A Method of treating and improving lea.
Year: 1898

page_text: FREDERIC SHARPE ELLIOTT, 9, Gill Street, Nottingham (no calling, out of
business), do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For the purpose of improving tea, I take twenty three parts of water, "distilled
is best" or sufficient to moisten the tea. Twenty one parts of tea. One part of
pure phosphate of soda pulverized. Three parts of castor sugar. I put the water
into a copper or other suitable vessel & bring it to the boiling point, then I add
the phosphate of soda to dissolve, after which I add the tea & at once stop the
boiling, next I stir up the tea so that it may be equally wetted, about two minutes
after putting the tea into the boiling water, I proceed to scatter over the damp tea
the castor sugar, & then give it another stir up so that it may be well & evenly
mixed, after which I transfer it to a suitable drying apparatus or machine for
drying tea. After drying, it should be well packed & kept from the air.
Dated this 20th day of December 1898.
A Method of treating and improving lea.
FREDERIC SHARPE ELLIOTT, 9, Gill Street, Nottingham (no calling, out of
business), do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
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This invention has for its object the treating & improving of tea, whereby it
effects a great saving, makes it more soluble so that it can be more quickly mashed,
it modifies the harshness & astringency, and reduces the injurious effects of the
tannin to a minimum, thus diminishing the evils which prevent so many drinking
tea. For this purpose I proceed as follows, I take 23 parts of water or just
sufficient to moisten the tea, (distilled water is best) 21 parts of tea. 1 part of
pure phosphate of soda pulverized, & 3 parts of castor sugar. I put the water into
a copper or other suitable vessel & bring it to the boiling point, then I add the
phosphate of soda to dissolve, immediately after I add the tea & at once stop the
boiling, next I stir up the tea that it may be equally wetted, about 1 to 2 minutes
after putting the tea into the boiling water, proceed to scatter over the damp tea
the castor sugar, & then give it another stir up so that it may be well & evenly
mixed, next & as quick as possible I transfer it to a suitable drying apparatus or
machine for drying tea. After drying it should be well packed & kept from the
air, this treatment improves its keeping powers. Owing to the many different
kinds & qualities of tea I do not restrict or confine myself to these exact proportions
Price 8d.l

page_text: for all teas, but the above proportions are a good average standard for teas of a
medium quality. The best results are obtained from broken leaf tea. The
medicinal properties of phosphate of soda makes its use not only perfectly harmless
but very beneficial. Owing to the more or less hardness of waters & the sparing
solubilty of the active stimulating principle of tea except by prolonged mashing
in boiling water, there is only imperfect extraction of thein thus causing waste
through more tea having to be used, this process saves this waste. It will be found
on trial that 5 parts of tea after being treated by this process produces an infusion
equally as good & strong as that obtained from 6 parts of the same tea not so
treated, thus saving about 17 per cent. of tea, this is brought about by the treat-
ment making it more soluble, whereby a larger quantity of the active principle is
dissolved out making the infusion very digestible, wholesome & less hurtful, which
may be drunk with impunity without producing the injurious effects of tea loaded
with tannin & astringent matter, so productive of constipation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim
is;-
1. A new method or process of treating & improving tea substantially as here-
in before described & set forth.
2. A new or improved article of food, consisting of tea, phosphate of soda, &
castor sugar, all incorporated together substantially as hereinbefore described &
set forth.
Dated this 28th day of February 1800
FREDERIC SHARPE ELLIOTT.