JPH09224622A - Production of beverage using tochu seed as raw material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a beverage using seeds of TOCHU (Eucommia ulmeides) as a raw material capable of being taken like a coffee by taking advantage of the components and a brown color tone of the seeds of Eucommia ulmeides. SOLUTION: This method for producing a beverage using seeds of Eucommia ulmeides, is to cut the dried seeds 3 of Eucommia ulmeides in a shape of thin slices, then performing a crushing treatment can the sliced pieces 3a, roasting the obtained crushed pieces 3b while agitating, by heating with far IR rays at 90-98 deg.C temperature range and maturing for a suitable period of time to make the beverage 3c.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a drink from Tochu seeds, which is obtained by processing Tochu seeds so that they can be drunk like coffee.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Eucommia Ulmeides is known as the only member of the Angiosperm phylum, one of the ninth orders of the Dipterocarpaceae belonging to the Dipterophyta, "Eustoma". Yes, especially because this forest contains a lot of antihypertensive and other active ingredients, in China (origin) that produces it, peel the bark, dry the peeled bark and crush it. As is said to have been infused and drunk, various Chinese herbal formulas using the bark as a crude drug have been developed and used since ancient times.

[0003] That is, as the medicinal properties of Tochu, the Chinese medicine encyclopedia,
According to the People's Republic of China's drug book,
It has the effect of relieving the womb and cures soreness of the lower back and back, atrophy of the lower back and hips (paralysis of the knees), residual urine, irregular bleeding in women, premature abortion, and high blood pressure. " In addition, it has recently been found that Tochu contains a large amount of essential minerals (inorganic substances) and also Gutta-Percha, which is a silver thread-like material unique to Tochu. Is geniposide acid, syringaresinol,
It is reported to contain pinoresinol diglucoside and the like. Tonaka is produced in Nagano and Fukui prefectures in Japan.

By the way, the bark of Tonaka is rare and expensive, so recently, like in the bark, Tonaka tea, which is composed of leaves of Tonaka, which contains many of the above-mentioned excellent ingredients, is widely used in Japan (mainly blood pressure). It is well known that various types of health drinks are proposed and supplied from various fields as a kind of health drink (useful for descent, slimming, relieving stress, and maintaining and improving health). However, a method for producing a beverage tea using Tochu leaves as a main raw material is described in, for example, JP-A-3-24071 and JP-A-6-9.
No. 0723 and others, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 3-81226 discloses the use of Tochu's seeds.

[0005]

As mentioned above, since Tonaka contains many active ingredients in bark and leaves, the present inventor of the present invention also contains gutta percha containing geniposidic acid in its seeds. Focusing on the fact that Tonaka seeds are being used for purposes other than medicinal use, methods and methods have been studied. I knew that no development had taken place.

[0006] In view of the present situation, the present invention provides the seeds of Tochu that are made to be coffee-like, that is, can be made to be drunk through a filter by making use of the components of the seeds of Tochu that are dark brown. It is intended to provide a method for producing a beverage product as a raw material.

[0007]

That is, in the production method of the present invention, the seeds of Tochu are dried and cut into fine pieces, and the cut pieces are further crushed. The beverage product is characterized by being roasted while being heated and stirred within a temperature range of 98 ° C., and then being aged for a suitable time in a cool dark place to produce a beverage product.

Here, the above cutting is performed so that the silver thread-like gutta percha can be divided in the length direction, that is, the whole leaf-shaped seed is orthogonally cut in the length direction and cut into pieces having a width of about 1 to 3 mm. It is good to cut using a cutter or the like, and according to this cutting means, the seeds can be cut into small pieces having a predetermined width suitable for post-processing without entanglement with the above-mentioned gutta percha having a slime like emulsion. It is.
The crushing treatment is to crush the seed coat and the internal components as homogeneously as possible and mix them, and this is performed by means of beating or `` grinding '' performed using a mortar and mortar wood. It can be implemented.

Further, the roasting is performed by far infrared rays for 90 to 90 hours.
The heating and stirring are carried out within a temperature range of 98 ° C. in order to prevent the destruction of geniposidic acid and the like contained in gutta percha in the seeds of Tochu. As the far-infrared radiation source, a charcoal fire or other nichrome wire heater is used, and a roasting container made of earthenware is used for 3 to 5 hours with gentle stirring. It is preferred. The aging period after roasting requires about two weeks.

[0010]

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated flow sheet.

First, after the seed (3) containing the Tochu embryo (1) in the seed coat (2) is washed with water and dried in the sun or the like, the whole of the seed (3) is transferred to the inner embryo (1). ), The seeds (3) exhibiting the leaf shape of a long tree are cut into pieces of about 1-3 mm width by a cutter or the like so as to cut the silver thread-like gutta percha (4) in the longitudinal direction. It is cut into cut pieces (3a), and the cut pieces are further beaten using a punch having a weight of 2 to 3 kg or subjected to a crushing treatment such as crushing to obtain crushed pieces (3b).

Then, the crushed pieces (3b) are placed in a ceramic kiln and irradiated with a far infrared ray of 94 to 9 using a charcoal fire as a radiation source.
The mixture is roasted for 4 hours while maintaining the temperature of 6 ° C., and then aged for about 2 weeks in a cool dark place. In this way, using the seeds of Tochu as a raw material, the desired chopped drink (3c) is manufactured through the steps of cutting, heating and aging.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, since the seed of Tochu is used as a raw material, when it is used as a beverage, it can absorb components such as gutta percha containing geniposide acid, and when it is dissolved in hot water, it turns brown. So that it can be drunk like coffee, i.e., the components of ground coffee can be eluted by a filter and then consumed by straining with a filter such as paper or a net, using a tea bag, or making a taste like tea. It is possible to produce a beverage product having a coffee-like flavor as a product. In addition, since Tokinaka seeds used as the above raw material do not contain caffeine like coffee, it can be used for beverages having a wide range of uses from children to old people.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow sheet showing an example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 seeds 3a cutting pieces 3b crushed pieces 3c beverages

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Tochu seeds are dried and chopped into fine pieces, and the cut pieces are further pulverized to obtain pulverized pieces, which are heated and stirred by far infrared rays within a temperature range of 90 to 98 ° C. A method for producing a beverage product using Tochu seed as a raw material, which comprises roasting and then aging in a cool dark place for an appropriate time to produce a beverage product.