PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING GREEN TEA

摘要

Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a green leaf tea product the process comprising the steps of : providing fresh tea leaves comprising catechins and active endogenous enzymes; comminuting the fresh tea leaves comprising active endogenous enzymes under aerobic conditions sufficient to cause substantial bruising to the leaves; inactivating the endogenous enzymes in the comminuted fresh tea leaves to substantially prevent fermentation of the fresh leaves; and drying the comminuted fresh tea leaves to yield the green leaf tea product.