US 11,856,964 B2
Method of producing a flash brewed coffee concentrate
Susan Gay Maiocchi, Kannapolis, NC (US); Janice Marie Harris, Wakefield, RI (US); and Sarah Kristin Jones, Concord, NC (US)
Assigned to S&D Coffee, Inc., Concord, NC (US)
Filed by S&D Coffee, Inc., Concord, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,698.
Application 18/071,698 is a continuation of application No. 17/176,241, filed on Feb. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,533,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/977,765, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085793 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23F 5/26 (2006.01); A23F 5/24 (2006.01); A23F 5/04 (2006.01); A23F 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A23F 5/267 (2013.01) [A23F 5/04 (2013.01); A23F 5/08 (2013.01); A23F 5/243 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of brewing a flash brewed coffee concentrate, the method comprising:
flash hot brewing ground coffee to brew a hot coffee extract; and
mixing the hot coffee extract with a concentrated coffee extract, the concentrated coffee extract chilling the hot coffee extract from a temperature above 145° F. to a temperature less than 130° F. and increasing a concentration of coffee solids in the hot coffee extract to form a flash brewed coffee concentrate.