THE PREPARATION OF A TEA COMPOUND FOR DRINKING
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1889
Specification Accepted, 30th Mar., 1889
I ROBERT MARTIN HOULDSWORTH of Malvern Terrace Liversedge in the County of
York Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this invention for THE
PREPARATION OF A TEA COMPOUND FOR DRINKING and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by. the following
statement:-
This invention relates to the preparation of a compound of Tea with sugar or such
other soluble article as will satisfactorily absorb the strength of the tea which
enables much less tea to be used than is usually employed in making a cup of tea and
when my tea compound is used in place of ordinary tea the usual time taken to
brew tea is considerably reduced and if the processes herein described are carried
out a pound of Tea as used in my compound makes a two pound (1. pound tea and
1 pound Sugar) compound equal to 2 pounds of tea as used in the ordinary way. The
first process in the production of my tea compound is as follows I take a pound of tea
of any character or quality and I take a quantity of a soluble absorbent e.g. sugar
(preferably white crystallised) which sugar I grind to a fine powder. I then mix the.
sugar with the tea and allow the mixture to stand in its dry state for from 2.
to 12 hours Any soluble absorbent will do in place of the Sugar. If Sugar is used,
an equal quantity to the quantity of tea used is preferable, but the quantity of any
other absorbent must be increased or decreased according to its absorbing power
The length of time must also be proportionate to the quality of tho tea viz. less time
if the quality of the tea is good and longer if the quality of the tea is not so good
and proportionate to the absorbent power of the soluble article used. The next
process is as follows I first follow the process mentioned above and then take a
tube of adequate size which incline into an ordinary Disintegrator the said tube
being surrounded by steam pipes in the usual well known manner or by any other
convenient process of heating I then produce in the tube by means of the said steam
pipes or other heating appliance a temperature of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit but
this temperature should be lesser as the tea is good and greater as the tea is not so
good The temperature must also increase or decrease according as the soluble
absorbent is less or more powerful but care must be taken not in any case to allow the
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temperature to be insufficient to force the aroma of the tea into the absorbent
allow the mixture produced by the first mentioned process to pass through the tube
which
may
take from a minute to a minute and a half After the mixture has passed
through the tube and into the disintegrator 1 allow the mixture to remain in the
disintegrator a sufficient time to reduce the compound to a powder 1 then place the
mixture in a suitable vessel the mixture being then a semi brown powder and ready
for sale or use.
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) The combination of Tea with a soluble absorbent substantially as above set
forth.
(2) The combination of Tea with a soluble, absorbent according to the first process
above set forth.
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ERNEST SALAMAN
Agent for Applicant.