A beverage forming system and method in which characteristics of a dispensed beverage are controlled. A beverage forming system may include an outlet chamber (7) having an inlet opening to receive beverage from a beverage forming chamber (49) and an outlet opening to output beverage. The outlet chamber may have a standpipe (74) in the outlet chamber between the inlet (71) and the outlet (73) openings that prevents a direct passage of beverage to the outlet openings (73) thus controlling characteristics of the beverage such as an amount of foam the size of bubbles in a foam etc. The standpipe (74) may have a portion extending upwardly from a bottom of the outlet chamber and impeding a direct flow path between the inlet and the outlet openings (71 73) thus forcing flow to pass around and/or over the standpipe portion.
