METHOD FOR BLENDING OF RAW PLANT MATERIAL AND RAW PLANT COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING OF TEA BEVERAGE Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A23F3/34 

FIELD: food-processing industry.

SUBSTANCE: method for blending of raw plant material including hibiscus and cassia involves introducing components into blending apparatus; mixing components and discharging dust-like fraction; packaging into containers or disposable bags for brewing of tea product. On blending, raw plant material having maximum bulk weight is initially introduced. When raw plant material having residual moisture content less than 5% is used, component particles having sizes of up to 0.6 mm are removed. During blending process, components of medicinal raw plant materials, aromatizers, flavor and/or flavor-aromatic additives, vitamins and/or mineral microelements are additionally used. Additional components are introduced in dry or natural state and/or in the form of juices, solutions, syrups, extracts, fruit infusions, essences, essential oils. Liquid additional components are introduced by spraying onto raw plant material or dosed immediately into packaging container or disposable bags for brewing of tea product. Hibiscus flower petals and/or hibiscus flowers, and/or ripened flower cups free of seed ball are used as raw plant material of hibiscus. Composition of raw plant material for producing of tea beverage contains ripened sepals (flower cups free of seed ball) as hibiscus raw plant material.

EFFECT: prolonged shelf life and increased biological activity of composition.

8 cl, 5 ex