AP493A - Process for the production of instant black tea. - Google Patents

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AP493A
AP493A APAP/P/1994/000689A AP9400689A AP493A AP 493 A AP493 A AP 493A AP 9400689 A AP9400689 A AP 9400689A AP 493 A AP493 A AP 493A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23FCOFFEE; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23FCOFFEE; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF
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    • A23F3/16Tea extraction; Tea extracts; Treating tea extract; Making instant tea
    • A23F3/18Extraction of water soluble tea constituents

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Abstract

The invention relates to a process

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This invention relates to a process for the production of instant black tea soluble in cold water.
It is known that extracts based on black tea and, more particularly, instant black tea form a cloudy beverage at ambient temperature. The cloudiness is caused by a precipitate of a complex between caffeine and polyphenols which is known as cream of tea. This cream is insoluble in cold water and a certain additional treatment of the black tea extract is normally necessary to achieve solubility in cold water. EP 201 000 describes a process for the production of instant black tea soluble in cold water in which the black tea is extracted, green tea is separately extracted and the two extracts obtained are mixed, concentrated and evaporated to dryness. On the other hand, in this process, most of the tea cream present in the first black tea extract is actually separated in that extract by precipitation through cooling. The disadvantage of this process is that it involves two extractions which is both economically and industrially unacceptable because it leads to a further increase in the price of the instant tea obtained.
The problem addressed by the present invention was to provide a process in which the problem caused by the tea cream would be solved by carrying out a single extraction. It has been found that, by directly subjecting black tea to extraction in admixture with green tea, there is no longer any cream of tea in the sense defined above, so there is no longer any need to provide an additional treatment step for eliminating the tea cream.
Accordingly, the present invention relates to a process for the production of instant black tea soluble in cold water, in which a mixture of black tea and green tea is subjected to co-extraction with hot water under a pressure of 1 to 2 atmospheres and the extract obtained
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Although not wishing to be bound by a scientific theory, it seems to applicants that extraction with green tea enables the caffeine to be decomplexed from the polyphenols present in the black tea so that it forms another complex with the polyphenols of green tea, the complex thus formed being soluble in cold water so that no other treatment is necessary and an instant powder dissolving clearly in cold water is directly obtained. It has been found that the green tea and black tea have to be mixed in a certain ratio by weight in the range from 4:1 to 2:1. If too much green tea is added, the characteristic colour of the black tea is reduced where15 as, if too little green tea is added, an inadequate quantity of polyphenols is extracted from the green tea to avoid the formation of cream characteristic of black tea.
In the context of the invention, the expression green tea designates the material obtained from the tea shrub Camellia sinensis, for example the freshly picked tea leaves, the fresh leaves of green tea which are dried immediately after picking, the fresh leaves of green tea which have been heat-treated before drying to inactivate their enzymes and aqueous extracts of these leaves. It should be understood that the tea has undergone hardly any fermentation transforming it into black tea.
In the present description, black tea is understood to be the enzymatic oxidation product of green tea.
The hot water used for extraction may either be water preheated to the required temperature or water obtained by the direct injection of steam. The temperature of the water is between 90 and 130°C, preferably between 110 and 130°C and more preferably between 120 and 125°C.
The quantity of water used is between 2 and 25 parts
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by weight and preferably between 5 and 12 parts by weight to 1 part of tea. The extraction time nay be up to 30 minutes and is preferably between 2 and 30 minutes.
The tea leaves are extracted either by percolation 5 or in countercurrent, still with tea leaves, in one or more cells equipped with a filter system preventing particles of tea leaves from entering the extract. Even with the filter system, the extract is subjected to centrifugation before concentration to eliminate fine 10 particles from the tea.
Concentration of the hot tea extract is carried out in vacuo so that the extract has a higher dry matter content by the time it arrives at the drying system. The extract is concentrated to a dry matter content of 10 to 15 30% and preferably 15 to 25% by weight.
The concentrated extract is dried either by spray drying or by freeze drying.
The process according to the invention is normally carried out under a pressure of 1 to 2 atmospheres 20 because, if it is carried out under higher pressures, unwanted products are obtained in the extract. <x
The process according to the invention may be carried out in a single step. However, it has been found that, if the process described above is repeated with a 25 fresh quantity of water, the yield is increased to 40%.
In this case, a first extraction is carried out under the conditions described above, another extraction is carried out with fresh water under the same conditions and the two extracts are combined, concentrated and dried. The 30 water used for the extractions is advantageously deionized water.
The process according to the invention gives a black tea powder which is perfectly soluble in cold water and the drink obtained by reconstitution with water has excellent stability and organoleptic properties.
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The process according to the invention is illustrated by the following Examples.
Example 1
300 g of leaves in the form of a mixture of 200 g of green tea and 100 g of black tea are introduced into an extraction cell. A cover is put on to close the cell, after which 4500 g of fresh deionized water are introduced into the cell, circulating in a closed circuit by means of a pump. The water is heated to a temperature of 120°C in 45 seconds by means of a steam injection system. The back-pressure valve guarantees a pressure of 2 bar in the system. The water circulates for 15 minutes and the extract is continuously recycled.
After the 15 minutes, the pump is stopped and 2000 g of fresh deionized water are introduced to wash the partly spent leaves.
The extract is combined with this fresh washing water and concentrated to a dry matter content of 20%.
The concentrate is then spray dried, forming a powder which is perfectly soluble in cold water without any turbidity. The yield obtained is 38%, i.e. 114 g of instant powder are obtained.
Example 2
The procedure is as described in Example 1, except that a second extraction is carried out with 4500 g of fresh deionized water under the same conditions as in the first extraction step of the preceding example. The two extracts are concentrated and spray dried, a yield of 40% being obtained.
Example 3
A mixture of 60 g of green tea and 20 g of black tea 35 is used. This mixture is introduced into an extraction
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A second extraction is then carried out with 1200 g 5 of water under the same conditions as the first extraction.
The two extracts are combined, concentrated and spray dried.
A tea powder perfectly soluble in cold water is 10 obtained in a yield of 40%.

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1. A process for the production of instant black tea soluble in cold cold water, wherein the black tea is extracted with hot water, characterized in that a mixture of leaves of black tea and green tea is subjected to co-extraction with hot water under a pressure of 1 to 2 atmospheres and the extract obtained is concentrated and dried to form a tea powder soluble in cold water.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a mixture of green tea and black tea in a ratio by weight of 4:1 to 2:1 is used.
3. A process as claimed in claim 1 or 2,characterized in that the mixture of green tea and black tea is extracted at a temperature of 90 to 130 C.
4. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the extraction is carried out over a period of 2 to 30 minutes.
5. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4,characterized in that the tea mixture is extracted with 2 to 25 parts of water to 1 part of tea.
6. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the extract is concentrated to a dry matter content of 10 to 30%.
7. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the spent leaves of black tea and green tea are extracted a second time before concentration of the two extracts obtained.
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