TEA WITH ENHANCED ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A23F3/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: tea with enhanced antioxidant properties containing at least one extract from the following group: mango leaves extract (Mangifera indica L.), honeysuckle flower extract (Lonicera caprifolium L.), balm extract (Melissa officinalis L.), rosemary extract (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), padma extract (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn), verbena herb extract (Verbena officinalis L.), salvia root extract (Salvia officinalis L.), ginger hand extract (Zingiberis Ginger L.), larch-bark extract (Larix decidua) or any combination thereof. Their total concentration is not more than 5% of the weight of the finished dry product. The composition of each extract includes xanthones, polyphenolic acids, flavanoids, terpenoids, iridoids. All these modifications of initial properties of the tea are provided for without modification of the tea taste properties for the worse.

EFFECT: invention provides for preservation of initial antioxidant properties of the tea during the process of the beverage storage, transportation, preparation; improvement of the tea antioxidant properties as compared to its initial antioxidant properties (both in terms of quality and quantity).