| US 7,592,027 B2 | ||
| Method for the preparation of beverages | ||
| Andrew Halliday, Hook Norton (United Kingdom); Colin Ballard, Cheltenham (United Kingdom); and Satwinder Panesar, Banbury (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Kraft Foods R & D, Inc., Northfield, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/763,376. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/462538, filed on Apr. 11, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0301738.1 (GB), filed on Jan. 24, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0191370 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47J 31/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 426—433 [426/594; 426/597; 426/432; 426/435; 426/77; 426/83] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A method of preparing a beverage comprising the steps of:
a) inserting a first beverage cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients into a beverage preparation machine;
b) operating said beverage preparation machine to pass an aqueous medium through the first beverage cartridge to dispense
a first portion of said beverage into a receptacle;
c) inserting a second beverage cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients into the beverage preparation machine;
and
d) operating the beverage preparation machine to pass an aqueous medium through the second beverage cartridge to dispense
a second portion of said beverage into the receptacle;
wherein that one of the first or second beverage cartridges contains a liquid dairy-based ingredient wherein said method further
comprises the step of removing the first beverage cartridge from the preparation machine before inserting the second beverage
cartridge into said beverage preparation machine.
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