Title:
TEA LEAF OF EUONYMUS TRICOCARPUS AND ITS PRODUCTION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3084358
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject tea leaf having a high geniposidic acid content and vitamin C content by cooling picked leaf of Euonymus tricocarpus as rapidly as possible while preventing the leaf from becoming stuffy, roughly cutting the leaf, boiling the cut leaf, roughly drying the boiled leaf, finely cutting the dried material and subjecting the cut material to roasting, etc., by infrared rays in post-processing.
SOLUTION: The leaf of Euonymus tricocarpus picked so as not to fold or injure is put in a container having good ventilating property and gradually cooled to ≤10°C, preferably 1-4°C as rapidly as possible while preventing the leaf from becoming stuffy and the leaf is retained at the same temperature and roughly cut into a material having about 2cm width, boiled and finely cut into a material having about ≤5mm width and subjected to rough rolling, finish drying and finish rolling and roasted by far-infrared rays.
Inventors:
Suzuki Machiko
Application Number:
JP31064196A
Publication Date:
September 04, 2000
Filing Date:
November 21, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Green Tonaka Japan Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
A23L2/38; A61K36/00; A61K36/18; (IPC1-7): A23L2/38
Domestic Patent References:
| JP4244030A | ||||
| JP63317061A | ||||
| JP3240471A | ||||
| JP10117748A |
Other References:
【文献】静岡県茶業会議所、「新茶業全書」、第6版、静岡県茶業会議所、昭和55年8月、p.208,209
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (4 outside)