Inventors:
Michael Bo Sweeney - Houston TX, US
International Classification:
A23F 5/00, A23F 5/02, A23F 5/04, A23F 5/10, A23F 5/46, A23L 1/29, A23L 1/302, A23L 1/304, A23L 1/305, A23L 3/34, A23L 3/3454, A23L 3/3463
US Classification:
426 61, 426311, 426331, 426442, 426534, 426629, 426648, 426 69, 426 71, 426 72, 426 74
Abstract:
This invention relates to a cold infusion process for fortifying coffee beans with one or more vitamin, non-vitamin, mineral, non-mineral, botanical, hormone, herb, neutraceutical, lipid, carbohydrate, amino acid, acid, salt, prebiotic, or probiotic functional additives. This invention also discloses an infused coffee bean produced by the process of infusing the coffee bean at a temperature of less than about 120° F. with a solution comprising water, a bridge initiator for acid salt bias, fortifying agent(s), and an acid in a quantity sufficient to reach a pH of about 3.65. Further, this invention provides a method for the infusion of a coffee bean with at least one fortifying agent at approximately room temperature.