Conopco, Inc.

Ambalavanar Thiru

Steven Peter Colliver

Peter Kiprotich Ngeno

The present invention provides a beverage precursor comprising tea material and food-grade additive, wherein the beverage precursor is present in an amount wherein contact of the beverage precursor with 250 ml water for 2 minutes at 90&#xb0; C. produces a beverage comprising catechins in an amount of between 0.05% and 2% by weight of the beverage. The present invention also provides a process for manufacturing a beverage precursor comprising macerating tea leaf and/or stem with a rotorvane and at least one CTC process.

Beverage precursor and process for the manufacture thereof

A palatable green leaf tea fromvar.is disclosed. Infusion of 2 g of the leaf tea in 200 ml water for 1.5 minutes at 90&#xb0; C. produces a beverage comprising catechins in an amount of between 0.01 and 0.1% by weight of the beverage. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the leaf tea product wherein fresh leaf from var.is macerated using a combination of a rotorvane and double-cone processor.

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