US 12,478,076 B2
Coffee composition and items made therefrom
Steven G. Fishter, Wooster, OH (US); Stephen J. Westerkamp, Medina, OH (US); Jennifer Marie Sabo, Brecksville, OH (US); Tracy May Adair, Copley, OH (US); Jessalin Anise Howell, Mason, OH (US); and Michael Joe Steven Vaughan, Wooster, OH (US)
Assigned to THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY, Orrville, OH (US)
Filed by THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY, Orrville, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,126.
Application 18/438,126 is a continuation of application No. 16/541,978, filed on Aug. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,896,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/752,097, filed on Oct. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/739,674, filed on Oct. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0180186 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23F 5/12 (2006.01); A23F 5/38 (2006.01); A23F 5/40 (2006.01)
CPC A23F 5/125 (2013.01) [A23F 5/385 (2013.01); A23F 5/405 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structured coffee composition comprising:
a plurality of ground roast coffee particles that each include an outer surface;
a matrix of a first coffee extract that includes coffee solids from instant coffee and a second coffee extract that includes coffee solids, wherein the second coffee extract is extracted from the plurality of ground roast coffee particles; and wherein the matrix is on the outer surface of the ground roast coffee particles and binds the plurality of ground roast coffee particles together to form a compacted structure compacted to a compaction of 60% to 70%; and
a filter paper pod encasing the compacted structure;
wherein a weight percent of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles is in the range of 65 wt % to 90 wt % based on of the total weight of the ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract, and
a weight percent of the first coffee extract is in the range of 10 wt % to 35 wt % based on the total weight of ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract; and
wherein the structured coffee composition has a hardness of from 21.3 N to 61.7 N over an axial direction of the structured coffee composition, a friability of 50% to 100%, and a water activity of 0.35 to 0.42; and
wherein the structured coffee composition has a structural configuration like one of a cylinder, cube, cuboid, sphere, pellet, ellipsoid, triangular pyramid, hexagonal prism, truncated triangular pyramid, truncated square pyramid, hexagonal pyramid, truncated hexagonal pyramid, cone, truncated cone, diamond, a three dimensional shape with an oval-shaped face, a three dimensional shape with heart-shaped face, a three dimensional shape with triangle-shaped face, pillow shape, generally cylindrical shape, concave shape, convex shape, a shape with ridges, a shape with bumps, a shape with surface scoring, a shape with embossments, and a shape with a rounded face.