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David George Sharp

David George Sharp, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100086642PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TEA PRODUCTS - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from a first supply of fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice; subjecting the first supply of fresh tea leaves and/or the tea juice to a fermentation step thereby to at least partially ferment the tea juice; and combining the at least partially fermented tea juice with substantially unfermented tea material.04-08-2010

David George Sharp, Sharnbrook GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090117229Process for manufacturing tea products - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: providing fresh tea leaves comprising catechins; macerating the fresh tea leaves thereby to produce dhool; fermenting the dhool for a fermentation time (t05-07-2009
20090117250Process for manufacturing tea products and products obtainable thereby - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: providing fresh tea material rich in stem; and expressing juice from the fresh tea material thereby to produce stem residue and tea juice comprising a mixture of tea compounds.05-07-2009
20090117251Process for manufacturing tea products - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice, wherein the amount of expressed juice is between 10 and 300 ml per kg of the fresh tea leaves; and processing the leaf residue to produce leaf tea and/or a tea extract.05-07-2009
20090118360Process for manufacturing leaf tea - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice wherein the amount of expressed juice is greater than 300 ml per kg of fresh tea leaves; subjecting the fresh tea leaves and/or the leaf residue to an enzyme deactivation treatment thereby to prevent fermentation of the leaf residue; and drying the leaf residue to produce leaf tea. Also disclosed is a leaf tea obtained by the process.05-07-2009
20090186125Process for purifying compounds from tea - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and juice comprising a mixture of tea compounds; fractionating the mixture; and recovering at least one fraction enriched in at least one tea compound.07-23-2009
20090202676Process for manufacturing a tea product - Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a tea product. The process comprises the step of combining tea juice expressed from a first supply of fresh tea leaves with leaf tea from a second supply of fresh tea leaves and/or with tea solids extracted from the leaf tea.08-13-2009
20100086645PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TEA PRODUCTS - Disclosed is a process comprising the step of: expressing juice from a first supply of fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice; subjecting the first supply of fresh tea leaves and/or the tea juice to an enzyme deactivation treatment thereby to prevent fermentation of the tea juice; and combining the tea juice in which the enzymes have been deactivated with fermented or fermenting tea material.04-08-2010

Patent applications by David George Sharp, Sharnbrook GB

David George Sharp, Sharnbook GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090029003Process for Tea Manufacture - The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a leaf tea product. The process comprises the steps of providing fresh tea leaf, recovering aroma from the fresh tea leaf, and drying the fresh tea leaf to form the leaf tea product. The aroma is recovered whilst at least partially drying the fresh leaf in a low-convection dryer.01-29-2009