METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TEA BEVERAGE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with technology for manufacturing different compositions of tea beverages. The mixture of baikhovi black tea, black currant and senna leaves and hibiscus flowers should be treated with the flow of nonpolar gas at supercritical parameters of temperature and pressure, circulating along closed contour at the rate being above fall or sinking velocity of mixture particles, for 15-20 min, then one should decrease temperature below critical one and reduce pressure up to atmospheric one. The tea beverage obtained is better for making being of more homogeneous composition, as well.

EFFECT: improved quality of tea beverage.

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