Patent ID: 6113965
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A23F,C07D

Abstract:
A method for making a theaflavin-rich cold water soluble tea product comprising the steps of treating a slurry of green leaf tea with tannase, fermenting said slurry, deleafing said slurry to give a theaflavin-rich tea liquor and spent dhool, drying said tea liquor to yield a liquor-derived theaflavin-rich cold water soluble tea powder, performing one or more solvent extractions of said spent dhool, drying said extract or extractions to form a dhool-derived theaflavin-rich powder or powders, and mixing said liquor-derived theaflavin-rich cold water soluble tea powder with said dhool-derived theaflavin-rich powder or powders to yield the theaflavin-rich cold water soluble tea product.