An Improved Method of Preparing and Preserving a Mixture of Tea, Coffee, or other Substance Used for the Making of Beverages in Combination with Milk and Sugar.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1887
Complete Left, 2nd Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
An Improved Method of Preparing and Preserving a Mixture
of Tea, Coffee, or other Substance Used for the Making of
Beverages in Combination with Milk and Sugar.
I, HENRY BELCHER THORNTON, of 11 Esk Terrace, Whitby, Yorkshire Analytical
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
The object of my invention is to provide in a convenient form a mixture of milk
and sugar, with tea, coffee, or other substances used for the making of beverages, so
that the desired beverage may be made by the simple addition of boiling water with
or without the use of a tea-pot or coffee-pot.
Powdered sugar is mixed with milk in any form, condensed, natural, or artificial.
The mixture is then exposed to a heat, not greater than the boiling point of water -
till dryness. The dried mass is reduced to powder and a small quantity of preservative
material such as soda, carbonate, and sugar of milk is added. Tea or other
desired substance is then added in a coarsely powdered state, and if required some
harmless colouring matter as well, and the whole intimately mixed.
The mixture may be made into lozenges, squares, or other forms by pressure
either with or without the addition of gum, syrup, or other innocuous binding
material.

page_text: An Improved Method of Preparing and Preserving a Mixture
of Tea, Coffee, or other Substance Used for the Making of
Beverages in Combination with Milk and Sugar.
I, HENRY BELCHER THORNTON, of 11, Esk Terrace, Whitby in the County of York,
Analytical Chemist do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF PREPARING AND PRESERVING IN THE FORM OF POWDER, LOZENGES OR
OTHER SOLID FORMS A MIXTURE OF TEA, COFFEE, Coffee and CHICORY, OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES USED FOR THE MAKING OF DRINKS IN COMBINATION WITH MILK
AND SUGAR OR MILK OR SUGAR, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide in a convenient form a mixture of
milk and sugar or milk or sugar, with Tea, Coffee, Coffee and Chicory or other
single or mixed substances used as beverages in the form of Powder, Lozenges or
other solid forms so that the desired beverage may be made by the simple addition
of boiling water with or without the use of a Teapot or Coffee-pot or similar
utensil.
Powdered sugar is mixed with condensed milk. The mixture is then exposed
to heat till dryness. The dried mass is reduced to powder and a small quantity
of preservative or antisceptic material such as Soda Carbonate and Sugar of Milk
is added.
Any form of natural milk condensed or dessicated or artificially made milk may
be employed and milk may be used without the addition of sugar and sugar may be
used without the addition of milk.
Other suitable sweetening agents such as saccharine may take the place of sugar
and antisceptic agents, other than Soda Carbonate and Sugar of Milk may be
employed.
To the mixture of milk and sugar or milk or sugar or other sweetening agent,
add Tea, in leaf or powder or in both leaf and powder, coffee, coffee and chicory
or other substances, singly or mixed, in powder or whole with which beverages
are made.
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If desirable some harmless colouring matter such as burnt sugar may be added to
whole intimately mixed.
By pressure either with or without the addition of gum, syrup or other innocuous
binding material the mixture may be made into lozenges or other solid forms.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is:―
1. That beverages prepared by this process need less time in the preparation
and may be male and used without a tea-pot or coffee-pot or similar utensil.

page_text: 2. The process allows of a beverage being made Hygienically superior to that
obtained by the old process as, being ready within a few seconds after the addition of
boiling water, less time is permitted for the volatile active principle and aroma to
escape and the beverage may be drunk before tannin and other deleterious products
are formed in any quantity injurious to health.
3. That being in the form of a dessicated mixture, it will keep any length of time
and in any climate.
4. That it is easily stored and is especially useful for soldiers, sailors, working men,
travellers and tourists.
Dated this First day of Faberany 1988
HENRY BELCHER THORNTON.