JP2005160427A - Instant drink - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instant drink, especially instant coffee or cocoa giving enjoyable atmosphere before drink. <P>SOLUTION: This instant drink is composed of a sweetener having a solidified outer layer and containing a soluble drink material. The drink material has a powder form such as coffee powder, cocoa powder and juice powder or its mixture with milk powder and drinkable simply by pouring hot water or water. The instant drink has spherical form, flat spherical form, spindle form or tetrahedral form, pentahedral form or a polyhedral form having ≥6 faces. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a solidified instant beverage.

As a conventional instant beverage, for example, in instant coffee, there is a coffee powder mainly filled with powdered milk or sugar as a sweetener in a stick-shaped bag, and this is solidified as There has been proposed (Patent Literature 1) in which coffee, sugar, and powdered milk solidified in a disk shape are layered and integrated by penetrating a rod-shaped support member in the disk-shaped axial direction.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-28059

    In the one described in Patent Document 1, after pouring hot water into the cup first, the support member is picked and the solidified coffee part is attached to the hot water, and gradually shaken in hot water until the desired strength is obtained. It is a method of melting, which is very different from the conventional work of putting coffee powder in a cup and drinking just by pouring hot water at once, and the fun and emotional taste of putting coffee is impaired Not only that, but the support remains at hand, so that treatment is required.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an instant beverage, particularly instant coffee and cocoa, in which a solidified instant beverage that can be drunk simply by pouring hot water can be enjoyed in an enjoyable atmosphere.

  The present invention is characterized in that a soluble beverage material is included inside and the outside is made of a solidified sweetener.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the beverage material is any one of coffee powder, cocoa powder, and juice powder.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the beverage material is a mixed material of any one of coffee powder, cocoa powder and juice powder and milk powder.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the appearance of the solidified sweetener is any of a spherical shape, a flat spherical shape, and a spindle shape.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the appearance of the solidified sweetener is any of a tetrahedron, a pentahedron, and a polyhedron having six or more faces.

According to the present invention, a solidified instant beverage can be drunk simply by placing it in a cup and pouring hot water or water.
Moreover, it can be enjoyed at home or at a restaurant such as a coffee shop, or can be carried outdoors or in a car or at a travel destination to enjoy the atmosphere before drinking easily.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in an embodiment of an instant beverage in which the outside is solidified with a soluble sweetener and a soluble beverage material is included inside.

Example 1 is an instant coffee beverage in which the outside is solidified into a spherical shape with a soluble sugar as a sweetener and a soluble instant coffee powder is included as a beverage material inside. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an instant beverage shaped into a spherical shape.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 forms an outer shell of an instant beverage, and is solidified spherically with a soluble sugar as a sweetener.
Inside the outer shell 1 formed in a spherical shape, coffee powder is included as a soluble beverage material 2. The beverage material 2 to be included may be not only instant coffee powder but also a mixed material of instant coffee powder and milk powder, and a perfume component may be added as appropriate to this mixed material.

One spherical instant beverage formed in this way is put into a cup with a colon and poured into hot water or water to become instant coffee that can be drunk immediately.
If the beverage material 2 included is only instant coffee powder, it can be tasted as black coffee, and if mixed with milk powder, it can be tasted as coffee with milk, and the mixing ratio of powdered milk is increased with respect to the amount of instant coffee powder. You can also make milk coffee.
Moreover, it can be tasted as a high coffee by adding perfume as appropriate.
In addition, the sweetness can be reduced by reducing the thickness of the outer shell 2, and the sweetness can be increased by increasing the thickness. That is, the degree of sweetness can be adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the outer shell 1 formed with a sweetener.

In the first embodiment, one cup of instant beverage is solidified into one sphere, but in this second embodiment, a plurality of cups of instant beverage, for example, two or three or more. The volume of one is reduced so as to be a quantity, and solidified so that a plurality of instant drinks are used for one cup (not shown).
Thus, by solidifying each instant beverage in a small volume so that a plurality of instant beverages are used for one cup, for example, one cup, two cups, three cups, a colon, a colon You can enjoy the atmosphere before drinking coffee, such as putting in and the time between them.
In addition, in this way, when one cup is made up of a plurality of instant drinks, the atmosphere can be further enhanced by changing the color of the appearance of the instant drinks to the same color or appropriately different colors. Of course, the same applies to the case where one cup is used as one instant drink.

In Examples 1 to 3, the instant coffee powder is described as an example of a beverage material. However, the beverage material is not limited to this, and instant powder that can be drunk immediately by pouring hot water or water, for example, coffee powder, cocoa powder, It may be a juice powder or the like, a mixed material of any of these and powdered milk, or a powder added with a flavor.
The appearance of the solidified sweetener, that is, the appearance of the instant beverage, is not limited to a spherical shape, and may be a flat spherical shape, a spindle shape, or any other shape such as a tetrahedron, a pentahedron, or a polyhedron having six or more faces.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as an instant drink that can be easily enjoyed at home or at a restaurant such as a coffee shop, or can be carried outdoors or in a car or at a travel destination.

It is a partially cutaway front view of an instant drink. (Example 1)

Explanation of symbols

1 exterior (outside)
2 Beverage materials

Claims (5)

An instant beverage characterized in that a soluble beverage material is contained inside and the outside is composed of a solidified sweetener. The instant beverage according to claim 1, wherein the beverage material is any one of coffee powder, cocoa powder, and juice powder. The instant beverage according to claim 1, wherein the beverage material is a mixed material of any one of coffee powder, cocoa powder, juice powder and milk powder. The instant beverage according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the appearance of the solidified sweetener is spherical, flat spherical, or spindle-shaped. The instant beverage according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the appearance of the solidified sweetener is a tetrahedron, a pentahedron, or a polyhedron having six or more faces.

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