JPH099930A - Preparation of ashitaba tea - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain tea leaf of ASHITABA (Angelica utilis) improving the characteristic taste and flavor of ASHITABA, preventing the loss and destruction of minerals and vitamins A, B, C and E group contained in the ASHITABA leaf and enabling the full exhibition of the stomachic action, appetizing action, diuretic action and hangover preventing action of the ASHITABA leaf. CONSTITUTION: The objective ASHITABA tea leaf is produced by washing the sprout of ASHITABA with fresh water, lightly drying in the sun, subjecting to the first rolling treatment, repeating the light sun-drying treatment and the rolling treatment until the color of the leaf varies to a dark brown color to obtain a semi-finished product having the form of a rolled and extended leaf and subjecting the semi-finished product to the final finish drying treatment with sun.

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 tea leaves using tomorrow leaves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for producing tea leaves using tomorrow leaves as a material, for example, a method similar to that for known sencha, that is, a step of steaming a sprout of tomorrow leaves and then performing rough kneading and kneading A general method is to sequentially perform the treatment, then perform a middle kneading step of re-heating and drying the same, and then perform a refining and final drying step.

[0003]

However, when such a manufacturing method is used, the flavor and aroma peculiar to tomorrow leaves disappear due to steaming and heat drying steps, and minerals and A, B contained in tomorrow leaves, There has been a problem that vitamins such as C and E groups are consumed and destroyed, and these have a detrimental adverse effect on the quality and quality of tea leaves manufactured by tomorrow.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is to wash the shoots of tomorrow leaves with tap water, lightly dry them in the sun, and then perform the first twisting, and then to the next many light sun drying and twisting. The above-mentioned work is repeated until the leaves turn blackish brown to obtain rounded and stretched semi-finished products of the above-mentioned leaves, which are then subjected to final finishing drying in the sun. This problem is solved by providing the manufacturing method of

[0005]

[Example] Tomorrow leaf sprouts are picked, washed with tap water, lightly dried in the sun, then twisted by hand-rubbing method, and then a number of light sun-drying and hand-rubbing methods are repeated. By repeating the twisting work of (1) until the leaves turn blackish brown, a large number of semi-finished products are obtained by rounding and extending the leaves, and then final drying by sun is applied to obtain finished products. . It is needless to say that a so-called mechanical rubbing method using a mechanical device can be adopted for the above-mentioned twisting work instead of the above-mentioned manual rubbing method.

[0006]

The function and effect of the present invention are as follows. The sprouts of tomorrow leaves are washed with tap water and lightly sun-dried, and then the first twisting is carried out, followed by a large number of light sun-dryings. And the process of twisting the leaves until the leaves turn blackish brown to obtain a rounded and stretched semi-finished product of the leaves, which is then subjected to final finishing drying by the sun. Like the known ones, it is dried in the sun without steaming and heat-drying the leaves, so that the flavor and aroma peculiar to tomorrow's leaves can be increased, and the minerals contained in tomorrow's leaves and A, B, C, E
It is possible to surely avoid the wear and tear of vitamins such as a group, and the present invention can sufficiently solve the above problems by these, and in addition, it is possible to obtain by this tea leaf. Tea also has an excellent advantage that it has remarkable effects on stomach, promotion of appetite, diuresis and prevention of hangover.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Tomorrow leaf sprouts are washed with tap water and lightly sun-dried, then the first twisting is carried out, and then a number of the next light sun-drying and twisting operations are carried out so that the leaves turn blackish brown. A method for producing tea leaves made tomorrow, characterized in that the rounded and stretched semi-finished product of the leaves is obtained by repeating the process until the leaves are exposed, and then final finishing drying is performed by the sun.