PHYTOTEA PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A23L2/38 A23F3/34 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention is related to food industry and may be used in production of phytoteas. The phytotea composition includes (wt %) garden beet root crops - 30, dogrose leaves - 20, nettle leaves -20, parsley root crops - 15 and scorzonera root crops - 15. Nettle leaves are washed, dried and treated with pungent water steam at a temperature of 103-105°C during 1.5-3 minutes. Then they are preliminarily slightly dried till moisture content is 55-65% and cut into particles sized 4-6 mm. After cutting nettle leaves are dried till moisture content is 6-4%. Dogrose leaves are also treated with pungent water steam at the same mode as nettle leaves. Then they are cut into particles sized 4-6 mm and dried till moisture content is 4-6%. Scorzonera root crops are washed and dried at a temperature of 65-70°C till moisture content is 4%, then they are milled into particles sized 0.5-0.8 mm. Fresh garden beet root crops are washed, peeled, milled into pultaceous mass and mixed with the milled dogrose leaves and scorzonera root crops and placed into fomenters for 2.5-3 hours at a temperature of 38-42°C and relative air humidity of 88-90%. Parallel fresh parsley root crops are washed, milled into pultaceous mass; one adds milled nettle leaves to milled parsley root crops, stirs them and places them into fomenters for 2.5-3 hours at a temperature of 26-30°C and relative air humidity of 88-90%. Then the both masses are combined, stirred and left in a condition heated up to 65-70°C for 2-2.5 hours for maturation of the total mass.

EFFECT: method ensures production of phytotea with pleasant taste and flavour properties and containing increased quantity of biologically valuable components; additionally the method allows to extend the range of phytoteas.