WO2009059927A2 - Process for manufacturing tea products - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing tea products.
- the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing tea products from juice expressed from fermented tea leaves .
- tea beverages can be prepared from instant powders which are free from insoluble leaf tea and so dissolve rapidly and completely on contact with hot water. These powder products are usually manufactured by a process comprising extracting leaf tea with water and drying the resulting extract. Also popular are packaged ready-to-drink beverages which contain dissolved tea solids. Such ready-to-drink teas are usually manufactured from instant powders such as those described above or directly from extraction of tea leaf.
- Packaged ready-to-drink tea beverages can sometimes be unstable. In particular, such beverages can often develop haze on storage. This haze formation has been attributed, at least in part, to the poor cold-water solubility of polyphenol species present in the tea solids and which comprise a gallate moiety. Such gallated polyphenols can also bring unwanted bitterness or astringency to tea beverages. Thus technologies have been developed for decreasing the amount of gallated polyphenols in tea solids.
- US 4,051,264 discloses treatment of fresh green tea with tannase in order to improve the cold water solubility of tea solids.
- Tannase is an enzyme which hydrolyzes gallate ester linkages.
- a drawback with using tannase treatment to decrease the amount of gallated polyphenols is that the gallic acid released during desterification can negatively impact on the flavour of beverages made from the treated tea solids.
- US 2007/0231445 Al discloses a method for decaffeinating tea using carbon dioxide compressed to a pressure greater than 50 and up to 100 MPa.
- a drawback of such decaffeination processes is that the use of non-aqueous solvents is not only unfriendly to the environment, but can also result in removal of valuable compounds from tea other than caffeine.
- GB 1,284,721 discloses a process wherein an extract of tea solids which is soluble in cold water is obtained wholly or partially by one or more pressings of tea leaves, followed by at least one further extraction of the tea leaves with hot water, the said hot water extract being separately subjected to an oxidative solubilising process, and thereafter combining the said extracts to provide a tea product.
- This document does not disclose the amount of juice expressed from the tea leaves.
- the tea products prepared by this process are likely to contain substantial levels of gallated polyphenols and/or caffeine as these compounds would be extracted by the hot water extraction.
- GB 968,423 (A.M. H. Bake) discloses a method of producing a stable tea juice from fresh tea leaf that has been subjected to the stages of withering, bruising, twisting, fermenting, killing of enzymes, excluding drying, or a selected sequence of these stages, consisting in separating the tea juice from the thus processed leaf in its still moist state. This document does not disclose the amount of juice expressed from the tea leaves. Furthermore, this document does not disclose the specific degree of fermentation required to produce tea juice with the exceptional qualities of the tea juice of the present invention.
- Tea "Tea” for the purposes of the present invention means material from Camellia sinensis var. sinensis and/or Camellia sinensis var. assamica. Especially preferred is material from var. assamica as this has a higher level of tea actives than var. sinensis.
- Leaf tea for the purposes of this invention means a tea product that contains tea leaves and/or stem in an uninfused form, and that has been dried to a moisture content of less than 30% by weight, and usually has a water content in the range 1 to 10% by weight (i.e. "made tea") .
- Green tea refers to substantially unfermented tea.
- Black tea refers to substantially fermented tea.
- Olelong tea refers to partially fermented tea.
- “Fermentation” refers to the oxidative and hydrolytic process that tea undergoes when certain endogenous enzymes and substrates are brought together, e.g., by mechanical disruption of the cells by maceration of the leaves. During this process colourless catechins in the leaves are converted to a complex mixture of yellow and orange to dark-brown polyphenolic substances.
- “Fresh tea leaves” refers to tea leaves and/or stem that have never been dried to a water content of less than 30% by weight, and usually have a water content in the range 60 to 90%.
- “Dhool” refers to macerated fresh tea leaves.
- expressing juice refers to squeezing out juice from dhool using physical force, as opposed to extraction of tea solids with the use of a solvent.
- expressing encompasses such means as squeezing, pressing, wringing, spinning and extruding. It is possible that a small amount of solvent (e.g. water) is added to the dhool during the expression step. However, in order to prevent significant extraction of tea solids by the solvent, the moisture content of the dhool during expression is that of fresh tea leaves as defined hereinabove. In other words, during the expression step, the moisture content of the dhool is between 30 and 90% by weight, more preferably between 60 and 90%. It is also preferred that the fresh leaves and/or dhool are not contacted with non ⁇ aqueous solvent (e.g. alcohols) prior to or during expression, owing to the environmental & economic problems associated with such solvents.
- non ⁇ aqueous solvent e.g. alcohols
- beverage refers to a substantially aqueous drinkable composition suitable for human consumption.
- leaf particle size is characterised by sieve mesh size using the following convention:
- the particles will pass through a 5 mesh sieve (particles smaller than 4.0 mm) and be retained by a 20 mesh sieve (particles larger than 841 ⁇ m) .
- Leaf particle size may additionally or alternatively be characterized using the grades listed in the international standard ISO 6078-1982. These grades are discussed in detail in our European patent specification EP 1 365 657 Bl (especially paragraph [0041] and Table 2) which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- catechins is used as a generic term for catechin, gallocatechin, catechin gallate, gallocatechin gallate, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin gallate, and mixtures thereof.
- the catechins are sometimes referred to using the following shorthand notation: C for catechin, GC for gallocatechin, CG for catechin gallate, GCG for gallocatechin gallate, EC for epicatechin, EGC for epigallocatechin, ECG for epicatechin gallate, and EGCG for epigallocatechin gallate.
- gallated catechins is used as a generic term for CG, ECG, GCG, EGCG and mixtures thereof.
- the term "theaflavins” is used as a generic term for theaflavin, theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3' -gallate, theaflavin-3, 3' -digallate and mixtures thereof.
- the structures of these compounds are well-known (see, for example, structures xi- xiv in Chapter 17 of "Tea - Cultivation to consumption", K. C. Willson and M.N. Clifford (Eds), 1992, Chapman & Hall, London, pp.555-601) .
- the theaflavins are sometimes referred to using the shorthand notation TF1-TF4 wherein TFl is theaflavin, TF2 is theaflavin-3-gallate, TF3 is theaflavin-3' -gallate and TF4 is theaflavin-3, 3' -digallate (or simply "theaflavin digallate") .
- the term "gallated theaflavins" is used as a generic term for TF2, TF3, TF4 and mixtures thereof.
- the extraction tube should now contain a liquid supernatant on top of a plug of tea material. Carefully decant supernatant into the graduated test tube containing the supernatant from step 7. 12. Make up the pooled supernatants to 10 ml with the methanol- water solution.
- Solvents A: 2% acetic acid in acetonitrile
- the resulting solution is then decanted into microcentrifuge tubes and centrifuged at a RCF of 14000 g for 10 minutes.
- the diluted sample is then decanted into microcentrifuge tubes and centrifuged at a relative centrifugal force (RCF) of 14000 g for 10 minutes.
- RCF relative centrifugal force
- the catechins are eluted at the beginning of the chromatogram in a broad unresolved peak and the theaflavins are eluted between 5-15 min. Detection is at 274 nm. Peak area is measured relative to a calibration curve constructed daily. The calibration curve is constructed from a series of solutions containing known amounts of a tea extract previously analysed against pure theaflavin standards.
- the amount of theanine in a liquid sample is determined by reversed phase HPLC chromatography using fluorimetric detection following post-column derivatisation with o-pthalaldehyde.
- the sample is diluted with de-ionised water (25 0 C) in a weight ratio of sample: water of 1:10.
- Solvents A: 5 mM pentadecafluorooctanoic acid in water
- the eluant from the column is fed into a low dead-volume 3-way junction and mixed with the o-Pthalaldehyde reagent in a 1:1 ratio, the o-Pthalaldehyde reagent being pumped at 1 ml/minute by the isocratic pump.
- the o-Pthalaldehyde reagent is 1.0 g/1 o-Pthalaldehyde, 5 ml/1 methanol, 2 ml/1 Brij
- the total polyphenol content of a sample is determined using the Folin-Ciocalteu method as detailed in the International Standard published by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 14502-1:2005 (E) .
- tea juice expressed from dhool decreases with the degree of fermentation. Furthermore we have found that tea juice typically has a lower proportion of gallated theaflavins compared with conventional tea extracts and that the proportion of gallated theaflavins in the juice also varies with the degree of fermentation before expression. In particular, we have found that juice expressed from dhool which has been fermented for sufficient time to oxidise at least 50% of the catechins in the tea leaves is particularly low in caffeine and/or gallated theaflavins .
- the present invention provides a process comprising the steps of: a) providing fresh tea leaves comprising catechins; b) macerating the fresh tea leaves thereby to produce dhool; c) fermenting the dhool for a fermentation time (t F ) sufficient to reduce the content of catechins in the dhool to less than 50% of the content of catechins in the fresh tea leaves on a dry weight basis; and then d) expressing juice from the fermented dhool thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice, wherein the amount of expressed juice is at least 50 ml per kg of the fresh tea leaves .
- the present invention provides tea juice obtained and/or obtainable by the process and in a third aspect a beverage obtained and/or obtainable by diluting the tea juice.
- Such juice and beverages will have a low level of gallated theaflavins and/or a low level of caffeine and thus may be more stable and/or less bitter than tea juices produced by alternative processes.
- a convenient indication of the proportion of gallated theaflavins is the ratio of TFl to TF4 and a convenient indication of the caffeine content is the ratio of theanine to caffeine.
- the present invention provides a composition comprising theaflavins, theanine and caffeine, wherein the theaflavins comprise theaflavin (TFl) and theaflavin digallate (TF4) , and wherein: - the weight ratio of theaflavin to theaflavin digallate (TF1/TF4) is at least 2.0; and the weight ratio of theanine to caffeine is greater than 0.7.
- Such a composition will be more stable and/or less bitter than known compositions comprising theaflavins and caffeine.
- Providing Fresh Tea Leaves Step (a) of the process of the invention comprises providing fresh tea leaves comprising catechins .
- the fresh tea leaves comprise material from var. assamica as this variety naturally has a high level of tea actives and so leads to a high level of actives in the leaf residue even after removal of the juice.
- the fresh leaves are fresh leaves from var. assamica.
- the fresh tea leaves are preferably provided in freshly plucked form, i.e. without any further processing.
- the fresh tea leaves preferably comprise actively growing buds, e.g. in the form of the first two or three leaves together with the unopened bud (so- called "two-and-a-bud” and/or "three-and-a-bud” material) .
- the fresh tea leaves may be withered prior to step (b) . If so, the tea leaves are typically withered for about 12 to 36 hours. Withering allows certain chemical and biochemical changes to occur and also reduces the moisture content of the leaves to around 35 to 70%. The biochemical and/or chemical changes taking place during withering may increase the yield of the volatile flavour compounds in tea.
- the present invention is found to work well with fresh leaves with or without any special pre-treatment .
- the leaves have not undergone a freeze-thaw process prior to step (b) and/or step (d) .
- the fresh tea leaves have not been heat-treated in order to deactivate the endogenous fermentation enzymes.
- Step (b) of the process of the invention comprises macerating the fresh tea leaves thereby to produce dhool .
- Maceration involves wounding the leaves e.g. by rolling and/or crushing the leaves i.e. to break down the plant tissue structure. In black tea manufacture this has the effect of liberating fermentable substrates and fermenting enzymes from within the plant cells and tissue.
- the maceration is preferably achieved by passing the fresh tea leaves through a cutting machine.
- the fresh tea leaves may be macerated by a maceration process using, for example, a CTC machine, rotorvane, ball mill, grinder, hammer mill, Lawri tea processor, Legg cutting machine, or tea rollers as in orthodox tea processing. Combinations of these maceration processes may also be used.
- Step (c) of the process of the invention comprises fermenting the dhool .
- the degree of fermentation is conveniently judged by the proportion of oxidised catechins .
- a quantity, Co which is the amount of catechins in the fresh tea leaves prior to maceration in percent by dry weight of the fresh leaves.
- C F which is the amount of catechins in the dhool after a given fermentation time, t F , in percent by dry weight of the dhool.
- R the degree of fermentation
- t F time sufficient to reduce the content of catechins in the dhool to less than 50% of the content of catechins in the fresh tea leaves prior to maceration on a dry weight basis
- t F is sufficient to reduce the amount of catechins in the dhool to less than 40% (i.e. R ⁇ 40%), more preferably less than 30%, and most preferably from 25 to 0% of the content of catechins in the fresh tea leaves prior to maceration on a dry weight basis.
- t F is at least 1 hour, more preferably at least 1.5 hours, more preferably still at least 1.75 hors and most preferably from 2 to 24 hours.
- the preferred fermentation temperature is from 10 to 4O 0 C, more preferably from 15 to 25 0 C. Too low a temperature results in a slow rate of fermentation whilst too high a temperature may result in deactivation of oxidative enzymes and/or generation of unwanted reaction products.
- Step (d) of the process of the invention comprises expressing juice from the fermented dhool thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice, wherein the amount of expressed juice is at least 50 ml per kg of the fresh tea leaves.
- the amount of expressed juice is at least 100 ml per kg of the fresh tea leaves, more preferably at least 150 ml, more preferably still at least 175 ml and most preferably at least 200 ml.
- the volume of juice expressed per unit mass of tea leaves it should be noted that the mass of the tea leaves is expressed on an "as is" basis and not a dry weight basis. Thus the mass includes any moisture in the leaves.
- the amount of juice expressed is less than 800 ml per kg of fresh leaves, more preferably less than 500 ml, more preferably still less than 300 ml and most preferably less than 275 ml.
- the expression step can be achieved in any convenient way so long as it allows for separation of the tea juice from the leaf residue and results in the required quantity of juice.
- the machinery used to express the juice may, for example, include a hydraulic press, a pneumatic press, a screw press, a belt press, an extruder or a combination thereof.
- the juice may be obtained from the dhool in a single pressing or in multiple pressings of the dhool.
- the juice is obtained from a single pressing as this allows for a simple and rapid process.
- the expression step is performed at ambient temperature.
- the dhool temperature may be from 5 to 4O 0 C, more preferably 10 to 3O 0 C.
- the time and pressure used in the expression step can be varied to yield the required amount of juice.
- the pressures applied to express the juice will range from 0.5 MPa (73 psi) to 10 MPa (1450 psi) .
- the time over which the pressure is applied will typically range from 1 s to 1 hour, more preferably from 10 s to 20 minutes and most preferably from 30 s to 5 minutes.
- the leaf residue is not discarded but is further processed to produce a commercially viable product, such as leaf tea and/or tea extract.
- the process comprises an additional step (e) wherein the leaf residue is processed to produce leaf tea.
- the leaf residue may be processed to produce black leaf tea or oolong leaf tea, more preferably black leaf tea.
- a step common to manufacture of all leaf teas is a drying step.
- the drying step usually also serves to deactivate the fermentation enzymes. Efficient drying requires high temperatures and so it is preferred that step (e) of the process comprises drying the leaf residue at a temperature of at least 75 0 C, more preferably at least 9O 0 C.
- step (e) comprises sorting the leaf tea, preferably after drying, to achieve a particle size of at least 35 mesh. More preferably the leaf tea is sorted to achieve a particle size of from 30 mesh to 3 mesh. Alternatively or additionally, the leaf tea may be sorted to achieve a leaf tea grade of Pekoe Fannings (PF) grade or larger, more preferably Orange Fannings (OF) or larger and most preferably Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings (BOPF) or larger.
- PF Pekoe Fannings
- OF Orange Fannings
- BOPF Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings
- Tea juice separated from the leaf residue typically has a high content of water-soluble tea solids and is a valuable raw material for producing tea products.
- the juice Owing to expression after the specified degree of fermentation, the juice is at least partially fermented.
- the juice may be used to produce an oolong tea product or a black tea product, most preferably a black tea product.
- the tea juice is used to make a tea product then the tea juice is substantially the only source of tea solids in the tea product Diluting to Make a Beverage
- the tea juice is diluted to produce a beverage.
- a suitable process is described, for example, in CN 1 718 030 A (LANCANGJIANG BEER ENTPR GROUP) .
- the juice is preferably diluted with an aqueous medium, preferably water.
- the beverage typically comprises at least 85% water, more preferably at least 90%, optimally between 95 and 99.9% by weight of the beverage.
- the juice is relatively rich in tea solids, it can be diluted many-fold whilst still imparting tea-qualities to the resulting beverage.
- the juice is diluted by at least a factor of 2 to produce the beverage (i.e. 1 part of juice is combined with 1 part diluent by weight) . More preferably the juice is diluted by a factor of at least 5 (i.e. 1 part of juice is combined with 4 parts diluent by weight) and most preferably by a factor of at least 7.
- the juice can be used to make concentrated beverages with high levels of tea solids.
- the juice may be diluted by a factor of less than 50, more preferably less than 25 and most preferably less than 15.
- the mass of a single serve of the beverage may be, for example, less than 600 g, more preferably less than 350 g, more preferably still less than 250 g and most preferably from 20 to 150 g.
- the pH of the beverage may, for example, be from 2.5 to 8, more preferably 3 to 6, most preferably from 3.5 to 6.
- the beverage may comprise a food grade acid and/or salt thereof such as citric, malic, ascorbic acid or a mixture thereof.
- the beverage preferably comprises at least one nutrient selected from carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and mixtures thereof.
- the beverage may be low calorie (e.g. have an energy content of less than 100 kCal per 100 g of the beverage) or may have a high calorie content (e.g. have an energy content of more than 100 kCal per 100 g of the beverage, preferably between 150 and 1000 kCal) . It is most preferred that the beverage is very low calorie such that a single serving has a total energy content of less than 5 kCal, more preferably still less than 1 kCal .
- the beverage may also comprise any of salt, sweetener, flavours, colours, preservatives, antioxidants or a mixture thereof.
- the beverage is preferably packaged.
- the package will typically be a bottle, can, carton or pouch.
- the beverage is preferably sanitised e.g. by pasteurisation or sterilisation.
- the tea juice is dried to produce a liquid concentrate or powder.
- the juice is dried to a moisture content of less than 80% by weight, more preferably less than 50% by weight, more preferably still less than 30% by weight and most preferably less than 10% by weight.
- Any suitable drying process may be used including spray drying, freeze drying, oven drying, tray drying, vacuum drying or a combination thereof.
- the concentrate or powder may, for example, be diluted or dissolved to produce a beverage, used as a food additive and/or used as a starting material for producing other tea-derived materials .
- the Tea Juice and Beverages Prepared Therefrom provides tea juice obtained and/or obtainable by the process as well as beverages obtained and/or obtainable by diluting the tea juice.
- Such juice and beverages will have a low level of gallated theaflavins and/or a low level of caffeine and thus may be more stable and/or less bitter than tea juices produced by alternative processes.
- the beverage is preferably directly obtained by diluting the liquid juice, it may be obtained by dissolving dried juice.
- the tea juice will typically have a total solids content of from 4 to 12% by weight, more preferably from 6 to 10%.
- the beverage will typically comprise tea solids in an amount of from 0.001 to 5% by weight of the beverage, more preferably 0.01 to 3% by weight and most preferably 0.1 to 1% by weight
- the tea juice or beverage will typically comprise less than 50% catechins by weight of the total polyphenols in the juice and/or beverage, more preferably less than 40%, more preferably still less than 30%, and most preferably from 25 to 0%. Additionally or alternatively the juice or beverage will be black tea juice or a black tea beverage.
- the juice or beverage will typically comprise a relatively low proportion of gallated polyphenols. Conveniently this can be represented by the weight ratio of theaflavin (TFl) to theaflavin digallate (TF4) .
- TF1/TF4 is at least 2.0, more preferably at least 3.0, more preferably still at least 3.2 and most preferably from 3.5 to 5.0.
- the amount of TFl in the total theaflavins in the juice or beverage is preferably at least 40% by weight, more preferably at least 42% by weight and most preferably from 45 to 60%.
- the juice or beverage will typically comprise a relatively low content of caffeine. Conveniently this can be represented by the weight ratio of theanine to caffeine. Preferably the weight ratio of theanine to caffeine is greater than 0.7, more preferably at least 0.9, more preferably still at least 1.0 and most preferably from 1.3 to 5.0.
- the juice will typically comprise less than 4 mg/ml caffeine, more preferably less than 3 mg/ml and most preferably from 0.5 to 2 mg/ml.
- the beverage will typically comprise less than 0.10 mg/ml caffeine, more preferably less than 0.08 mg/ml, more preferably still less than 0.07 mg/ml and most preferably from 0.01 to 0.06 mg/ml .
- the present invention provides a composition which provides the health benefits of theaflavins without unwanted bitterness from large proportions of caffeine and/or gallated thealfavins.
- composition comprising theaflavins, theanine and caffeine, wherein the theaflavins comprise theaflavin (TFl) and theaflavin digallate (TF4) , and wherein: - the weight ratio of theaflavin to theaflavin digallate
- the composition has black tea character.
- the composition comprise less than 50% catechins by weight of the total polyphenols in the composition, more preferably less than 40%, more preferably still less than 30%, and most preferably from 25 to 0%.
- the theaflavins in the composition are preferably derived from black tea.
- the weight ratio TF1/TF4 in the composition is at least 3.0, more preferably at least 3.2 and most preferably from 3.5 to 5.0. Additionally or alternatively the amount of TFl in the total theaflavins in the composition is preferably at least 40% by weight, more preferably at least 42% by weight and most preferably from 45 to 60%.
- the composition comprises a relatively low content of caffeine.
- the weight ratio of theanine to caffeine is greater than 0.7, more preferably at least 0.9, more preferably still at least 1.0 and most preferably from 1.3 to 5.0.
- the fresh tea leaves were chopped using a vegetable cutter before being fed twice through a CTC (cut, tear, curl) machine (Rollers set at six teeth per inch with speeds of 1000 and 100 rpm respectively) .
- the fresh dhool was then fermented for 2 hours at a temperature of 25 0 C using a TeacraftTM fermentation unit (0.5 0 C wet bulb depression, 90% R. H.) .
- Samples of dhool were taken directly after maceration, after 1 hour of fermentation and at the end of fermentation in order to determine the amount of catechins in the dhool at these times. Each sample was dried in a fluid bed drier immediately after collection to arrest fermentation and produce leaf tea.
- Pressing was done using a hydraulic press (5 Tonnes applied to a 500 g mass of fermented leaf inside a cylinder of diameter 160 mm, resulting in a downward pressure of 354 psi (2.44 MPa)) to express black tea juice.
- the tea juice was immediately centrifuged for 20 minutes (10000 g at 3 0 C) and the supernatant was then filter sterilised using a NalgeneTM filtration unit fitted with a 0.2 ⁇ m filter.
- Table 2 shows the chemical composition of the tea juices and reference infusion.
- This Example demonstrates the processing of fresh leaf to produce black leaf tea and black tea juice.
- Fresh tea leaves (which had not been withered) were chopped using a vegetable cutter before being fed through a CTC (cut, tear, curl) machine (Rollers set at six teeth per inch with speeds of 1000 and 100 rpm respectively) .
- the fresh dhool was then fermented for 2 hours at 25 0 C using a TeacraftTM fermentation unit (0.5 0 C wet bulb depression, 90 % R. H.) .
- Fermented dhool was then pressed using a hydraulic press (5 Tonnes applied to a 500 g mass of fermented leaf inside a cylinder of diameter 160 mm, resulting in a downward pressure of 354 psi (2.44 MPa)) to express black tea juice.
- the yield of black tea juice was 25 ml/100 g fermented dhool, and had a total solids content of 8% by weight.
- the tea juice was immediately centrifuged for 20 minutes (10000 g at 3 0 C) and the supernatant was then filter sterilised using a NalgeneTM filtration unit fitted with a 0.2 ⁇ m filter. The solids content of the tea juice after centrifugation and filtration was 6% by weight. Examples of levels of tea actives in black tea juice are shown in table 3.
- the dried fermented dhool was used to make a high quality black tea infusion by infusing in freshly-boiled water (2 minutes at 1 % w/v and without agitation) .
- the colour profile of the infusion was measured, and found to be comparable to a control black leaf tea made using the above process but with the pressing step omitted. Further similarities between the infusion made from pressed dried residual dhool and control black leaf tea were apparent following quantification of the non-volatile tea components.
- the details shown in table 4 illustrate the comparable non-volatile profiles between the two, indicative of a good quality infusion despite being made from juice-extracted (i.e. pressed) dhool.
- the expressed black tea juice described above is a useful raw material for the production of freeze dried powders enriched in tea actives.
- the black tea juice has a total solids content of 6% post filtration, and this juice can be freeze dried to produce a powder of composition shown in table 5.
- the complete tea juice i.e. freeze dried with no fractionation
- This Example demonstrates the production of a ready-to-drink tea- based beverage from black tea juice.
- Fresh tea leaves were chopped using a vegetable cutter, passed twice through a CTC machine and then fermented for 2 hours .
- the fermented dhool was pressed at 5 tonne pressure using a static press to yield the black juice.
- the juice was clarified using a Beckman Avanti J-25 centrifuge (JLA-9.1000 rotor, 10 minutes at 12500 rcf, 20 0 C) .
- the clarified juice contained 6.5 wt% tea solids.
- the juice was formulated into a beverage by combining the ingredients shown in table 6.
- the product was UHT-treated (30 seconds at 136°C) cooled to 80 0 C and then filled and sealed into 150 ml cans.
- the cans were inverted for 1 minute to pasteurise the lids and then quickly cooled to 20 0 C in a water bath.
- the resulting RTD beverage was found to have a caffeine content of 5.5 mg/100 ml and a theanine content of 6.2 mg / 100 ml.
- the weight ratio of TFl to TF4 was much greater than 2.0.
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