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Process for extracting roasted and ground coffee

US4701333A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1981
Grant dateOct 20, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23F5/26
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for extracting roasted and ground coffee characterized in that the coffee, having an average particle size not exceeding 2.0 mm, is wetted in the absence of air with at least twice its weight of an aqueous liquid, and the wetted coffee is transferred, in the absence of air, to an extractor where it is extracted with an aqueous liquid at a temperature of at least 100.degree. C.

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