Method for brewing coffee and having enhanced aroma release

1. A method for brewing coffee in a device comprising a brewing chamber, a heating module being separate from the brewing chamber and having an outlet in communication with outside of the device, a first distribution path for distributing coffee particles through the device, the first distribution path opening into the brewing chamber, and a second distribution path for distributing coffee particles through the device, the second distribution path opening into the heating module, wherein two separate quantities of coffee particles are provided, and wherein the method comprises:

supplying only a first quantity of coffee particles to the brewing chamber through the first distribution path;

brewing the coffee by causing the first quantity to interact with an extracting medium in the brewing chamber;

supplying another, second quantity of coffee particles to the heating module through the second distribution path; and

heating the second quantity of coffee particles in the heating module for enhanced aroma release.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the two separate quantities of coffee particles are obtained by applying a dividing arrangement coupled to both the first distribution path and the second distribution path, and wherein a single quantity of coffee particles is first provided to the dividing arrangement and then divided into the two quantities.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a sieve is applied for dividing the single quantity into the two quantities by separating relatively large coffee particles from relatively small coffee particles, wherein a first resulting quantity having the relatively large coffee particles is taken as the first quantity to be used in an actual process of brewing coffee, and wherein a second resulting quantity having the relatively small coffee particles is taken as the second quantity to be used for enhanced aroma release.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a heating process of the second quantity of coffee particles is initiated simultaneously with a process of brewing coffee on the basis of the first quantity of coffee particles.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum temperature of a heating process of the second quantity of coffee particles is 150° C.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second quantity of coffee particles is chosen to be significantly smaller than the first quantity of coffee particles.

7. A device for brewing coffee, comprising a brewing chamber for accommodating an actual process of brewing coffee on the basis of an interaction of a first quantity of coffee particles with an extracting medium, and further comprising a heating module for heating another, second quantity of coffee particles, the heating module being separate from the brewing chamber and having an outlet in communication with outside of the device for allowing aroma released from the coffee particles during a heating process to escape from the device, wherein the device is equipped with a first distribution path for distributing coffee particles through the device, the first distribution path opening into the brewing chamber, and further with a second distribution path for distributing coffee particles through the device, the second distribution path opening into the heating module.

8. The device according to claim 7 , comprising a dividing arrangement coupled to both the first distribution path and the second distribution path, the dividing arrangement being adapted to receive a single quantity of coffee particles, to discharge the first quantity of coffee particles to the first distribution path for the purpose of the actual process of brewing coffee, and to additionally discharge the second quantity of coffee particles to the second distribution path for the sole purpose of aroma release.

9. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising a grinding module for grinding coffee beans to coffee powder to be distributed through the device by means of the first distribution path and the second distribution path, wherein the dividing arrangement is coupled to the grinding module for receiving coffee powder particles from the grinding module.

10. The device according to claim 9 , further comprising a controller for controlling operation of the device, the controller being adapted to activate the heating module simultaneously with initiating a supply of the extracting medium to the brewing chamber.

11. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the dividing arrangement is adapted to let the second quantity of coffee particles be significantly smaller than the first quantity of coffee particles.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the dividing arrangement comprises a chamber for allowing the single quantity of coffee particles to pass through, the chamber having a first outlet opening for discharging the first quantity of coffee particles to the first distribution path, and a second outlet opening for discharging the second quantity of coffee particles to the second distribution path, the second outlet opening being significantly smaller than the first outlet opening.

13. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the dividing arrangement comprises a sieve for separating relatively large coffee particles from relatively small coffee particles, the sieve being arranged with respect to the first distribution path and the second distribution path so as to enable on the one hand a discharge of a first resulting quantity having the relatively large coffee particles to the first distribution path, and to enable on the other hand a discharge of a second resulting quantity having the relatively small coffee particles to the second distribution path.

14. The device according to claim 7 , further comprising a grinding module for grinding coffee beans to coffee powder to be distributed through the device by means of the first distribution path and the second distribution path.

15. The device according to claim 7 , further comprising a controller for controlling operation of the device, the controller being adapted to activate the heating module simultaneously with initiating a supply of the extracting medium to the brewing chamber.