Patent ID: 8127662

Claim:
Apparatus for preparing a beverage, from an instant product and sterilized water, the apparatus comprising: a water supply system for supplying water; a heating system including a heating system inlet and a heating system outlet; a cooling system including first and second cooling system inlets and first and second cooling system outlets, the first cooling system inlet connected to the supply system for receiving the supplied water and the first cooling system outlet connected to the heating system inlet for supplying heating system water, the heating system configured to heat the heating system water to produce sterilized water from the heating system outlet, the second cooling system inlet further connected to the heating system outlet for cooling down the sterilized water; a valve connected at or downstream of the heating system outlet and upstream of the second cooling system outlet and connected to the second cooling system outlet, thereby allowing cooled down water leaving the cooling system to be mixed with the sterilized water from the heating system to produce warm water.