PACKAGED BLEND TEA DRINK

• Main Authors: OIE, KENTARO, NAGAO, KOJI, YOKOO, YOSHIAKI, TAKAHASHI, KENZO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.09.2013
• Subjects: COFFEE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

TO PROVIDE A PACKAGED BLEND TEA DRINK WHICH CAN SUSTAIN A DARK COLOR TONE (IN PARTICULAR, A BROWNISH RED COLOR TONE) AND A REFRESHING FEELING WITHOUT BITTERNESS/ASTRINGENCY WHILE AVOIDING PRECIPITATION DURING STORAGE OVER A LONG TIME. A BLEND TEA DRINK CONTAINING LIQUID EXTRACTS OF ONE OR MORE MATERIALS SELECTED FROM EACH OF AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING FIVE GROUPS (A) TO (E): (A) STEMS AND LEAVES OF CAMELLIA SINENSIS; (B) STEMS AND LEAVES OF PLANTS OTHER THAN CAMELLIA SINENSIS; (C) CEREAL SEEDS; (D) PLANT-ORIGIN MATERIALS OTHER THAN STEMS, LEAVES AND CEREAL SEEDS; AND (E) FUNGUS-ORIGIN MATERIALS; WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: (I) HAVING A CAFFEINE CONTENT OF 150 PPM OR LESS; (II) HAVING A BRIX OF 0.5% OR LESS; (III) HAVING A HAZE VALUE OF LESS THAN 10; AND (IV) HAVING A COLOR TONE OF 0.8 OR MORE WHEN MEASURED AT A WAVELENGTH OF 420 NM, IS PROVIDED.