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US 8,273,395 B2Granted
Process for manufacturing tea products
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsSteven Peter Colliver, David George Sharp, Ian Smith
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Abstract
Shown is a process having the steps of: providing fresh tea material rich in stem; and expressing juice from the fresh tea material thereby to produce stem residue and tea juice having a mixture of tea compounds.
Claims8
A process comprising the steps of:
- a) providing fresh tea material rich in stem;
- comprising at least about 50% by weight of stem;
- said fresh tea material never having been dried to a water content of less than 30% by weight and having a moisture content of about 30 to about 90% by weight of the fresh tea material;
- and followed by
- b) expressing juice from the fresh tea material thereby to produce stem residue and tea juice comprising a mixture of tea compounds;
- wherein during said expression step, the moisture content of the tea material is about 30 to about 90% by weight;
- wherein the tea juice comprises at least 4.0 mg theanine per ml of juice.
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A process comprising the steps of:
- a) providing fresh tea material rich in stem;
- comprising at least about 50% by weight of stem;
- said fresh tea material having a moisture content of about 30 to about 90% by weight of the fresh tea material;
- followed by
- b) expressing juice from the fresh tea material thereby to produce stem residue and tea juice comprising a mixture of tea compounds;
- wherein during said expression step, the moisture content of the tea material is about 30 to about 90% by weight;
- wherein the tea juice comprises at least 4.0 mg theanine per ml of juice;
- and
- e) processing the stem residue to produce made tea and/or extracting the stem residue with a solvent to produce a tea extract.
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