Patent ID: 7811619
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A23F

Abstract:
1. A production process of a beverage comprising a dried green tea polyphenol, said process comprising: subjecting green tea leaves to a first extraction with water having a temperature of −5° C. to 8° C., separating and removing a first extraction solution obtained by the first extraction, subjecting residual green tea leaves from the first extraction to a second extraction with warm water of 50° C. or higher, drying a second extraction solution obtained from the second extraction to obtain the dried green tea polyphenol, and mixing the dried green tea polyphenol with a beverage to produce the beverage comprising a dried green tea polyphenol, with the proviso that the beverage comprising a dried green tea polyphenol does not comprise the first extraction solution or an extract of the first extraction solution.