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Title:
A PROCESS FOR TEA FLOWER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/015529
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This invention relates to a process for tea tree product, more particularly to a process for tea flower, which is comprised: picking, dehydrating, steaming, drying, fast freezing and crushing. The said picking is conducted before or after tea flower being pollinated 2-3 days, and wooden or plastic hollow basket is used for tea flower picked, the picked tea flower is required to be classified immediately and then to be laid open; the said dehydrating is conducted by laying the flower on the bamboo-made mat or cement floor with the thickness of 2-5cm and turning the flower every 1 hr, the time of the dehydrating is not exceeding 10 hr and the most preferred is 6hr; then, the said steaming is conducted by employing steaming machine for tea producing directly and controlling the temperature of that within the range of 80°C to 100°C; the said drying is performed in several times, preferred in 3-4 times, the temperature of that is controlled within the range of 60 to 180°C, the thickness of the flower laid on the plate of dryer is 2-3cm, cooling is performed after each drying and the time of cooling is prolonged successively; the said fast freezing is performed for 20min at the temperature of -20°C to -40°C; after that the said crushing is performed in crusher immediately. The process of the invention is a natural process without any chemical reaction and chemical extracting, so that the natural nutrients and various active ingredients of the tea flower are maintained in maximum amount.

Inventors:
XU JIYING (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2001/001229
Publication Date:
February 27, 2003
Filing Date:
August 20, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
XU JIYING (CN)
International Classes:
A23L2/38; A23F3/00; A23F3/06; A23F3/34; A23L1/30; A61K36/18; A61K36/82; A61P3/06; A61P35/00; A61P39/02; (IPC1-7): A23F3/34
Foreign References:
CN1052994A1991-07-17
JPH02167031A1990-06-27
JPH0269143A1990-03-08
JPS62166846A1987-07-23
Other References:
See also references of EP 1425974A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHINA SCIENCES PATENT & TRADEMARK AGENT LIMITED (16th floor 80 Haidian Roa, Haidian District Beijing 0, CN)
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