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

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to herbal teas production technology. Among the tea ingredients are birch leaves - 70-55%, garden balm herb -15-25%, sugar beet roots - 15-20%. Birch leaves re treated with pungent water steam, chilled and milled. Garden balm herb is equally milled. Sugar beet roots are pressed till residual humidity is 35-45%, maintained in an autoclave during 40-50 minutes at a temperature of 105-110° and pressure of 1.5-2.0 atm. Then all the components are mixed and fermented during 2.0-2.5 at a temperature of 24-30°C and relative air humidity of 90-95%, granulated and dried till residual humidity is 6-8%.

EFFECT: invention usage allows to produce a new herbal tea with good taste and flavour properties and improved biological value and to extend the assortment of herbal teas.

2 cl, 1 ex