Assertion: protoplasm's part | /r/HasProperty | subjected to mechanical action
Facets:
value: before the thawing step
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A method for the production of tea in particulate or leaf form, comprising a step of harvesting the parts of the tea plant to be treated, characterized in that it comprises a step of freezing the parts of the tea plant at a temperature which is substantially between -40 °C and -150 °C to cause the rupture of their cell walls and of the […] sub-cell organelles due to the freezing of the protoplasm , and thawing step of causing a mixing of […] the oxidases and substrates which escape from the sub-cell organelles which are ruptured by the freezing step; after the freezing step and before the thawing step the parts of the plant are subjected to a mechanical action to detach the leaves from the remaining parts of the plant that are subjected to treatment.