US 12,232,514 B2
Infusing edible oil into a beverage
Howard D. Schultz, Seattle, WA (US); Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Bellevue, WA (US); Jeffrey J. Chapman, Seattle, WA (US); Amy E. Dilger, North Bend, WA (US); and Leslie A. Wolford, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/382,625, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148029 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A23L 2/56 (2006.01); A23L 33/105 (2016.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01)
CPC A23L 2/56 (2013.01) [A23L 33/105 (2016.08); A47J 31/4489 (2013.01); A47J 31/4496 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
pouring edible oil from a receptacle into a first container of a beverage appliance positioned at a location, wherein the receptacle is different from the first container, the first container including a combination of a liquid base and the edible oil, wherein the combination has a proportion of 0.3-0.6 fluid ounces (fl oz) of the edible oil to 4.0-11.0 fl oz of the liquid base;
actuating the beverage appliance at the location, wherein the beverage appliance creates a cold foam separately from a beverage by rotating a mechanical component in the combination in the first container, the beverage being stored in a second container that is different from the first container, the first container excluding the beverage;
after creating the cold foam, pouring the cold foam from the first container onto the beverage such that a majority of the cold foam sits on top of the beverage, to thereby produce a beverage product; and
providing the beverage product with the edible oil to a customer at the location.