METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF GRANULATED TEA FROM INITIAL DRY TEA RAW MATERIAL Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A23F3/22 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the tea industry. Dry initial tea raw materials are represented by finely dispersed dust-like fractions of dry tea raw material. Obtained mass is granulated by extrusion. It is carried out in the mode of continuous thermoplastic boiling in the presence of a plasticising substance in the form of a hygroscopic polysaccharide in amount of 30 parts per 100 parts of tea raw material or in form of 50 % aqueous solution of polysaccharide in amount of 35 parts per 100 parts of tea raw material or in form of water in amount of 55 parts per 100 parts of tea raw material. Granules are dried.

EFFECT: invention ensures production of granulated tea from tea raw material, granules of which are uniform in size, have high degree and speed of extraction and mechanical strength, which ensures production of transparent infusion, as well as waste-free technology of tea production.

4 cl, 1 dwg, 9 ex