PRODUCTION OF EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES OLIVER LEAF TEA

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a method for producing Eucommia ulmoides Oliver tea by drying Eucommia ulmoides Oliver leaf while cutting, crushing and pulverizing the leaf so that water contents in stem part and leaf part of raw leaf of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver are made uniform and subjecting the dried leaf to pulverizing treatment so as to provide leaf powder. ;SOLUTION: This method for producing Eucommia ulmoides Oliver tea comprises a raw leaf cutting step A for cutting raw leaf of collected Eucommia ulmoides Oliver in strip-like shape, a raw leaf heat-treating step B for carrying out heat treatment of raw leaf, a first drying step D for removing and drying water content of leaf surface and attached water content by hot air while stirring heat-treated raw leaf, a second drying step E for drying and crushing the leaf while kneading and stirring the raw leaf by applying pressure to dried raw leaf, a kneading and crushing step F for kneading and crushing the leaf by applying pressure to dried and crushed leaf, a third drying step G for drying the leaf while kneading and stirring the leaf by applying pressure to dried and crushed leaf and crushing the leaf, a fourth drying step H for drying the dried and crushed leaf by hot air, a pulverizing step I for pulverizing the dried and crushed leaf into powdery leaf and a fifth drying step J for drying the powdery dried and pulverized leaf by the hot air. Thereby, high-quality Eucommia ulmoides Oliver tea capable of extracting green extract is obtained.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO