"TEA FUNGUS" CULTURE PRODUCTION METHOD AND FERMENTATION BEVERAGE PRODUCTION METHOD USING "TEA FUNGUS" CULTURE Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC C12G3/02 C12N11/12 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: carrier with a rough surface and hydrophilic properties, akin to those of tea fungus culture, possessing tea fungus biological adsorption capacity, is loaded in layers into an open-type vessel alternating with Medusomyces Gisevii Lindau tea fungus culture film layers. A nutrient solution is poured with the carrier immersed therein and maintained under forced aeration conditions at a temperature of 17-35°C for immobilisation. During the fermentation beverage production one prepares a nutrient solution which is filtered, cooled to a temperature equal to 17-35°C and poured into the open-type vessel with immobilised tea fungus culture placed into the vessel. The nutrient solution is fermented under forced aeration conditions till acid content is equal to 3-7 units. The carrier is represented by milled branch pieces, chippings, waste wood; the nutrient solution includes refined sugar in an amount of - 5-12 wt %, black tea in an amount of 0.5-1.5 wt % and drinking water - balance.

EFFECT: invention allows to ensure the process duration reduction, performance enhancement and the beverage indices improvement.

13 cl, 1 tbl, 2 ex