner wall of the chamber, wherein the jet is directed to hit a portion of the top of the jet impact member, with the beverage leaving the chamber through the at least one drain opening as the beverage having the fine-bubble foam layer; and supplying air to the chamber exclusively through the at least one drain opening and/or through an air supply channel which extends through the jet impact member into the chamber.