KR20130104113A - Coffee brewing device and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A coffee brewing device and a method thereof are provided to maintain the coffee of high quality by simultaneously processing all processes of roasting coffee beans, storing by the classification, pulverizing the stored coffee beans according to selections of consumers, and extracting the coffee. CONSTITUTION: A coffee brewing device (1) comprises unroasted beans storages (100), a roaster (200), coffee beans storages (300), a pulverizing device (400), an extractor (500), and a transfer device (600). The unroasted beans storages store unroasted beans by the classification. The coffee beans storages store roasted coffee beans by the classification. The pulverizing device selects one or more coffee beans and pulverizes the same. The extractor adds the water to the pulverized coffee bean powder and extracts the coffee. The transfer device transfers the unroasted beans or the coffee beans to the roaster, the coffee beans storages, and the pulverizing device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a coffee extracting apparatus,

More particularly, the present invention relates to a coffee extracting apparatus and a coffee extracting method, and more particularly, to a coffee extracting method and a coffee extracting method in which coffee beans are roasted and stored for each kind of coffee beans, ) To maintain a fresh and high-quality state of taste and aroma of coffee.

Generally, coffee is made from coffee beans as follows. The coffee beans are dried to obtain green beans. Roast beans are roasted to make roast beans. The coffee beans are made by crushing the ground coffee beans and adding water to the ground coffee.

Conventionally, roasted beans are roasted and the roasted beans are delivered to coffee shops or consumers. The delivered beans are ground and ground into coffee powder and then water is extracted to extract the coffee. In other words, the process of roasting green beans and crushing coffee beans and extracting them into coffee were completely separated in time and space.

Therefore, the process of obtaining green beans, roasting them into beans, crushing the beans and extracting them by adding water has been separated. Since the two processes are temporally and spatially spaced, the result is that coffee beans are pulverized and extracted after a long time after roasting the coffee, and the taste and flavor of the coffee is lost to maintain the best coffee state .

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a process for roasting and storing roasted beans, sorting the stored beans according to the customer's choice, (One Stop) treatment, thereby maintaining a fresh and high quality state of taste and aroma of coffee.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coffee extracting apparatus comprising: a plurality of green bean stores for individually storing green beans; A roaster for roasting a selected one of the plurality of fresh beans; A plurality of bean sauces for individually storing the roasted beans by type; A grinder for selecting and pulverizing one or more of the plurality of beans; An extractor for extracting coffee by adding water to the pulverized bean flour; And conveying means for conveying the beans or beans to the roaster, the bean storage, and the crusher.

Further, the coffee extracting apparatus further includes an emitter discharging the smoke generated when roasting the green beans in the roaster.

The transporting means may include a transparent pipe connecting the green bean storage, the roaster, the bean storage, and the grinder; An air intake / air injector to make the air flow; And a valve for opening and closing the green bean storage, the roaster, the bean storage, and the grinder, respectively.

Preferably, the coffee extracting apparatus further comprises control means for operating the roaster when the amount of coffee stored in any one of the coffee machines becomes smaller than a predetermined value.

Further, it is preferable that the roaster is roasted by adding hot air to the fresh beans.

The air intake / air injector is preferably a vacuum source for absorbing air or a blower for emitting air.

Further, it is preferable that the selected coffee bean is transported through the rotary plate having the discharge port.

The coffee maker may further include a dispenser having a plurality of outlets formed therein to feed the beans; And a plurality of valves for opening and closing the plurality of the discharge ports.

The coffee extracting method according to the present invention comprises: 1) individually storing green beans by type; 2) roasting a selected one of the plurality of green beans; 3) individually storing the roasted beans by type; 4) selecting and pulverizing one or more of the plurality of beans; And 5) adding coffee to the pulverized bean flour by adding water.

And discharging the smoke generated when the green beans are roasted after step 2).

Between steps 3) and 4), it is preferred that the beans are cooled for aging of the stored beans and stored for 24 hours to 48 hours and then pulverized.

According to the present invention, roasted beans are stored for each type, and the stored beans are ground and ground according to the consumer's choice and then extracted into coffee at one stop in the coffee shop, And it is effective to maintain a high quality state.

1 is a block diagram showing a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is a side sectional view of the roaster in the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view showing a disk-shaped distributor of a coffee maker among coffee extracting apparatuses according to the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining the operation of the disk type distributor of the coffee maker among the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
5 is a plan sectional view showing a linear dispenser of a coffee bean storage room among coffee extracting apparatuses according to the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing coffee using the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a coffee extracting apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.

1, the coffee extracting apparatus 1 includes a green bean storage 100, a roaster 200, a coffee bean storage 300, a grinder 400, an extractor 500, and a conveying means 600 . The coffee extractor (1) can be roasted, crushed and extracted to make coffee that maintains a fresh, high-quality flavor and aroma in one stop at a coffee shop.

The greenhouse storage 100 is a device composed of a plurality of containers Bin to store a plurality of green beans separately. Green beans are fruit taken from coffee trees and are unprocessed fruits. In one embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable to use eleven kinds of green beans, but it is natural that the kinds of green beans can be more or less. Varieties of green beans (eg, Central America, South America, Central Africa, Indonesia and India), varieties of green beans (eg Arabica, Robousta, (Riberica), and harvest time of green beans. It is preferable that the fresh greenhouse 100 is composed of eleven containers. The greenhouse storage (100) should be easily accessible if necessary for a coffee shop employee to store the required green beans.

The roaster 200 is a device for roasting a selected one of a plurality of green beans with a roasting bean and coupling the green bean storage. Preferably, the roaster 200 is provided with a fan 290 to lower the temperature of the roasted beans to room temperature. A detailed description thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The coffee bean storage room 300 is a device composed of a plurality of containers for storing roasted roasted beans in the same number as the green bean storage room, and is combined with the roaster. Preferably, the bean spouts 300 are provided in a number corresponding to the raw bean sparers 100. Therefore, it is preferable that the cupboard 300 is composed of eleven containers. The coffee maker 300 may further include a dispenser for transferring the beans to the selected container. A detailed description thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In order to enhance the aroma and flavor of the coffee beans stored in the coffee bean storage room 300, it is preferable to store the coffee beans for at least 24 hours and less than 48 hours after cooling at room temperature.

이므로, 총 330종류의 원두가루가 만들어질 수 있다. 그러나 선택되는 원두가 1종류 이상 3종류 이하 또는 5종류 이상 11종류 이하일 수도 있다. 이론적으로 총 만들어질 수 있는 원두가루는

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= 2047종류이다. The grinder 400 is a device that grinds one or two or more selected beans among the beans and is combined with the bean sparers 300. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable to crush the three kinds of beans selected by the consumer. Therefore, the kind of bean powder that can be made is

Therefore, a total of 330 different kinds of bean flour can be made. However, the beans selected may be one or more kinds of three or less, or five or more and eleven or less kinds. Theoretically, the total amount of ground bean powder

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= 2047 types.

The extractor 500 is a device combined with the pulverizer 400 to extract coffee by adding water to the pulverized bean flour. That is, the extractor 500 receives the bean flour and applies water to extract the coffee. One or more extractors 500 may be coupled to the mill 400. If the consumer can choose four kinds of beans, one of 330 kinds of coffee can be selected. Therefore, consumers can drink a wide variety of fresh, high quality coffee.

As shown in FIG. 1, the grinder 400 and the extractor 500 may be integrally formed. The grinder 400 and the extractor 500 are preferably installed at a location where a POS (Point Of Sale) terminal is located. The grinder 400 and the extractor 500 may be configured to be operated by an employee or consumer of a coffee shop.

The conveying means 600 connects the raw bean storage 100, the roaster 200, the bean saucepot 300 and the grinder 400, and conveys the beans or beans by the flow of air. At least a portion of the transfer means 600 may be installed overhead in a portion of the coffee shop where the consumer is located. Therefore, green beans or beans can be transported over the consumer's head, resulting in a visual effect of roasting in the store.

The coffee extracting apparatus 1 may further include a control means 700 for controlling the roaster 200 coffee bean reservoir 300, the crusher 400 and the conveying means 600.

The control means 700 individually controls the raw bean storage 100, the roaster 200 coffee bean storage 300, the crusher 400 and the transfer means 600 to control the coffee extracting apparatus 1 to make coffee beans The movement of the bean can be controlled. The control means 700 can control the length of time for roasting the green beans to bean beans.

The coffee extracting apparatus 1 may further include an evacuator 800 coupled with the roaster 200 to discharge the smoke generated when the roaster is roasted in the roaster.

As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer means 600 may include a transparent tube 610, an air inlet / outlet 630, and a valve 650. The transparent pipe 610 is in the shape of a hollow pipe connecting the green bean storage 100, the roaster 200, the bean saucepan 300, and the grinder 400. It is preferable that the bean or green bean is made of a transparent material in order to visually show the state that the bean or green bean is moved along the transparent tube 610. The transparent tube 610 may also be replaced by a duct. Optionally, the transparent tube 610 can transfer the beans or beans separately. The raw bean storage 100, the roaster 200, the bean storage 300, and the crusher 400 may be installed as separate transparent tubes 610 to form different paths to each other. Therefore, one kind of beans or beans can be transported through one path. In addition, the transparent tube 610 may be installed so that the caffeine-removed bean feed path and the caffeine-containing bean feed path are different. Some paths can be used as paths of frequently transferred beans or beans, and other paths can be used as paths of other beans or beans.

The air intake / air injector 630 is a device for promoting the movement of the bean or green bean by making a flow of air. The air intake / air injector 630 may be a blower or a vacuum source. The blower generates air and blows air into the transparent tube 610 to move the beans to the desired device. That is, the difference in the positive pressure caused by the air promotes the movement of beans and beans. The vacuum means sucks in the air to make the air flow in the opposite direction, and moves the beans or green beans. In this case, air flow is generated due to negative pressure difference, which promotes the movement of beans and beans. It will be appreciated that the air intake / injector 630 may also produce a flow of air using a suitable combination of blower or vacuum means. The air intake / air injector 630 controls the flow of air into the transparent tube 610 by the control means 700.

The valve 650 is a device that opens and closes the green bean storage 100, the roaster 200, the bean storage 300, and the grinder 400, respectively. One or a plurality of valves 650 may be installed in the fresh spring storage compartment 100, the roaster 200, the coffee storage compartment 300 and the crusher 400 to distribute the beans to different positions. The valve 650 may be electrically and / or mechanically operated by the control means 700 and may be located within the transparent tube 610. The valve 650 serves to open or close the flow of air in the conveying means 600 to move the beans from one apparatus to another apparatus.

The coffee extracting apparatus 1 may further include a drink dispenser (not shown). Drinkers can be used for any kind of liquid product. For example, coffee may be dispensed, but not necessarily limited to.

2 is a side sectional view of the roaster in the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.

The roaster 200 is a device for roasting a selected one of a plurality of green beans with a roasting bean and coupling the green bean storage. The roaster is roasted with the roaster 200 is a flame type, a semi-wind type and a hot wind type.

A direct-current type is a system in which a cylinder and a heater are enclosed by an enclosure, and a green bean is put into a cylinder, a cylinder is rotated by a motor, and the cylinder is directly heated by the heat of the heater. The semi-wind style is similar to the direct-fire style, but only the heat of the heater roasts the soybeans without directly heating the cylinder. In the hot air type, hot air heated by the hot air blower 210 is sent to the cylinders 230 and 250 to roast the raw bean by the hot air. The roaster 200 shown in FIG. 2 is a drawing of a roaster 200 roasting in a hot air mode.

2, the roaster 200 includes a hot air stream 210, a grill 230, a lower translucent cylinder 250, and an upper transparent cylinder 270.

The hot air blower 210 is a device for blowing hot air to roast the beans. The grill 230 is a device in which green beans that have first entered the roaster 200 through the moving means 600 are seated. When hot heat is supplied through the hot winders 210, And then roasted. The translucent cylinder 250 and the upper transparent cylinder 270 are devices for preventing the bean or bean from flying out.

The time for roasting the green beans with the roaster 200 is preferably 6 minutes to 7 minutes. However, this can be variously changed. The roaster 200 may be of a type well known in the art, and may be tailored. A plurality of roasters 200 may be used and may be roasters 200 of the same or different types.

It is preferable that the control means 700 carries out a process of automatically roasting when the amount of the beans stored in the specific container among the bean gut stores 300 becomes smaller than a predetermined value. That is, when the amount of the beans stored in the specific container among the bean storage rooms 300 becomes smaller than a predetermined value, the control unit 700 controls the roaster to operate by roaster 200 after transferring the beans from the raw bean storage 100 .

Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view showing a disk-shaped distributor of a coffee maker among coffee extracting apparatuses according to the present invention. 4 is a view for explaining the operation of the disk type distributor of the coffee maker among the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.

3, the disk-shaped distributor 310 is connected to the bean storage 300 to store the selected bean. 4, the disk-shaped distributor 310 includes a rotating plate 315 and a discharge port 320. As shown in FIG. When the roasted roaster in the roaster 200 is conveyed through the conveying means 600, the rotary plate 315 of the disk-shaped distributor 310 is rotated and aligned with the discharge port 320 connected to the container in which the bean is to be stored. When the path is connected, the bean is moved to the selected container and stored.

when the first discharge port 320 is connected to the first discharge port 320 by the rotation of the rotary plate 315 as shown in FIG. 4A, the beans are inserted into the first container of the beanstowel 300, 315 to the fourth outlet 320, the beans are introduced into the fourth container of the coffee maker 300. In this manner, the selected beans from the first container to the eleventh container are stored in the bean storage 300. [

5 is a plan sectional view showing a linear dispenser of a coffee bean storage room among coffee extracting apparatuses according to the present invention.

(a), the linear distributor 330 is connected to the bean storage 300 to store the selected bean. (b), the linear distributor 330 includes a valve 335 and an outlet 320. When the roasted roaster in the roaster 200 is conveyed through the conveying means 600, a plurality of roots are delivered to the linear distributor 330 through eleven valves 335 and outlet 320 in one embodiment of the present invention. Once connected, the bean is moved to the selected container and stored. If only the first valve 335 is opened and all the remaining valves 335 are closed, the beans are put into the first container of the bean storage 300. When only the fourth valve 335 is opened and all the remaining valves 335 are closed, And then enters the fourth container of the coffee maker 300. In this manner, the selected beans from the first container to the eleventh container are stored in the bean storage 300. [

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a coffee extracting method according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, coffee is extracted from green beans through steps S210 to S250.

S210 is a step of individually storing a plurality of green beans in a plurality of containers corresponding to each other. That is, a coffee shop staff member stores the fresh beans corresponding to the plurality of containers constituting the fresh bean store 100.

Step S220 is a step of roasting a selected one of the plurality of raw beans with a roasting bean. That is, a selected one of the plurality of fresh beans is moved to the roaster 200 through the conveying means 600, and then roasted to bean bean using the hot air or semi-heated air by the heater 210.

S230 is a step of individually storing the roasted beans in a corresponding plurality of containers. The roasted beans are moved to the bean saucepot 300 through the conveying means 600, and the same kind is moved to the same container and stored.

S240 is a step of grinding one or two or more beans selected from the stored beans. The beans selected by the consumer are transferred to the grinder 400 through the conveying means 600 and pulverized into bean flour.

S250 is a step of extracting coffee by adding water to the pulverized bean flour.

After step S220, the step S225 of discharging the smoke generated when roasting the green beans with the bean can be further performed.

In order to aged the beans stored between steps S230 and S240, the step of cooling may be further performed (S235) for 24 hours to 48 hours or less.

As a result of the steps S210 to S250, a plurality of fresh beans are produced in a coffee shop at a time by a consumer's choice of coffee, so that various kinds of fresh and high quality coffee can be obtained.

1: Coffee extracting apparatus 100: green bean storage
200: Roaster 210:
230: grill 250: lower cylinder
270: upper cylinder 290: fan
300: Beanstock 310: Dispersion Dispenser
315: spindle 320: outlet
330: Linear distributor 335: Valve
400: Grinder 500: Extractor
600: conveying means 610: transparent tube
630: air intake / injector 650: valve
700: control means 800:

Claims (11)

A plurality of green bean stores for individually storing green beans by type;
A roaster for roasting a selected one of the plurality of green beans;
A plurality of bean sauces for individually storing the roasted beans by type;
A grinder for selecting and pulverizing one or more of the plurality of beans;
An extractor for extracting coffee by adding water to the pulverized bean flour; And
And a conveying means for transferring the green beans or beans to the roaster, the bean storage, and the grinder. The method of claim 1,
And an emptying unit for discharging the smoke generated when the green beans are roasted in the roaster. The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer means
A transparent tube connecting the green bean storage, the roaster, the bean storage, and the grinder;
An air intake / air injector to make the air flow; And
And a valve for opening and closing the fresh spring storage, the roaster, the bean storage, and the crusher, respectively. The method of claim 1,
And control means for operating the roaster when the amount of beans stored in any one of the bean bins is smaller than a predetermined value. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the roaster is roasted by adding hot air to the fresh beans. The method of claim 3, wherein
Wherein the air intake / air injector is a vacuum source for absorbing air or a blower for emitting air. 2. The beverage container according to claim 1,
Wherein the selected coffee beans are fed through a rotary plate having an outlet formed therein. 2. The beverage container according to claim 1,
A dispenser having a plurality of discharge ports formed therein to transfer the beans; And
And a plurality of valves for opening / closing the plurality of the discharge ports. 1) storing green beans individually by type;
2) roasting the selected one of the plurality of green beans;
3) storing roasted beans individually by type;
4) selecting and grinding one or two or more of the plurality of beans; And
5) extracting coffee by adding water to the ground coffee powder; coffee extraction method comprising a. The method of claim 9, wherein after step 2)
Discharging the smoke generated when roasting the green beans; Coffee extraction method further comprising. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein steps 3) and 4)
After cooling at room temperature for the aging of the stored beans and stored for a period of more than 24 hours 48 hours or less, characterized in that the coffee extraction method.

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