A dry, flowable beverage composition includes a tea mixture, the tea mixture including between about 60 percent and about 90 percent by weight of non-matcha tea and between about 10 percent and about 45 percent by weight of matcha tea. The non-matcha tea comprises a soluble, powdered tea extract. The beverage composition is substantially free of fillers. The disclosure also contemplates systems for producing a beverage as well as methods of producing a beverage.

A dry, flowable beverage composition includes a tea mixture, the tea mixture including between about 60 percent and about 90 percent by weight of non-matcha tea and between about 10 percent and about 45 percent by weight of matcha tea. The non-matcha tea comprises a soluble, powdered tea extract. The beverage composition is substantially free of fillers. The disclosure also contemplates systems for producing a beverage as well as methods of producing a beverage.

The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a black leaf tea product, the process comprising the steps of: providing black leaf tea having a moisture content of less than 5 wt. %; and then subjecting this black leaf tea starting material to a heat treatment step by contacting it with a heated surface at a temperature of 100° C. to 170° C. for a duration of 2 to 25 minutes. The present invention also relates to a black leaf tea product obtainable by this process.

The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a black leaf tea product, the process comprising the steps of: providing black leaf tea having a moisture content of less than 5 wt. %; and then subjecting this black leaf tea starting material to a heat treatment step by contacting it with a heated surface at a temperature of 100° C. to 170° C. for a duration of 2 to 25 minutes. The present invention also relates to a black leaf tea product obtainable by this process.

The present invention relates to a black leaf tea product. More particularly a black leaf tea product with altered aroma characteristics. The present invention provides a black leaf tea product comprising methylbutanal compounds in the range of 4.5 to 10 mg/kg of tea leaf.

The present invention abstract describes the steps of a process for the preparation of green tea and the respective end product, wherein, in the initial step of the proposed process, the young leaves (buds) of yerba mate are subjected to steam at between 90 and 100° for a certain time, the moisture is removed from the steaming step, and, after passing through the steam (steaming step) and twisting, the leaves are cooled (cooling step), rolled (1.sup.st rolling), dried for the first time (1.sup.st drying), rolled for the second time (2.sup.nd rolling), dried for the second time (2.sup.nd drying) and separated (segregation step).

The present invention discloses a process for manufacturing cinnamon tea pod. The process involves pre-treating Ceylon zeylanicum leaves by blanching the leaves for a predefined time set to enable a cessation of enzymatic activity in the cinnamon leaves. The process further involves dehydrating the Cinnamon (Ceylon zeylanicum) leaves at a preset dehydrating conditions to prepare cinnamon leaves particles. The process is followed by preparing cinnamon bark extract powder under predefined conditions. The process is continued by mixing the Ceylon zeylanicum particles and the cinnamon bark extract powder in a ratio of 98 wt. % to 2 wt. % respectively. At last, the process involves preparing tea pods including the mixed cinnamon leaves particles with the said cinnamon bark extract.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of tea processing, and discloses a method for processing dried-tangerine-peel Qingzhuan tea, including: weighing tea raw materials accurately according to a weight of a dried-tangerine-peel green tea brick; mixing raw material tea leaves and dried tangerine peels evenly, and steaming a mixture with a steamer; pressing the mixture into a tea-brick mold, covering with an aluminum cover plate and a corner iron fin immediately, and pressing compactly under a pressure machine; cooling to shape a pressed tea brick, and then removing the tea brick that is cooled and shaped; feeding the removed tea bricks to a drying room, arranging the tea bricks orderly on a drying rack at regular intervals for drying treatment, stop heating after the drying treatment is finished, opening a window for cooling, taking the tea bricks out of the dry room, and then packaging.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a compressed true whole leaf tea dip product. The method includes the step of tying the leaves with a string and step of compressing the tea leaves which results in preserving the shape of the leaves so that the tea leaves do not break and in unfurling of tea leaves without significant breakage. The way the tea leaves are plucked in the garden also plays an important role to preserve the shape without breakage when dipped in hot water during the preparation of tea beverage. In the present invention a natural unbroken true whole leaf tea dip is made from the leaves of the tea plant Camellia Sinensis and compressed in the smallest size possible in any desired weight or volume in a way to prevent the breakage of the tea leaves.

A grating apparatus grates an object to be grated, and includes an upper mill including an upper mill grinding surface and an opening portion in a center of the upper mill grinding surface, a lower mill located below the upper mill and including a lower mill grinding surface abutting on the upper mill grinding surface, and a core at least partially located in the opening portion. The core includes a plate-shaped portion which rotates, and an engagement portion engaged with an object to be grated is provided in a peripheral end surface of the plate-shaped portion.