JP2013188169A - Method of producing healthy tea - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of producing healthy tea which is capable of making a healthy tea beverage of a rich aroma drinkable, by easily extracting a plant essence.SOLUTION: Healthy tea T is produced by drying a burdock root to prepare a dry burdock root D, charging the dry burdock root D into a cylindrical body 11 with blades 14 formed on the inner circumferential face thereof and rotating in the circumferential direction, heating the cylindrical body 11 from outside while agitating the dry burdock root D present in the cylindrical body 11 by the blades 14, and heating an igneous rock plate 18 disposed in the cylindrical body 11 by exhaust G of a gas furnace 22 heating the cylindrical body 11 from outside, to roast the dry burdock root D while exposing it to far-infrared rays R radiating from the heated igneous rock plate 18.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing health tea.

  In recent years, it has been widely practiced to dry various plants including vegetables, boil the dried plants into water, extract the extract and drink it (for example, Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2). reference). In the following description, “plants dried to extract extracts” will be referred to as “healthy tea”, and “beverages extracted from dried plants” will be referred to as “healthy tea beverages”. .

Supervised by Shinichiro Fujita, “Health Tea Encyclopedia without Doctors”, PHP Laboratories, Inc., published on October 18, 2010 Misato Hamada, “Dried Vegetable Encyclopedia”, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, July 30, 2011, p37, 89, 112 and 113

However, healthy tea drinks are drinks lacking a full fragrance for those who are accustomed to drinking ordinary Japanese tea, and many people feel unsatisfactory. Also, the act of boiling out is annoying for those who are used to making ordinary Japanese tea.
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a healthy tea that can easily extract a plant extract and drink a healthy tea beverage having a plump fragrance. It is to be.

The present invention adopts the following configuration in order to solve the problem. The method for producing health tea according to claim 1 is characterized in that a plant is dried and roasted while applying far-infrared rays to the dried plant to produce health tea.
In the following description, “dried plant” is simply referred to as “dried plant”, “roasted dried plant” is simply referred to as “healthy tea”, and “ The “beverage from which the extract of the dried plant is extracted by pouring” is simply referred to as “healthy tea beverage”.

By roasting while applying far-infrared rays to the dried plant, even the inside of the dried plant is evenly fired and the dried plant becomes healthy tea. According to the inventor's knowledge, simply by pouring hot water into health tea, the extract is easily extracted from the dried plant into the hot water, and has a plumpness, aroma, and the flavor of the dried plant. Is obtained. That is, it is not necessary to boil healthy tea in water.
The plant to be dried is not particularly limited. The plant to be dried may be, for example, a vegetable, a fruit, a tree leaf, stem, or root, or a grass leaf, trunk, or root.

  Examples of the plant to be dried include burdock, radish, carrot, garlic, ginger, lotus root, sweet potato, shiitake, nigari, tomorrow and the like. In addition, these plants to be dried may have, for example, a shape as it is, a shape that is cut into pieces, a shape that is made into chips, or a shape that is sliced It may be in the shape of a die, or may be a shape that is randomly torn or cut.

The method for producing health tea according to the invention of claim 2 is the method for producing health tea according to claim 1, wherein the far infrared rays are far infrared rays emitted from heated igneous rocks. .
According to the knowledge obtained by the inventors through trial and error, far infrared rays obtained by heating igneous rocks are most preferable for uniformly roasting dried plants from the center. In addition, roasting dried plants using far-infrared rays obtained by heating igneous rocks to make healthy tea improves the softness and aroma of healthy tea beverages.

  The method for producing health tea according to the invention of claim 3 is the method for producing health tea according to claim 2, wherein when the dried plant is roasted, the dried plant is The blade is formed in a cylindrical body that rotates in the circumferential direction. The cylindrical body is heated from the outside while stirring the dried plant in the cylindrical body. And the said igneous rock arrange | positioned in the said cylindrical body is heated by exhaust_gas | exhaustion of the heat source which heats the said cylindrical body from the outside, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

In the rotating cylindrical body, the dried plant is agitated by receiving force from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and the blades. The dried plant is heated from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body while being agitated and hits far-infrared rays radiated from the igneous rocks to be roasted into healthy tea.
The heat source that heats the cylindrical body from the outside may be, for example, a heat source using thermal power, or a heat source that does not use fire, such as a heating wire. In the case of a heat source that does not use fire, the air heated around the heat source becomes the exhaust of the heat source. The heat energy generated from the heat source is efficiently used for roasting dried plants.

In addition, according to the knowledge obtained by the inventors through trial and error, the rotational speed of the cylindrical body is preferably 6 to 15 rpm. If the rotational speed of the cylindrical body is less than 6 rpm, the dried plant will burn. Moreover, when the rotational speed of a cylindrical body exceeds 15 rpm, a heat | fever will hardly be transmitted to the dried plant from the internal peripheral surface of a cylindrical body. Most preferably, the rotational speed of the cylindrical body is 10 rpm.
Moreover, according to the knowledge obtained by the inventors through trial and error, the temperature of the exhaust of the heat source for heating the igneous rock is preferably 200 to 250 ° C. from the viewpoint of efficiently roasting the dried plant.

The health tea manufacturing method according to the invention of claim 4 is the health tea manufacturing method according to claim 3, wherein the cylindrical body is rotated from the direction of the rotation axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise. When viewed, the igneous rock is arranged at a position between the 12 o'clock direction and the 3 o'clock direction clockwise around the rotation axis.
“When the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotation axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise, the direction of H when the cylindrical body is centered on the rotation axis” means that “the cylindrical body rotates clockwise. This is the direction in which the 12-hour hand of the timepiece points to H when the clock face around the rotation axis is virtually viewed when the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotation axis. In addition, “when the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotational axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise, the direction of H hours and M around the rotational axis” means “the cylindrical body is clockwise. This is the direction in which the 12-hour hand of the timepiece points to the hour H when the clock face around the rotation axis is virtually viewed when the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotation axis so as to rotate. However, H is a positive integer of 12 or less, and M is a positive number of 0 or more and less than 60.

  In the following description, “the direction at H when the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotation axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise” is simply “the direction at H”. "When the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotational axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise, the direction of H hours and M around the rotational axis" is simply referred to as "H hour The direction is “M minutes”.

In the rotating cylindrical body, the dried plant moves clockwise from the 6 o'clock direction to the 9 o'clock direction along the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body. And at least most of the dried plants fall downward from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body at a position between the 9 o'clock direction and the 12 o'clock direction clockwise. Therefore, the dried plant in the cylindrical body does not hit the igneous rocks arranged at a position between the 12 o'clock direction and the 3 o'clock direction. That is, it is prevented that the igneous rock hits the dried vegetables and is broken, and the broken pieces of the igneous rock are prevented from being mixed into the dried vegetables.
According to the knowledge obtained by the inventor through trial and error, it is more preferable that the igneous rock is arranged at a position between the 1 o'clock direction and the 2 o'clock direction clockwise. Further, it is even more preferable that the igneous rock is arranged at a position in the direction of 1:30.

  The method for producing health tea according to the invention of claim 5 is the method for producing health tea according to claim 4, wherein the tubular body is rotated from the rotational axis direction so that the tubular body rotates clockwise. When viewed, the igneous rock is characterized in that it has a surface that faces in the direction between the 6 o'clock direction and the 9 o'clock direction clockwise around the rotation axis.

In the rotating cylindrical body, most of the dried plants moving along the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body are present at positions between the vicinity of the 6 o'clock direction and the 9 o'clock direction. Since the igneous rock has a surface facing clockwise between 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock, far-infrared rays emitted from the igneous rock can be efficiently applied to dried plants.
According to the knowledge obtained by the inventor through trial and error, it is more preferable that the igneous rock has a surface facing in the clockwise direction from the 7 o'clock direction to the 8 o'clock direction. Further, it is even more preferable that the igneous rock has a surface facing the direction of 7:30.

  Since it is a manufacturing method of health tea as described above, it is possible to drink a health tea beverage having a plump aroma by simply extracting a plant extract.

It is a block diagram of a healthy tea roasting machine. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line in FIG. 1, and is sectional drawing of the cylindrical body seen from the opening end side.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the health tea roaster 1 includes a gantry 10, a tubular body 11, a motor 15, a far infrared radiation unit 17, a gas furnace 22, a cover 23, and an exhaust duct. 26A, 26B and pumps 29A, 29B.
The gantry 10 is installed on the ground.

The cylindrical body 11 has a cylindrical shape and is supported by the gantry 10 so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction. The cylindrical body 11 has a rotating shaft 12 extending in the horizontal direction, and the rotating shaft 12 is connected to a motor 15. The rotating shaft 12 is located on the central axis of the cylindrical body 11.
One end portion of the cylindrical body 11 in the direction of the rotation axis 12 is open to the outside, and the dried plant can be taken in and out of the cylindrical body 11 through the opening end. The other end of the cylindrical body 11 in the direction of the rotation axis 12 is closed by a net 13 and connected to the suction side of the pump 29A via the net 13 and the exhaust duct 26A. The discharge side of the pump 29A is open to the atmosphere.

The rotation direction of the rotating shaft 12 (that is, the rotation direction of the cylindrical body 11) is clockwise when viewed from the opening end side of the cylindrical body 11.
Three blades 14 are implanted on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11.
The cover 23 covers the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11. A gap 24 is formed between the cover 23 and the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11.

The gas furnace 22 is installed in the lower part of the cover 23, and the gas furnace 22 is comprised so that the surrounding surface of the cylindrical body 11 can be heated from the downward direction. Further, one end portion 27A of the exhaust duct 26B is connected to the upper portion of the cover 23. The other end portion 27 </ b> B of the exhaust duct 26 </ b> B is drawn into the tubular body 11 from the open end of the tubular body 11.
A pump 29B is installed in the middle of the exhaust duct 26B. The pump 29B sucks the exhaust from the gas furnace 22 through the gap 24 between the cover 23 and the outer peripheral surface of the tubular body 11, and discharges the sucked exhaust into the tubular body 11 from the end portion 27B of the exhaust duct 26B. It is configured to be possible.

  An end portion 27 </ b> B of the exhaust duct 26 </ b> B is supported by the gantry 10 and extends in the cylindrical body 11 in parallel with the rotating shaft 12. And the igneous rock plate 18 is installed under the edge part 27B. The igneous rock plate 18 is produced by cutting out igneous rocks produced from Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture, and has an elongated rectangular plate shape extending in parallel along the end portion 27B.

There is a distance between the end portion 27 </ b> B and the igneous rock plate 18. The end portion 27 </ b> B has a plurality of holes facing the igneous rock plate 18. The end portion 27 </ b> B and the igneous rock plate 18 are integrated to form the far infrared radiation portion 17. There is a distance between the far infrared radiation portion 17 and the tip of the blade 14, and the far infrared radiation portion 17 and the rotating blade 14 are prevented from interfering with each other.
When the cross section of the cylindrical body 11 cut perpendicularly to the rotating shaft 12 is viewed from the opening end side of the cylindrical body 11, the far-infrared radiation portion 17 is positioned in the direction of 1:30 around the rotating shaft 12. doing. And the igneous rock plate 18 has the surface 19 which faces the direction of 7:30.

The health tea roaster 1 has the configuration described above. Next, the effect of the health tea roaster 1 will be described.
First, burdock is dried and dried burdock D is made. The burdock may be dried by sun drying, by shade drying, by artificial heating, or by freeze drying.
Next, the dried burdock D is put into the cylindrical body 11. Then, the motor 15 and the pumps 29A and 29B are driven, the gas furnace 22 is ignited, and the peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11 is heated from below by the fire of the gas furnace 22. When viewed from the opening end side of the cylindrical body 11, the cylindrical body 11 is rotated clockwise by 10 rpm by the motor 15.

Exhaust gas G with heat exits the gas furnace 22. The exhaust G flows in the gap 24 between the cover 23 and the cylindrical body 11. The exhaust G that has flowed into the gap 24 is sucked into the pump 29B through the exhaust duct 26B. The exhaust G sucked by the pump 29B is discharged from the end portion 27B into the cylindrical body 11 through the exhaust duct 26B.
The exhaust G discharged into the cylindrical body 11 exits from the hole in the end portion 27B, hits the igneous rock plate 18, and heats the igneous rock plate 18. The igneous rock plate 18 heated by the exhaust G radiates far infrared rays R to the surroundings. In particular, since the surface 19 of the igneous rock plate 18 faces the direction of 7:30, a large amount of far-infrared rays R are emitted from the surface 19 in the direction of 7:30.

The exhaust G discharged into the cylindrical body 11 is sucked into the pump 29A through the net 13 and the exhaust duct 26A together with the air A in the cylindrical body 11. Then, the pump 29A releases the sucked exhaust G and air A into the atmosphere.
The dried burdock D put into the rotating cylindrical body 11 is agitated by receiving a force from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11 and the blades 14.

  The dry burdock D moves along the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11 from the 6 o'clock direction to the 9 o'clock direction in the direction in which the cylindrical body 11 rotates. During this movement, the dried burdock D is hit by a large amount of far-infrared rays R emitted from the surface 19. The dried burdock drops downward from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 11 at a position between the direction near 9 o'clock and the direction near 12 o'clock in the direction in which the cylindrical body 11 rotates.

The dried burdock D in the cylindrical body 11 does not hit the igneous rock plate 18 arranged at a position in the direction of 13:30 from the rotary shaft 12. That is, the igneous rock plate 18 is prevented from being damaged by hitting the dried burdock D, and the broken pieces of the igneous rock plate 18 are prevented from being mixed into the dried burdock D.
The dried burdock D in the cylindrical body 11 is roasted by the heat applied from the gas furnace 22 to the cylindrical body 11 and the far-infrared ray R radiated from the igneous rock plate 18, and is given a full fragrance and is healthy. It becomes tea T. The health tea T produced through such a process can easily extract the extract of dried burdock R just by pouring hot water. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain a healthy tea beverage having a rich fragrance from the healthy tea T.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Healthy tea roaster 10 Base 11 Cylindrical body 12 Rotating shaft of cylindrical body 13 Net 14 Blade 15 Motor 17 Far-infrared radiation part 18 Igneous rock plate 19 Surface of igneous rock plate 22 Gas furnace 23 Cover 24 Gap 26A, 26B Exhaust duct 27A, 27B End portion of exhaust duct 29A, 29B Pump D Drying burdock G Exhaust of gas furnace A Air in cylindrical body R Far infrared ray T Health tea

Claims (5)

  A method for producing healthy tea, comprising drying a plant and roasting the dried plant while applying far-infrared rays to produce healthy tea.   The method for producing health tea according to claim 1, wherein the far infrared rays are far infrared rays emitted from a heated igneous rock.   When the dried plant is roasted, the dried plant is put into a cylindrical body having blades formed on its inner peripheral surface and rotating in the circumferential direction. While stirring the dried plant in the inside, the tubular body is heated from the outside, and the igneous rock arranged in the tubular body is exhausted by a heat source that heats the tubular body from the outside. The method for producing health tea according to claim 2, wherein heating is performed.   When the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotation axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise, the igneous rock is clockwise between the 12 o'clock direction and the 3 o'clock direction about the rotation axis. The method for producing health tea according to claim 3, wherein the method is arranged at a position.   When the cylindrical body is viewed from the direction of the rotation axis so that the cylindrical body rotates clockwise, the igneous rock is clockwise between 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock around the rotation axis. The method for producing health tea according to claim 4, wherein the health tea has a surface facing in a direction.

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