12829results about "Tea substitues" patented technology

A beverage system is created having beverage, with at least one liquid. The beverage is created in a variety, including tea drink, coffee drink, milk drink, yogurt drink, malted drink, roasted cereal grain beverage, roasted nut and seed beverage, roasted bean beverage, distilled water, mineral water, sports drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit drink, vegetable drink, fruit skin drink, vegetable skin drink, plant drink, soft drink, alcoholic drink, and soup drink. The beverage is also created with or without addition of ingredient, including flavoring ingredient, nutritional ingredient, health ingredient, and other ingredient. The beverage can be served as hot drink, cold drink, cold drink with ice, and warm drink. The beverage can be caffeinated, or non caffeinated; and diet or non diet. The liquid includes water, oil, and alcohol. The beverage system is created in various form, including bubble beverage, instant beverage, and beverage with dissolved gas.

The bagged mangosteen tea may be pure mangosteen powder or the mixture of mangosteen powder and supplementary material, which may be tea, health food material, probiotics, sea weed, dry fruit and / or flower. The bagged mangosteen tea has the functions of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, strengthening immunity, nourishing stomach, invigorating spleen, invigorating kidney, promoting blood circulation, etc.

The present invention provides a novel process for extraction, purification and concentration of polyphenol substances from whole grapes, grape seeds and grape pomace without the need for membrane filtration. Aspects of several embodiments of the novel processes include hot water extraction, a dual pH treatment of the hot water extracts, and the uses of a copolymer of trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate as an adsorbent resin to maximize the concentration and purification of the beneficial polyphenolic substances.

Disclosed are beverage compositions containing green tea catechins and polyvalent mineral cations, wherein the beverage compositions exhibit a relatively low turbidity. Also disclosed is a process for avoiding the turbidity issues associated with inclusion of calcium and green tea catechins.

The present invention provides a unique process and system for brewing beverages for retail or commercial use where the key brewing parameters are independently controlled to produce multi-cup batches of brewed beverage of optimum taste. This invention is applicable to both retail and commercial applications and is scalable in quantities ranging from one cup to three gallons or more of brewed beverage. Since the extraction and solid-liquid separation are conducted separately and independently, the present invention decouples these two operations to avoid reduction in taste quality while still being able to provide large multi-cup batches.

Methods for administering probiotics comprising the steps of: administering a loading dose of a loading probiotic for a loading time period; and administering a dose of a botanical and / or additional materials for the loading time period are disclosed. The methods also include administering a maintenance dose of a maintenance probiotic, and / or a botanical and / or an additional material for a maintenance time period. Also disclosed are kits for use in administering probiotics.

A single serve capsule (1) for the preparation of hot beverages such as coffee, cappuccino, tea or the like from soluble or ground preparations, having an outlet lid portion (1b) located on a dispensing wall (F) in order to form a dispensing opening (11) after a liquid has been introduced into the capsule, as well as means for changing the area of said dispensing opening during the dispensing step of the beverage.

A system that generates brewed beverages may receive requests to produce specified brewed beverages. The system may include a scheduler that initiates and controls the performance of one or more chemical or mechanical processes to produce the beverages. While one chemical or mechanical process for producing a beverage is being performed, other processes may be performed for production of the beverage or another beverage. The scheduler may determine the time at which to perform each process, the time at which a beverage should be presented, the resources to be used to perform the processes, or the time at which to perform a cleaning process, dependent on an actual or expected demand for beverages, or dependent on a target time for beverage retrieval. Shared resources may be applied to the production of beverages for high priority orders, while partially completed beverages for lower priority orders are staged for subsequent advancement.

System for making and delivering a customized beverage product to a consumer having a user interface, a customization director in communication with a customization data store and the user interface, wherein the customization director includes executable instructions for determining a users customized formulation; and a beverage delivery system in communication with the customization director, wherein the beverage delivery system includes executable instructions for delivering a customized beverage product. Method for delivering a customized beverage product to an individual including the steps of obtaining consumer preference data; determining a consumer beverage formulation corresponding to the consumer preference data; and providing the consumer a customized beverage corresponding to the customized beverage formulation, utilizing one or more of delayed dilution, delayed mixing, and delayed filtering, in any order.

A system that generates brewed beverages may receive requests to produce specified brewed beverages. The system may include a scheduler that initiates and controls the performance of one or more chemical or mechanical processes to produce the beverages. While one chemical or mechanical process for producing a beverage is being performed, other processes may be performed for production of the beverage or another beverage. The scheduler may determine the time at which to perform each process, the time at which a beverage should be presented, the resources to be used to perform the processes, or the time at which to perform a cleaning process, dependent on an actual or expected demand for beverages, or dependent on a target time for beverage retrieval. Shared resources may be applied to the production of beverages for high priority orders, while partially completed beverages for lower priority orders are staged for subsequent advancement.

A drinkable food product comprises a liquid and a hydrolyzed, dried, agglomerated grain powder.

The present invention discloses an efficacy improving edible or / and medicinal (powder) product ( / composition). The product ( / composition) comprises a particulate matter (or a powder) I containing one (or more) polysaccharides (particularly starch and viscous polysaccharides) and / or peptides or protein-based macromolecular polymers, and a particulate matter (or a powder) of a (or more) hydrophilic polymers II having a higher AAP value than that of the particulate matter (or the powder) I. The product ( / composition) is improved in dispersing performance and particularly the following performances are improved: the dispersing performance of the powder in (warm) water, the dissolution property of the effective ingredients of the powder in (warm) water, the non-caking property of the powder under a high humidity environment, the comprehensive performances of the food prepared from the powder, etc.

The present invention relates to a closed cartridge (10), for extraction under pressure, comprising a dish (12) with a bottom (13 ) with a central part and a peripheral part and a side wall having substantially the shape of a frustum of a cone and a circular edge with a diameter greater at the bottom and a cover (15) welded to the periphery of the edge of the dish and the cover is intended to be torn only through the effect of the force of the extraction fluid when extraction starts, the cartridge comprising, in the dish at the level of the bottom, a fabric (16) guaranteeing retention of the solid substance when it is opened,in which the fabric guaranteeing retention of solid substance is a sheet of fabric sealed in the bottom of the dish in two zones, on the one hand in the central part (17) and on the other hand in the peripheral part (18) of the bottom (13).

Percolating device, for example intended to equip a coffee machine, having a percolating chamber mounted in such a way that it can carry out a displacement in the vertical direction when a control handle is operated. A cap receiving a capsule of product to be infused is also displaced, when the handle is operated, towards the inside of the percolating chamber. A percolating head sliding freely inside the percolating chamber can occupy different relative positions inside the percolating chamber according to the size of the capsule loaded into the cap. A stop device makes it possible to lock the percolating head in a definite position in order to inject steam and / or water through the percolating head.

Green tea formulations and methods for the preparation thereof are disclosed and described. Generally speaking, the method of preparation includes the mixing of fresh tea leaves in an amount of cold water, followed by pulverization of the leaves to release their intracellular material from the cells of the green tea leaves into the water and form an aqueous extract component. The remaining cellular material forms a leaf residue component which is removed from the mixture. Once the leaf residue is removed, the aqueous extract component is collected and may be dried or further processed to produce a final tea extract that has good natural color, robust natural flavor, and pleasant organoleptic properties, which also is high in polyphenol content, and may be used for various purposes such as the creation of a green tea beverage.

The invention relates to three high rehabilitation tea that belongs to the field of medical treatment and health care, in particular to a product which is prepared by a group of Chinese herbal medicines through special processes, has the double functions of treatment and health care, and can be used as drinks. The three high rehabilitation tea is characterized in that some key medicines are used as carriers and made into powder so as to be stirred with the extraction juice of other medicines for forming, after boiling, drying and sterilizing, the mixture is packed with small bags made of aseptic tea-leaf papers, and users can drink the tea through placing a bag of the tea in a cup and making with boiled water every day. The tea is made of 48 Chinese herbal medicines including cassia seeds, mulberry fruit, radish seeds, glossy privet fruit, barbary wolfberry fruit, polygonatum canaliculatum, frost mulberry leaves, angelica sinensis, honeysuckle, prepared pollen typhae, north radix puerariae, radix salvia miltiorrhiza, rhizoma alismatis, leeches, radix scutellariae, astragalus roots, plantain, ginkgo leaves, pberetima, manyprickle acathopanax roots, polygonum cuspidatum, decumbent corydalis tuber, prunella spike, chrysanthemum, Chinese waxgourd seeds, Chinese waxgourd peel, dandelion, dried tangerine, Chinese dodder seeds, bombyx batryticatus, momordica grosvenori, radix achyranthis bidentatae, gynostemma pentaphylla, uncaria rhynchophylla, gardenia jasminoides ellis, white mulberry root-bark, radices trichosanthis, rehmannia roots, rheum officinale, fructus corni, cortex lycii radicis, Chinese yam rhizome, rhizoma smilacis glabrae, parasitic loranthus, scoparia dulcis, semen coicis, poria cocos, white atractylodes rhizome and the like.

A liquid infusion and / or brewing process is described. The process includes the steps of placing a desired amount of an infusion material into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, placing a desired amount of liquid into said chamber, sealing said chamber from the surrounding atmosphere, and applying at least one reduced pressure cycle within said chamber, wherein said at least one cycle includes reducing pressure within said chamber to form at least a partial vacuum within said chamber and subsequently returning said chamber to about atmospheric pressure. Methods for separating the brewing media from the liquid after completion of the brewing process are also described.

The present invention is related to powder or extracts of plant leaves with anti-obesity effects and anti-obesity food comprising them and more particularly, anti-obesity food compositions comprising powder or extracts of one or more selected from group consisting of persimmon leaves, buckwheat leaves, Chinese matrimony vine leaves, endive leaves, and a ginseng. The present invention is related to compositions comprising plant extracts or powder to reduce the weight of animals or human, and more particularly, boiling water extracts of persimmon leaves, buckwheat leaves and Chinese matrimony vine leaves and powder of persimmon leaves, buckwheat leaves and Chinese matrimony vine leaves were prepared and administered to animals or human to confirm effects of reduction of their weight and then health foods comprising the extracts or powder are produced wherein the healthy foods have very excellent effects on the reduction of weight of animals or human without side effects, thereby they have prominent effects on healthy food industry.

The present invention relates to a product for at least one of medicinal, cosmetic, coloring or dermatologic use. The product comprises a fibrous plant product and a plant extract which is applied thereto. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method for producing said product and its use in at least one of medicinal, cosmetic, coloring or dermatologic products or applications or treatments. The plants used may be all plants comprising one or more substances of interest to achieve a desired medicinal, cosmetic, coloring or dermatologic effect.

The invention relates to a ginger tea solid beverage and a preparation method thereof. The ginger tea solid beverage is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 75-80 parts of ginger, 10-12 parts of glucose powder, 5-6 parts of white granulated sugar powder, 8-10 parts of maltodextrin, 3-4 parts of red date powder, 1-1.5 parts of codonopsis pilosula powder and 0.8-1 part of CMC. The ginger tea solid beverage provided by the invention is simple to prepare and convenient to drink and carry, and can be widely accepted by consumers; by heating and boiling ginger juice, a large amount of water in the ginger juice can be removed so that the ginger solid beverage has mellow and rich ginger flavor, spicy taste and mouthfeel; the mixture is granulated and dried by a boiling drier; the solid powder of ginger tea is produced in a closed environment with a short production period, high speed and high efficiency; the dust flying, leakage and pollution are avoided, energy resources are remarkably saved, and the product is ensured to be safe and sanitary; and through the preparation method provided by the invention, the ginger tea solid beverage has uniform moisture, thick and uniform appearance and rich ginger flavor, does not cake and is spicy, slightly sweet and easy to dissolve.

The invention discloses red date and ginger tea and a preparation method thereof. The red date and ginger tea comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 10-12 parts of ginger, 4-6 parts or red dates and 2-4 parts of brown powdered sugar. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: adding water into red dates and ginger, soaking and then decocting for 2h; separating to obtain a decoction liquid a and an insoluble substance a, adding water into the insoluble substance a, decocting for 1h, and separating to obtain a decoction liquid b and an insoluble substance b; merging the decoction liquid a and the decoction liquid b, filtering, and concentrating the filter liquid to obtain an extract; and crushing brown sugar into 100-mesh powder, mixing the crushed brown sugar with the eaxtract, uniformly stirring, granulating into 14-16-mesh powder, and drying to obtain a finished product. The red date and ginger tea has the functions of invigorating blood circulation, dispelling cold, removing moisture, inducing perspiration, disintoxicating, promoting digestion, arresting vomiting, avoiding fish smell, eliminating edema, relaxing the bowels, caring the skin and beautifying the face. The red date and ginger tea can be drunk by adding water and is convenient to carry, and the effective ingredients can be rapidly, effectively and thoroughly extracted.

A method for preparing a beverage through a capsule (2) inserted in a beverage machine; the capsule comprising an enclosure (20) containing one or more beverage ingredients, wherein a brewing fluid is introduced in the enclosure to brew the said one or more beverage ingredients, wherein a brewed liquid is filtered by a filtering wall (22) and delivered from the capsule, wherein the filtering wall extends from substantially the bottom of the enclosure and said filtering wall is associated to an overflow wall (3) that forces the brewed liquid to traverse at least one overflow aperture (25). The method is particularly suitable for brewing a tea containing capsule.

The invention provides a method of preparing a plant bag beverage by taking natural raw materials as an adsorptive carrier. A plant extraction liquid is adsorbed by the adsorptive carrier prepared from the natural raw materials, and the adsorptive carrier adsorbing the plant extraction liquid is dried to obtain the content of the bag beverage. According to the method of preparing the plant bag beverage provided by the invention, the adsorptive carrier prepared from the natural raw materials is taken as the adsorptive carrier without adding excessive other auxiliary materials, so that the plant bag beverage can be prepared. The plant bag beverage prepared by the method maintains the original natural flavor and nutritional structure of the plant extraction liquid, so that the plant bag beverage is more nutritional and healthy to drink.

Provided are compositions of plant material and a purified nutritional supplement or pharmaceutical adhering to the plant material with a binder. Also provided are potable beverages resulting from steeping or brewing these compositions. Further provided are delivery systems for a nutritional supplement or pharmaceutical having the above composition in a tea bag, where the nutritional supplement or pharmaceutical is in a quantity suitable for unit dose administration. Additionally provided are methods of ingesting a nutritional supplement or pharmaceutical by drinking the beverage resulting from steeping or brewing the above composition.

The present invention relates to extracts of green tea species plant material prepared by supercritical CO2 extractions methods.

A Se-enriched vine tea is prepared from amur ampelopsis vine, gynostemma pentaphyllum, liquorice, and sodium selenite through drying in air, heating, kneading, loosening, spraying the solution of sodium selenite, stirring, baking and mixing with others. It has health-care function.

The invention relates to application of eurotium cristatum in the production of Liupu tea, which belongs to the crossing field of food engineering and biotechnology. The production method for the Liupu tea is an improvement on the prior Liupu tea production flow through biotechnology, namely after primary distillation, a bacterial suspension containing eurotium cristatum spores is used for spray inoculation, and after redistillation, tea strains are crushed into pieces for inoculation again. Thus, when the Liupu tea is in composting fermentation, the eurotium cristatum can quickly become predominant bacteria to inhibit the growth of other bacteria, and when the Liupu tea is in ageing, golden flowers grow out frondently and universally so as to improve the quality of the Liupu tea. The application of the eurotium cristatum improves the quality of the Liupu tea, and solves the problems that in the prior art, the quality is unstable, the ageing time is long, the growing golden flowers aredifficult to control and are easy to pollute and the like. Simultaneously, the invention discloses a method for simply and easily obtaining and expanding the cultivation of eurotium cristatum strains.

The invention relates to a peony flower tea and a preparation method thereof. The peony flower tea is prepared from the following materials according to parts by weight: 5.0-9.0 parts of chrysanthemum flower, 5.0-10.0 parts of Lycium chinense, 4.0-8.0 parts of red date, 2.0-4.0 parts of lemon, 4.0-6.0 parts of Chinese hawthorn, 6.0-15.0 parts of rose, 10.0-40.0 parts of peony flower and / or 10.0-30.0 parts of peony leaves. The preparation method comprises the steps of: 1) weighing chrysanthemum flower, Lycium chinense, lemon and Chinese hawthorn, respectively boiling out with water after being soaked with water for 12 hours, boiling out three times for every material, then merging decoction liquid, and storing at the temperature of 0 to -20 DEG C after concentrating till the amount of material in the solution is 0.1-0.2 g / ml; 2) picking fresh peony flower and / or peony leaves in the squaring stage, putting into cold water for cleaning and then draining water for 2-4 hours; and 3) putting the peony flower or leaves after processing into the decoction liquid after being unfrozen for soaking so as to completely absorb water and then taking out after reaching a saturation state, draining water till no water is on the surface, and air-drying at low temperature till the water content is lower than 5%. The peony flower tea contains active ingredients capable of inhibiting oral bacteria so as to achieve the effects of cleaning oral cavity and preventing dental caries.

The invention discloses a refreshing and nourishing herbal tea, which is mainly prepared from the following materials by weight parts: 80-400 parts of Prunella, 100-500 parts of Mesona chinensis, 80-400 parts of chrysanthemum, 50-300 parts of Microcos paniculata, 8-40 parts of honeysuckle, 8-40 parts of Folium Mori, 20-100 parts of Flos Sophorae, 4-20 parts of lotus leaf, 20-100 parts of dandelion, 0-4 parts of Scaphium scaphigerum, 1-8 parts of Momordica grosvenori, 8-40 parts of Radix Glycyrrhizae and 50-300 parts of frangipani. The herbal tea of the invention has a reasonable formula and aprecise and appropriate combination and each drug of the herbal tea plays a unique effect. By the combination of the drugs, the herbal tea can play the role of clearing heat and improving eyesight, producing saliva and quenching thirst, moistening lung and relieving throat, and eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, and can prevent and cure diseases of the upper respiratory tract and digestive tract, such as cold, swelling and pain in throat, lung heat and dry cough, swelling and pain of eyes with conjunctival congestion, dry lip and tongue and inappetence.