JPH08280328A - Instant green tea - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a granular instant green tea easily drinkable by dissolving in hot water or water. CONSTITUTION: This granular instant green tea is produced by mixing powdered tea to liquid glucose, stirring and fermenting the mixture and crushing the fermentation product after cooling. As an alternative, the granular instant green tea is produced by mixing powdered tea and a flavor into liquid glucose, stirring and fermenting the mixture and crushing the fermentation product after cooling.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to instant green tea in the form of granules that can be easily dissolved in hot water or water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Granular instant green tea which can be easily dissolved in hot water or water has not been known.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to provide a novel granular instant green tea which can be dissolved in hot water or water and easily drinkable.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises mixing granular green tea with liquid sucrose, stirring the mixture, fermenting it, cooling it, and pulverizing it into a granular form. The instant green tea (claim 1) is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the liquid beet sugar is mixed with green tea and a flavor, and the mixture is stirred, fermented, and then cooled.
It also provides an instant green tea in a granular form (claim 2) obtained by pulverizing.

[0006]

[Action]

[Instant green tea of claim 1] In the instant green tea of claim 1, since liquid glucose is used,
It can be preferably fermented. The instant green tea of claim 1 is placed in a container such as an appropriate amount of tea bowl, poured with hot water or water, and stirred for drinking.

When the instant green tea of claim 1 is dissolved in hot water or water, its light blue color exhibits a preferable green color similar to ordinary green tea. Since liquid glucose has a sweet taste and matcha has an astringent taste, when this instant green tea is dissolved in hot water or water, the taste becomes a sweet and astringent taste. Further, when this instant green tea is dissolved in hot water or water, it emits a preferable aroma of matcha.

[Instant Green Tea of Claim 2] Claim 2
In the instant green tea of No. 2, since the flavor of liquid beet sugar is mixed with the matcha tea, the instant green tea has a bitter and astringent taste when dissolved in hot water or water. In other respects, the instant green tea of claim 2 exhibits the same action as the instant green tea of claim 1.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Granular instant green tea according to the present invention is preferably prepared as follows. (1) About 1 part by weight of green tea is mixed with about 5 parts by weight of liquid glucose. The liquid glucose preferably has a water content of 25% by weight or less, a sugar content of 45 ± 1.5% by weight, and a dextrin of 30 ±.
Containing 1.5% by weight and less than 0.05% by weight ash, DE6
Use 0 ± 2 and PH5 ± 1. (2) Stir this with a stirrer for about 10 to 25 minutes.
If the stirring time is less than about 10 minutes, lumps occur. It is necessary to stir thoroughly until there is no lump. A stirring time of up to about 25 minutes is sufficient. (3) The mixture stirred in (2) above is transferred from the stirrer to another container, and left standing for at least about 24 hours for fermentation. If the fermentation time is too short, the flavor of matcha will come out as it is, and it will lack mellowness. The longer the fermentation time, the more mellow the flavor. (4) The product fermented in (3) above is rapidly cooled.
The cooling temperature is preferably about -30 ° C to -45 ° C. (5) The product cooled in (4) above is crushed into granules by a crusher.

The present inventor manufactured granular instant green tea as follows. About 25 kg of liquid sucrose was mixed with about 5 kg of matcha, which was stirred for about 20 minutes by a stirrer, put in another container and fermented for about 48 hours. After fermentation, the mixture was rapidly cooled at a temperature of about -40 ° C., and this was crushed into granules by a grinder to obtain granulated instant green tea. The liquid glucose used is 25% by weight of water,
Sugar content 45% by weight, dextrin 30% by weight, ash content 0.0
It contained 5 wt% and was DE60, PH5.

The instant green tea thus obtained was dissolved in hot water and drunk. This instant green tea exhibited a mellow flavor with moderate sweetness and bitterness and a pleasant aroma. The turquoise color was a beautiful green color similar to green tea, and this color did not change until after a few hours.

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【The invention's effect】

[Instant green tea of claim 1] The instant green tea of claim 1 exhibits the following effects. (1) The instant green tea of claim 1 dissolves in hot water or water very easily, so put this in an appropriate amount in a container such as a bowl.
It can be drunk simply by pouring hot water or water and stirring. Therefore, teaware such as teapot is not required. (2) Since the instant green tea of claim 1 does not have a tea leaves, it is not necessary to clean the leaves. Therefore, the above (1)
Combined with this, you can feel free to drink it in hospitals, workplaces, etc. (3) In the instant green tea of claim 1, since the green tea is mixed with the liquid sucrose and stirred and fermented, the green tea dissolves in the liquid glucose and a granular instant green tea is obtained. . Further, when this instant green tea is dissolved in hot water or water, sediment (precipitate) does not occur, and even if it is left for a long time, the green light blue does not turn brown due to oxidation. That is, the instant green tea of claim 1 can be stored for a long time in hot water or in a state of being dissolved in water. (4) Since the instant green tea of claim 1 is in the form of dry granules, it can be taken out and handled very easily even when stored in a bottle or the like. (5) Since the instant green tea of claim 1 retains the vitamins A, E, C, etc. originally contained in matcha as they are, when the instant green tea of claim 1 is dissolved in hot water or water You can effectively take the vitamins.

[Instant Green Tea of Claim 2] Claim 2
In the instant green tea of No. 2, since the flavor of liquid beet sugar is mixed with the matcha tea, the instant green tea has a bitter and astringent taste when dissolved in hot water or water. In other respects, the instant green tea of claim 2 exhibits the same effect as the instant green tea of claim 1.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Mixing matcha with liquid glucose and stirring,
After fermenting this, it is cooled and crushed to form granular instant green tea. 2. Granular instant green tea obtained by mixing green tea and flavor with liquid sucrose, stirring the mixture, fermenting it, cooling and pulverizing it.