Powdered tea concentrate, method for foaming tea concentrate and delivery system for preparing same
AssigneeLipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsMauro Dominick Mordini, Matthew Evan Harbowy
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Abstract
A powdered tea concentrate, method for foaming the concentrate dispersed in water and a delivery system are provided to obtain a resultant foamed tea product. The powdered tea concentrate includes tea solids, sweetening agent and creaming agent. Delivery of foamed tea beverage is through a dispenser that includes a housing, a hopper for the powdered tea concentrate, a water inlet into the housing, a mixing chamber with an aerator mechanism and conduits for delivering the concentrate and water from respective hopper and inlet into the mixing chamber.
Claims6
A foamed tea beverage delivery system comprising:
- i) a powdered tea composition including:
- a) powdered tea;
- b) a creaming agent for whitening the beverage;
- and
- c) a sweetening agent to increase sweetness of the beverage;
- ii) a dispenser which comprises:
- a) a housing;
- b) a hopper for the powdered tea composition, the hopper being positioned within the housing;
- c) a water inlet into the housing;
- d) a mixing chamber;
- e) a rotating impeller functioning to aerate the beverage, the impeller spinning within the mixing chamber;
- and
- f) conduits for delivering the powdered tea and water from respective hopper and water inlet into the mixing chamber.
A foamed tea beverage with a foam head maintaining a height above a liquid level of the beverage greater than 1 cm for at least two minutes after being dispensed, the beverage being generated from a combination of water and a powdered tea composition comprising:
- a) a powdered brewed tea;
- b) a creaming agent for whitening the beverage;
- and
- c) a sweetening agent to increase sweetness of the beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.