Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090117229 | Process 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 (t | 05-07-2009 |
20090117250 | Process 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 |
20090117251 | Process 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 |
20090118360 | Process 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 |
20090186125 | Process 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 |
20090202676 | Process 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 |
20100086645 | PROCESS 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 |
20130011518 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TEA PRODUCTS - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from a supply of fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice; subjecting the 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 comprising active endogenous enzymes, thereby to form a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to an enzyme deactivation step thereby to prevent fermentation of the substantially unfermented tea material in the mixture. | 01-10-2013 |
20130202769 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING GREEN TEA - Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a green leaf tea product, the process comprising the steps of:—providing fresh tea leaves comprising catechins and active endogenous enzymes;—comminuting the fresh tea leaves comprising active endogenous enzymes under aerobic conditions sufficient to cause substantial bruising to the leaves;—inactivating the endogenous enzymes in the comminuted fresh tea leaves to substantially prevent fermentation of the fresh leaves;—and drying the comminuted fresh tea leaves to yield the green leaf tea product. | 08-08-2013 |
20140113053 | TEA-BASED BEVERAGE - Disclosed is a tea-based beverage comprising expressed tea juice, wherein the beverage has a total aluminium content of less than 8 ppm; a total fluoride content of less than 8 ppm; or both. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113054 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TEA PRODUCTS - Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: a) heating fresh tea leaves; and b) expressing juice from the fresh tea leaves whilst the temperature of the fresh tea leaves is greater than | 04-24-2014 |