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A nozzle, preferably a multiflavor nozzle, for a postmix beverage dispenser and a method for dispensing including a nozzle body, a water passageway and one or a plurality of separate syrup passageways therethrough, wherein the water passageway includes a water inlet chamber, a plurality of small hol

A nozzle, preferably a multiflavor nozzle, for a postmix beverage dispenser and a method for dispensing including a nozzle body, a water passageway and one or a plurality of separate syrup passageways therethrough, wherein the water passageway includes a water inlet chamber, a plurality of small holes leading into a water stream shaping passageway which includes a first, radially extending annular chamber leading into a second axially extending annular chamber and then to an annular exit port to produce an even, uniform, hollow cylindrical stream of water surrounding a syrup stream. The CO2 comes out of solution in the water passageway to prevent foaming and no mixing occurs in the nozzle to prevent flavor carry-over, while providing high carbonation retention and minimizing brix stratification.

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A multiflavor nozzle for a postmix beverage dispenser comprising: (a) a nozzle body having a water passageway and a plurality of separate syrup passageways therethrough; (b) each of said syrup passageways extending through said body from one of a plurality of separate syrup inlet ports on a top surf

A multiflavor nozzle for a postmix beverage dispenser comprising: (a) a nozzle body having a water passageway and a plurality of separate syrup passageways therethrough; (b) each of said syrup passageways extending through said body from one of a plurality of separate syrup inlet ports on a top surface of said body to one of a plurality of separate syrup outlet ports on a bottom surface of said body; and (c) said water passageway including: (i) a water inlet chamber; (ii) a wall of said inlet chamber having a plurality of small water passage holes therethrough; (iii) an expansion chamber downstream of said holes such that the major part of the pressure drop of the water flowing through said nozzle occurs through said holes; (iv) a plurality of separate, equally spaced apart, water ports in said expansion chamber; and (v) water stream shaping device located downstream from said plurality of water ports, said device including firstly a plurality of axially extending water passages, then a radially outwardly extending, first annular chamber downstream from said axially extending passages, and lastly, an axially extending second annular chamber, the distal end of said second annular chamber being an annular water outlet port in a surface of said body.