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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mauro Dominick Mordini, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Matthew Evan Harbowy, Ridgefield Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ; A23F / ; A23J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426597 ; 426435 ; 426569 ; 993231 ; 99453 ;
Abstract
A powdered tea concentrate, method for foaming the concentrate dispersed in water and a delivery system are provided to obtain a resultant foamed tea product. The powdered tea concentrate includes tea solids, sweetening agent and creaming agent. Delivery of foamed tea beverage is through a dispenser that includes a housing, a hopper for the powdered tea concentrate, a water inlet into the housing, a mixing chamber with an aerator mechanism and conduits for delivering the concentrate and water from respective hopper and inlet into the mixing chamber.