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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregg Lance Lehmberg, Westfield, NJ (US);
Martin John Spisak, Parlin, NJ (US);
Steven Alphonse Gobbo, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Meghan Mary Kemly-Ellingham, Harrington Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A brewed tea concentrate is taught having about 5 to 30% tea solids, combined with selected carbohydrates in a ratio of 1.5 parts or more of carbohydrate to 1 part of tea solids. The brewed tea concentrate has certain levels of caffeine, flavanoids and gallic acid and when diluted to a final tea beverage at a ratio of about 100 parts water to 1 part tea has a total tea solids content of about 0.1% to 0.3% or higher. The beverage thus prepared has a Hunter haze of 50 or less.