| 发明名称 |
Process for fabricating leaf tea products |
| 摘要 |
Shown is a process for manufacturing a fabricated leaf tea product. The process includes the steps of: (i) providing a concentrated liquid tea composition; (ii) providing a base leaf tea; (iii) combining the concentrated liquid tea composition with the base leaf tea to form a tea mixture having a total soluble solids content of at least 50% by dry weight of the mixture; and (iv) drying the tea mixture. At least 20% by weight of the base leaf tea has a particle size of +16 mesh and/or the tea mixture is sorted according to particle size to yield a fraction wherein at least 20% by weight of the fraction has a particle size of +16 mesh; and the time between forming the tea mixture (step iii) and drying (step iv) is at least 5 minutes. |
| 申请公布号 |
US8986770(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.03.24 |
| 申请号 |
US201414202099 |
申请日期 |
2014.03.10 |
| 申请人 |
Conopco, Inc. |
发明人 |
Cooper Michael Alan;Smith Ian |
| 分类号 |
A23F3/22;A23F3/30 |
主分类号 |
A23F3/22 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
Plotkin Ellen |
| 主权项 |
1. A process for manufacturing a fabricated leaf tea product, comprising the following steps:
(i) providing a concentrated liquid tea composition, which comprises from about 10wt % to about 40wt % tea solids; (ii) providing a base leaf tea; (iii) combining the concentrated liquid tea composition with the base leaf tea to form a tea mixture having a total soluble solids content of at least 50% by dry weight of the mixture; and (iv) drying the tea mixture; wherein:
about 40% by weight to about 100% by weight of the base leaf tea has a particle size of +16 mesh and/or the tea mixture is sorted according to particle size to yield a fraction wherein at least 40% by weight of the fraction has a particle size of +16 mesh; andthe time between forming the tea mixture (step iii) and drying (step iv) is about 5 minutes to 2 hours; thereby forming said fabricated leaf tea product having a bulk density of about 0.35 g/ml. |
| 地址 |
Englewood Cliffs NJ US |
