COFFEE CONTAINING PINE NEEDLES AND PROCESSING METHOD OF THE PINE NEEDLES

摘要

PURPOSE: A processing method of pine needles is provided to add the fine flavor and nutrients of pine needles to coffee. CONSTITUTION: Collected pine needles(10) are steamed with the vapor of a heated saline solution. The remaining salt in the steamed pine needles is washed. The washed pine needles are dried with rapid cooling. The dried pine needles are roasted. The roasted pine needles are pulverized. Coffee is manufactured by mixing coffee powder and pine needle powder at a 14:0.35 to 14:0.65 weight ratio. Licorice root powder is additionally added to the mixture of coffee powder and pine needle powder. The concentration of the saline solution is 0.2% to 0.25%. Pine needles are steamed for 6 minutes 30 seconds to 7 minutes 30 seconds. Collected pine needles are steamed after removing more than 1 cm of an end portion(12) thereof. The roasting process is as follows: Pine needles are roasted while turning over at 75-95 deg. C for 2 minutes to 4 minutes 30 seconds. The roasted pine needles are dried at 35 to 45 deg. C. The pine needles dried with heat are dried again with cold air at a temperature below zero.