Soluble coffee products for producing beverages with enhanced flavors and aromas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10154675-B2
Application number	US-201313834317-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Jul 9, 2008
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

The present embodiments generally relate to beverages with enhanced flavors and aromas and method of making same. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to soluble coffee and methods of making soluble coffee with improvements in such qualities as taste and aroma.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A soluble coffee product, comprising:
a dry coffee extract component; and
a pulverized coffee component,
wherein the pulverized coffee component has not been extracted, and
wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component before and after the dry coffee extract component is dried.

2. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 90% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 10% to about 30% of the soluble coffee product.

3. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 99.9% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 0.1% to about 30% of the soluble coffee product.

4. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , wherein the pulverized coffee component has a mean particle size of about 350 microns or less.

5. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , wherein the pulverized coffee component has a median particle size of about 350 microns or less.

6. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of coffee oils, non-coffee oils, non-coffee aromas, and coffee aromas.

7. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of coffee components, nutritional supplements, flavoring components and herbal components.

8. The soluble coffee product of claim 1 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of coffee extract, concentrated coffee, dried coffee, coffee oils, coffee aromas, distillates, flavor powders, flavor oils, spices, ground or pulverized cocoa beans, ground or pulverized vanilla beans, vitamins, antioxidants, nutraceuticals, dietary fiber, an omega-3 oil, an omega-6 oil, an omega-9 oil, a flavonoid, lycopene, selenium, a beta-carotene, resveratrol, a vegetable extract, a dry green coffee extract, a wet green coffee extract and an herbal extract.

9. A soluble coffee product, comprising:
a dry coffee extract component; and
a pulverized coffee component having a mean particle size of about 350 microns or less,
wherein the pulverized coffee component has not been extracted, and
wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component after the dry coffee extract component is dried.

10. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component both before and after the dry coffee extract component is dried.

11. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 90% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 10% to about 30% of the soluble coffee product.

12. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 99.9% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 0.1% to about 30% of the soluble coffee product.

13. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , wherein the pulverized coffee component has a mean particle size of about 250 microns or less.

14. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , wherein the pulverized coffee component has a median particle size of about 350 microns or less.

15. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of coffee oils, non-coffee oils, non-coffee aromas, and coffee aromas.

16. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of coffee components, nutritional supplements, flavoring components and herbal components.

17. The soluble coffee product of claim 9 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of coffee extract, concentrated coffee, dried coffee, coffee oils, coffee aromas, distillates, flavor powders, flavor oils, spices, ground or pulverized cocoa beans, ground or pulverized vanilla beans, vitamins, antioxidants, nutraceuticals, dietary fiber, an omega-3 oil, an omega-6 oil, an omega-9 oil, a flavonoid, lycopene, selenium, a beta-carotene, resveratrol, a vegetable extract, a dry green coffee extract, a wet green coffee extract and an herbal extract.

18. A soluble coffee product, comprising:
a dry coffee extract component;
a coffee aroma component; and
a pulverized coffee component with a mean or median particle size of about 350 microns or less,
wherein the pulverized coffee component has not been extracted, and
wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component after the dry coffee component extract is dried.

19. The soluble coffee product of claim 18 , wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component both before and after the dry coffee extract component is dried.

20. The soluble coffee product of claim 18 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 90% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 10% to about 30% of the soluble coffee product.

21. The soluble coffee product of claim 18 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 99.9% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 0.1% to about 30% of the soluble coffee product.

22. The soluble coffee product of claim 18 , further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of coffee oils, non-coffee oils, non-coffee aromas, and coffee aromas.

23. The soluble coffee product of claim 18 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of coffee components, nutritional supplements, flavoring components and herbal components.

24. The soluble coffee product of claim 18 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of coffee extract, concentrated coffee, dried coffee, coffee oils, coffee aromas, distillates, flavor powders, flavor oils, spices, ground or pulverized cocoa beans, ground or pulverized vanilla beans, vitamins, antioxidants, nutraceuticals, dietary fiber, an omega-3 oil, an omega-6 oil, an omega-9 oil, a flavonoid, lycopene, selenium, a beta-carotene, resveratrol, a vegetable extract, a dry green coffee extract, a wet green coffee extract and an herbal extract.

25. A soluble coffee product, comprising:
a dry coffee extract component obtained from ground coffee; and
a pulverized coffee component with a mean or median particle size of about 350 microns or less,
wherein the pulverized coffee component has not been extracted, and
wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component after the dry coffee extract component is dried.

26. The soluble coffee product of claim 25 , wherein the pulverized coffee component is added to the dry coffee extract component both before and after the dry coffee extract component is dried.

27. The soluble coffee product of claim 25 , wherein the dry coffee extract component comprises from about 70% to about 90% of the soluble coffee product and, wherein the pulverized coffee component comprises from about 10% to about 30% of the soluble cof

Assignees

• Starbucks Corp

Inventors

• Robinson Urano A
• Da Cruz J Marcio

Classifications

• A23F5/18

  from coffee extract {(A23F5/163 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A23F5/40

  using organic additives, e.g. milk, sugar · CPC title

• A23F5/405 Primary

  comprising ground coffee or ground coffee substitute particles · CPC title

• A23F5/32

  by lyophilisation · CPC title

• A23F5/02 Primary

  Treating green coffee; Preparations produced thereby (roasting A23F5/04; removing unwanted substances A23F5/16; reducing or removing alkaloid content A23F5/20; extraction A23F5/24) · CPC title