HERBAL TEA PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A23F3/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to herbal teas production technology. Birch leaves (70-80%) and melilot herb (30-20%) are used as raw material. Immediately before mixing, young dried birch leaves (procured in spring) are treated with pungent water steam at a temperature of 102-110°C during 1.5-3.5 minutes, forced cooled and milled; then they are mixed with fresh-cut melilot herb in a drum mixer during 12-15 minutes, fermented for 50-80 minutes, granulated and fermented again for 2.0-2.5 hours at a relative air humidity of 90-95% and a temperature of 30-35°C; then the mixture is dried to a residual moisture of 5-6%.

EFFECT: method allows to produce a new kind of herbal tea possessing good organoleptic properties and useful properties of the primary raw material.

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