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A beverage producing apparatus and method are provided for producing a beverage, using an identification label of a beverage substance cartridge.

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1. A beverage producing apparatus for producing a beverage, using an identification label of a beverage substance cartridge, said identification label includes variety information of a substance corresponding to at least one brewing parameter for brewing the substance, and beverage substance informa

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A beverage producing apparatus for producing a beverage, using an identification label of a beverage substance cartridge, said identification label includes variety information of a substance corresponding to at least one brewing parameter for brewing the substance, and beverage substance information indicating a property of the substance corresponding to tuning brewing parameters for adjusting said at least one brewing parameter to obtain at least one new brewing parameter, the beverage producing apparatus comprising: a beverage substance cartridge putting section configured to receive the beverage substance cartridge containing the substance;a water supplying section configured to supply water for beverage production;a brewing section configured to brew the substance in the beverage substance cartridge for beverage production;a water exporting section configured to export the beverage produced by the brewing section; andan identifying apparatus configured to identify the substance contained in beverage substance cartridge, the identifying apparatus comprising: an identifying section configured to identify said identification label on the beverage substance cartridge, and identify said variety information and said beverage substance information corresponding said identification label;a parameter storing section configured to store said variety information and said at least one brewing parameter, corresponding to information on the identification label for brewing of the substance;a tuning data storing section configured to store the beverage substance information and the tuning brewing parameters;a retrieving and judging section configured to retrieve from the parameter storing section according to said variety information to determine a corresponding brewing parameter, and to retrieve from said tuning data storing section according to said beverage substance information to determine a corresponding tuning brewing parameters; anda controlling section configured to control a sum of said corresponding brewing parameter and said corresponding tuning brewing parameter to obtain a new brewing parameter. 2. The beverage producing equipment according to claim 1, wherein said controlling section is configured to send commands to the beverage substance cartridge putting section, the identifying apparatus, the brewing section and the water exporting section. 3. The beverage producing equipment according to claim 1, wherein the brewing section comprises: a heating section configured to heat water supplied by a water supplying section;a water filling section to fill the heated water in the beverage substance cartridge; anda steeping section configured to steep juice from the substance;wherein said at least one brewing parameter comprises a water filling temperature, a water filling speed, and a steeping time; andwherein the heating section heats the water according to the water filling temperature, the water filling section fills the water according to the water filling speed; and the steeping section steeps juice according to the steeping time. 4. The beverage producing equipment according to claim 3, wherein the at least one brewing parameter corresponds to at least one of steeping parameters for tea waking, presoaking, and extracting processes, wherein the substance comprises steeping kinds of tea leaf, and wherein the filling temperature, the water filling speed and the steeping time are set and adopted in each the steeping parameter. 5. The beverage producing equipment according to claim 1, wherein the identification label further comprises beverage substance information comprising any one of a place of origin and a production date of the substance, or both the place of origin and the production date of the substance. 6. A beverage producing system, comprising: the beverage producing apparatus according to claim 1; anda beverage substance cartridge comprising: a cartridge body that accommodates the substance;a sealing cover that seals the substance in the cartridge body, andan identification label coupled to the cartridge body, the identification label comprising an identification code that indicates the substance, at least one brewing parameter for the substance that includes at least one of a water filling temperature, a water filling speed and a steeping time, and at least one of a place of origin of the substance, and a production date of the substance, wherein the at least one brewing parameter corresponds to at least one of tea waking, presoaking, and extracting processes for brewing of the substance when the substance is accommodated in the cartridge body. 7. A beverage producing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the substance comprises any one of tea, dried vegetable, dried fruit and medicinal herb, or a combination of at least two of tea, dried vegetable, dried fruit, and medicinal herb. 8. A method for producing a beverage using a beverage producing apparatus, the method comprising: providing the beverage producing apparatus with an identifying apparatus and a water exporting section, the identifying apparatus comprising an obtaining and identifying section and a retrieving and judging section;identifying a substance contained in a beverage substance cartridge with the identifying apparatus;identifying an identification label positioned on the beverage substance cartridge, variety information and beverage substance information with the identifying section;determining a brewing parameter and a tuning brewing parameter for the substance with the retrieving and judging section, according to the variety information and the beverage substance information provided by identified identification label;controlling a sum of the brewing parameter and the tuning brewing parameter to obtain a new brewing parameter;brewing the substance with water to produce the beverage, according to the new brewing parameter determined by the retrieving and judging section; andexporting the brewed beverage with the water exporting section. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing the beverage producing apparatus with a beverage substance cartridge controlling section. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising collecting a used beverage substance cartridge after the step of exporting the brewed beverage with the water exporting section.