JP2006187253A - Tencha beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tencha (sweet tea) beverage improved in sweetness peculiar to tencha without spoiling flavor inherent in the tencha, and particularly good when served with meal. <P>SOLUTION: The tencha beverage contains extracted liquid obtained by extracting tencha tea leaves with 85-95°C hot water in an amount of ≥40 times as much as the amount of the tea leaves for 3-12 min, and extracted liquid obtained by extracting green tea leaves with 60-70°C hot water in an amount of ≥40 times as much as the amount of the green tea leaves for 3-10 minutes, or by extracting oolong tea leaves with 85-95°C hot water in an amount of ≥40 times as much as the amount of the oolong tea leaves for 3-12 minutes. The above-mentioned process results in producing the tencha beverage improved in sweetness so as to meet the demands in drink during meal and/or between meals, and particularly suit to drink with meal or packed lunch. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a tea tea beverage, and more particularly, to a tea tea beverage that improves the sweetness inherent to tea tea without impairing the original flavor of tea tea, particularly suitable for a meal.

  Persimmon tea is essentially all sweet tea, but the most common among them is the leaves of Rubus suavissimus S. Lee, a shrub of the genus Rosaceae that grows wild in Guangxi, Guangdong, southern China. A drink made by drying stems or roots or a mixture of them and decocting them, and is enjoyed mainly in Guangxi Province in southern China.

  In addition, strawberry tea is also popular as a healthy tea called “open stomach tea” and is said to be effective in promoting appetite, expectoration, cough, and antipyretic. In addition, the tea has an “anti-carious effect” (Patent Document 1), an “anti-inflammatory / anti-allergic effect” (Patent Document 2), a “microbe adhesion inhibitory effect” (Patent Document 3), and a “deodorizing effect” (Patent Various effects such as Reference 4) and “Prevention / Treatment Effect of Bone Disease” (Patent Document 5) have been reported and are extremely useful as health drinks.

  However, even if the tea has such an excellent effect, the tea has its own “astringency”, “bitter taste”, “kuse”, “aftertaste”, etc., and a favorite beverage such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea, etc. It is a factor that is difficult to spread.

  For the purpose of improving the peculiar flavor of the tea tea drink, a tea-containing tea tea drink comprising tea tea and black tea has been proposed (Patent Document 6). Attempts have also been made to mask the astringent taste of strawberry tea. Originally, strawberry tea was slightly used as a sweetener in Japan, and it has been incorporated into a wide variety of foods due to the quality of its sweetness. Is difficult.

  A tea tea beverage containing a tea tea extract and fruit juice and further a fruit juice flavor has been proposed (Patent Document 7). By making the content of the fruit juice within the range of 0.1 to 10% by weight, the “residual sugary”, “astringency”, “bitterness”, “kuse” unique to strawberry tea can be obtained without impairing the flavor unique to strawberry tea. ”, A tea tea beverage that satisfies the palatability with improved“ aftertaste ”.

  In this way, attempts to improve the “kuze” and the like peculiar to tea are not yet sufficient, but as with green tea, it can meet the drinking needs of the most common tea drinks, that is, There was a need to develop sweet tea tea with improved sweetness that can be taken with meals and lunch boxes.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-99712 JP-A-6-192114 JP-A-5-255101 JP-A-5-269187 JP-A-6-183985 JP-A-8-317781 JP 2004-166606 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a strawberry tea beverage suitable for a meal with improved sweetness peculiar to strawberry tea without impairing the original flavor of strawberry tea. In other words, as with green tea, to provide a tea tea beverage with an improved sweetness that can satisfy the drinking needs during and / or between meals, which is the most common tea beverage, and can be taken with meals and lunches. It is in.

  Briefly describing the present invention, the first invention of the present invention is obtained by extracting tea leaves of strawberry tea for 3 to 12 minutes using hot water at 85 to 95 ° C. that is 40 times or more the weight of tea leaves. The second aspect of the present invention relates to a tea tea beverage comprising an extract and an extract obtained by extracting the tea leaves of green tea with hot water at 60 to 70 ° C., which is 40 times the amount of tea leaves, for 3 to 10 minutes. The invention according to the first invention further comprises an extract obtained by extracting tea leaves of oolong tea with hot water at 85 to 95 ° C. for at least 40 times the weight of the tea leaves for 3 to 12 minutes. The third aspect of the invention is the tea or tea beverage according to the first or second aspect of the invention, wherein the tea leaves are 1.0 to 3.0 in terms of the tea leaf 1 in terms of tea leaf weight. The fourth aspect of the present invention is the tea leaves of Oolong tea with respect to the tea leaves 1 of Ocha tea, in terms of tea leaf weight. About cha beverage according to the second invention or the third invention, characterized in that.

  As a result of diligent research to solve the above problems, the present inventors have extracted tea leaves of green tea and green tea leaves under the optimum conditions, and if necessary, tea leaves of oolong tea under the optimum conditions. By extracting and mixing the resulting extracts, it was found that a sweet tea peculiar sweetness that is unique to the tea tea was obtained without impairing the original flavor of the tea tea, and the present invention was completed.

  In the present invention, for the tea tea drinks that have been drunk conventionally, by appropriately mixing the extract obtained from the tea leaves of green tea, and if necessary, further mixing the extract obtained from the tea leaves of oolong tea In addition, it is possible to provide a tea tea beverage that improves the sweetness inherent to tea tea without sacrificing the original flavor of tea tea, particularly suitable for meals. In other words, as with green tea, to provide a tea tea beverage with an improved sweetness that can satisfy the drinking needs during and / or between meals, which is the most common tea beverage, and can be taken with meals and lunches. Can do.

The present invention will be specifically described below.
The tea tea beverage of the present invention contains an extract obtained by extracting tea leaves of tea tea with water at a predetermined temperature, and an extract obtained by extracting green tea leaves with water at a predetermined temperature. It is characterized by. In addition, it is characterized in that it contains an extract obtained by extracting tea leaves of oolong tea with water at a predetermined temperature as required.

  The tea leaf tree of strawberry tea used in the present invention can be arbitrarily selected from among the Rosaceae Rubiaceae plants. A suitable example is a candy leaf sushi (Rubus suavissimus S. Lee). What is necessary is just to use the tea leaf of the dried state. From the viewpoint of extraction efficiency, shredded products are preferably used. In addition, the tea leaves of strawberry tea as referred to in the present invention may contain stems or roots in addition to strawberry tea leaves.

  The tea leaf tree of the green tea used in the present invention can be arbitrarily selected from Camellia family Camellia plants. Green tea is an unfermented tea that inactivates oxidase in tea leaves by heating in the first stage of production and does not cause much change in ingredients. There are steamed products that inactivate enzymes by spraying, and roasted kettles that inactivate enzymes by frying them in an iron kettle made of Chinese green tea or a part of Kyushu. Examples include sencha, gyokuro, kabusecha, tamago green tea, Ureshino tea, and Aoyagi tea. What is necessary is just to use the tea leaf of the dried state. From the viewpoint of extraction efficiency, shredded products are preferably used.

  The tea leaves of Oolong tea used in the present invention can be arbitrarily selected from Camellia family Camellia plants. The raw tea leaves are the same tea leaves as green tea and black tea, but are classified as semi-fermented tea with respect to green tea unfermented tea and black tea fermented tea, and any of them can be suitably used. Iron kannon, daffodil, color species, golden katsura, hair salmon, sword, bunsan bao, frosted oolong tea, eastern beauty, etc. What is necessary is just to use the tea leaf of the dried state. From the viewpoint of extraction efficiency, shredded products are preferably used.

Extraction of tea leaves of bud tea is performed using hot water at least 40 times the weight of tea leaves. From the viewpoint of extraction efficiency, the amount is preferably about 50 times the weight of the tea leaf, and may be in the range of 40 to 60 times the amount. The temperature of the hot water is 85 to 95 ° C. Use of hot water at 85 to 95 ° C. provides good extraction efficiency and is advantageous for extracting tannin. The extraction time is 3 to 12 minutes, preferably 5 to 10 minutes. The tea leaf used in the present invention is a dried tea leaf, and its water content is at most 15% by weight. Hereinafter, the weight of the tea leaves is the weight of the dried tea leaves.
On the other hand, the extraction of green tea leaves is performed using 40 times or more warm water with respect to the weight of the tea leaves. From the viewpoint of extraction efficiency, the amount is preferably about 50 times the weight of the tea leaf, and may be in the range of 40 to 60 times the amount. The temperature of the hot water is 60 to 70 ° C. By using hot water of 60 to 70 ° C., the extraction efficiency is good, and the balance between the umami component and the astringency component of green tea becomes very good. The extraction time is 3 to 10 minutes, preferably 5 to 8 minutes.
Furthermore, extraction of tea leaves of oolong tea is performed using hot water at least 40 times the weight of tea leaves. From the viewpoint of extraction efficiency, the amount is preferably about 50 times the weight of the tea leaf, and may be in the range of 40 to 60 times the amount. The temperature of the hot water is 85 to 95 ° C. By using hot water of 85 to 95 ° C., the extraction efficiency is good and the balance of the ingredients of oolong tea is very good. The extraction time is 3 to 12 minutes, preferably 5 to 10 minutes.

  The extraction method may be performed according to a conventional method. For example, stirring is appropriately performed with an extractor generally called a kneader, and filtration is performed after the extraction is completed. In addition, water used for extraction may be ion-exchanged water (pure water) or the like.

  The extract obtained from the tea leaves of the green tea thus obtained and the extract obtained from the green tea tea leaves are mixed to obtain the target tea tea drink. Further, if necessary, an extract obtained from oolong tea leaves is mixed. An appropriate amount of water may be added as appropriate. What is necessary is just to mix so that it may become 1.0-3.0 of tea leaves of green tea with respect to the tea leaves 1 of 甜茶 in conversion to a tea leaf weight, when mixing each extract. If the tea leaves of the green tea are less than 1.0, the sweetness peculiar to strawberry tea will be too good, and if it exceeds 3.0, the essence of strawberry tea will be lost and the original flavor of strawberry tea will be impaired. In addition, in addition to the extract obtained from the tea leaves of 甜茶 and the extract obtained from the tea leaves of green tea, in addition to the extract obtained from the tea leaves of oolong tea, in terms of tea leaf weight, What is necessary is just to mix so that it may become 0.1-1.0 tea leaves of oolong tea with respect to 1. When the tea leaves of oolong tea are less than 0.1, the flavor of oolong tea is not felt at all, and when it exceeds 1.0, the astringency is strong and the flavor of green tea is canceled.

The manufacturing method of the tea tea drink of this invention is illustrated.
Prepare tea leaves and hot water at 90 ° C., put them in a kneader (extractor), perform the appropriate stirring operation, perform extraction under the conditions described above, perform filter filtration, and put into a tank. Separately, green tea leaves and 65 ° C. warm water are prepared, put into another kneader, extracted under the above-mentioned conditions while performing an appropriate stirring operation, filtered, and placed in a tank. Each obtained extract is mixed at a predetermined ratio, and after adding an appropriate amount of water as necessary, it is sterilized and packed in a PET bottle or the like by a conventional method to obtain a desired tea tea beverage. . In the case of a can, the target tea tea drink can be obtained by sterilizing after filling.
In the strawberry tea beverage of the present invention, a commonly used food material or food additive such as a fragrance or vitamin C may be appropriately selected within a range that does not affect the taste, and added before and / or after extraction. It is possible to add Kumazasa extract or Japanese cypress extract as a health ingredient. In addition, since the strawberry tea beverage of the present invention is a strawberry tea beverage suitable for meals, high-sweetness sweeteners such as fructose glucose liquid sugar, saccharides such as sugar, stevia, aspartame, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium may not be added at all. It is a feature.

  The tea tea beverage of the present invention extracts tea leaves of tea tea and tea leaves of green tea under their respective optimum conditions, and further extracts tea leaves of oolong tea under the optimum conditions as necessary and mixes the resulting extracts. Therefore, it is a strawberry tea drink that is particularly suitable for meals and has improved sweetness unique to strawberry tea without impairing the original flavor of strawberry tea.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example demonstrates this invention further more concretely, this invention is not limited to these.

  4 liters of hot water of 88-92 ° C. was poured into 100 g of tea leaves of strawberry tea, extracted for 8 minutes while stirring, and filtered to obtain an extract of tea leaves of strawberry tea. Further, 5 liters of warm water of 63 to 67 ° C. was poured into 100 g of green tea leaves, extracted for 6 minutes while stirring, and filtered to obtain an extract of green tea leaves. Furthermore, 5 liters of hot water at 88 to 92 ° C. was poured into 100 g of oolong tea leaves, extracted for 8 minutes while stirring, and filtered to obtain an extract of oolong tea leaves. The three types of extracts thus obtained were mixed at an appropriate ratio and hydrated to obtain a tea tea beverage. For comparison, 5 liters of hot water of 88-92 ° C. is poured into 100 g of tea leaves, extracted with stirring for 5 minutes, filtered to obtain tea leaves extract, Mixing at an appropriate ratio and adding water to obtain a black tea-blended tea tea beverage.

A sensory evaluation test was performed on the tea tea beverage and the tea-containing tea tea beverage mixed at various ratios. The results are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
The evaluation was performed in three stages: ◎: very good, ○: good, ×: bad. In addition, the number in a table | surface represents the tea leaf weight (g) contained per 500 ml of strawberry tea drinks.

  In terms of tea leaf weight, when the tea leaves of the green tea were 1.0 to 3.0 with respect to the tea leaves 1 of the tea, the sweetness peculiar to the tea was improved. In addition, when mixing the extract of tea leaves of oolong tea, the sweetness peculiar to strawberry tea is improved and the balance as a tea drink is good when the tea leaves of oolong tea are 0.1 to 1.0 with respect to tea leaves 1 of ool tea. And got the evaluation. ○ In the above evaluation, the tea beverage is highly tasteful as a tea beverage, and it is a tea tea beverage with improved sweetness that can be taken with meals and lunch boxes.

  In a kneader, 1,200 liters of hot water of 91 ° C. was added, 20 kg of tea leaves of tea leaves were added, extraction was performed for 10 minutes while performing an appropriate stirring operation, and filtration was performed to obtain a tea leaf tea leaf extract. On the other hand, put 2,000 liters of warm water at 63 ° C into another kneader, add 1 kg of L-ascorbic acid and 48 kg of green tea leaves, extract for 7 minutes while performing an appropriate stirring operation, and filter. An extract of green tea leaves was obtained. The two types of extracts thus obtained were mixed and hydrated to obtain 10,000 liters of a prepared solution. This blended solution was sterilized at 137 ° C. for 30 seconds to obtain a PET bottled green tea beverage.

  When the obtained tea tea drink was drunk to 10 panelists when eating lunch, all 10 responded that it was a tea drink suitable for meals as well as green tea.

  The tea tea beverage of the present invention is a tea tea beverage that has been improved with respect to the tea tea beverage that has been drunk in the past and has improved the sweetness peculiar to tea tea without impairing the original flavor of tea tea. Similar to green tea, it is a useful tea tea beverage that can meet the drinking needs during and / or between meals, which is the most common tea beverage, and has an improved sweetness that can be taken with meals and lunches.

Claims (4)

  An extract obtained by extracting tea leaves of 抽出 tea with hot water at 85 to 95 ° C. for 40 times or more with respect to the weight of tea leaves for 3 to 12 minutes, and tea leaves of green tea with 40 times the weight of tea leaves A tea tea beverage containing an extract obtained by extracting for 3 to 10 minutes using warm water of 60 to 70 ° C. above the amount.   Furthermore, the oolong tea drink of Claim 1 containing the extract obtained by extracting the tea leaves of oolong tea for 3 to 12 minutes using the hot water of 85-95 degreeC 40 times or more with respect to the weight of a tea leaf. .   The tea tea beverage according to claim 1, wherein the tea tea beverage is 1.0 to 3.0 in terms of tea leaf weight and green tea tea leaf 1.0 in terms of tea leaf weight.   4. The tea tea beverage according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the tea tea weight is 0.1 to 1.0 for oolong tea with respect to tea leaf 1 for tea tea in terms of tea leaf weight.