his invention relates to a process for preparation of green tea using infrared radiation. The process in particular, describes the method of manufacture of green tea using infrared drying. In the process, Fresh, fine picked green tea leaves are Withered, Enzyme inactivated using Infrared dryer, cooled to obtain the green tea. The novelty of the process lies in employing the infrared energy for enzyme inactivation in tea leaves during the manufacture of superior green tea.
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Patent details
- Patent number
- 257908
- Date of patent
- Country
- India
- Field of invention
- Chemical – all patents in this field
- IPC classification
- A23F 3/00
Inventors
- Borse B.B.
- Jagan Mohan Rao L.
- Raghavan B.
- Sulochanamma G.
- Ramesh M.N.