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Assemblies, systems, and devices are provided for the brewing of a beverage (e.g. coffee, or tea). The invention, in particular, provides a brew chamber assembly for an apparatus for preparing a beverage from an aqueous medium and a particulate beverage material; the chamber assembly may, for exampl

Assemblies, systems, and devices are provided for the brewing of a beverage (e.g. coffee, or tea). The invention, in particular, provides a brew chamber assembly for an apparatus for preparing a beverage from an aqueous medium and a particulate beverage material; the chamber assembly may, for example, be used in automated beverage making machines. The brew chamber assembly may comprise a brewing vessel and a spent coffee grounds discharge mechanism. The brewing vessel comprises a floor and side wall elements. The spent particulate beverage material discharge mechanism comprises an exit element for venting spent particulate beverage material out of the brewing vessel and a spinable impellor for urging spent particulate beverage material out of the brew chamber through the exit element.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A brew chamber assembly for an apparatus for preparing a beverage from an aqueous medium and an insoluble particulate beverage material, said brew chamber assembly comprisinga brewing vessel, beverage evacuation means for the evacuation of beverage from said vessel so as to leave sp

[ I claim:] [1.] A brew chamber assembly for an apparatus for preparing a beverage from an aqueous medium and an insoluble particulate beverage material, said brew chamber assembly comprisinga brewing vessel, beverage evacuation means for the evacuation of beverage from said vessel so as to leave spent particulate beverage material behind in said vessel and spent particulate beverage material discharge means,said brewing vessel comprising side wall means and a floor,said spent particulate beverage material discharge means comprising exit means for venting spent particulate beverage material out of said brewing vessel and spinable impellor means for urging spent particulate beverage material out of said brewing vessel through said exit means, said brewing vessel and said spinable impellor means being configured such that when the impellor means is spun, in the brewing vessel, in a working direction, about an axis of rotation, the impellor means is able to induce spent particulate beverage material in said brewing vessel outwardly away from the axis of rotation and upwardly away from the floor so as to urge spent particulate beverage material out of said brewing vessel through said exit means and wherein said beverage evacuation means comprises said floor and at least a portion of said floor is configured as a filter for the evacuation of beverage from said vessel so as to leave spent particulate beverage material behind on said floor.