TEA MADE FROM LEAF OF ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA MILL. VAR. INERMIS REHD. AND BEVERAGE

摘要

PURPOSE: To obtain new readily drinkable tea, made from a leaf of Zizyphus jujuba Mill. var. inermis Rehd., capable of manifesting suppressing effects on sugar absorption, having a refreshing feeling and providing an extract thereof useful as an ingredient, etc., of a soft drink by heat-treating the raw or dried leaf of Zizyphus jujuba Mill. var. inermis Rehd. ;CONSTITUTION: This new tea made from a leaf of Zizyphus jujuba Mill. var. inermis Rehd. is obtained by pulverizing the raw or dried leaf of the Zizyphus jujuba Mill. var. inermis Rehd., then, as desired, heating the pulverized leaf with steam at 100°C for 1hr, subsequently heat-treating the resultant leaf at ≥120°C temperature for 1-30min and carrying out the roasting. Thereby, the resultant tea is remarkably lowered in bitterness or astringency, sharply reduced in anesthetic actions on taste buds, eliminated from a grassy smell, readily drinkable and capable of manifesting the fragrance, has a refreshing feeling and suppressing effects on sugar absorption and provides its extract suitable as an ingredient, etc., of a soft drink.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1996,JPO