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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Douglas Ashley Balentine, River Vale, NJ (US);
Steven Alphonse Gobbo, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Robert Steven Hang, Fairlawn, NJ (US);
Xiaoqun Qi, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Andrew David Parry, Sharnbrook, GB;
Christopher William Goodsall, Sharnbrook, GB;
Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
A cold water infusible tea leaf product is described which brews in cold water to produce an iced tea beverage with the color and flavor of iced teas prepared by hot brewing methods. The product when brewed in water at about 15° C. for about 5 minutes at a water to tea ratio of 100 water to 1 tea has a cold water infusion Hunter L Value of about 25 to 45; a Hunter “a” value of about 24 to 34; a Hunter haze value of less than 40 and at least 0.15% soluble tea solids.