Chinese Food Culture: Extract tea and health tea

Extracted tea is based on finished tea or semi-completed tea as raw materials, with hot water to extract the soluble substances in the tea leaves, filter the tea juice obtained by removing the tea residue, some of which are concentrated and dried, and prepared into solid or liquid tea, collectively known as extracted tea. Extracted tea mainly includes canned beverage tea, concentrated tea and instant tea

Instant tea

Also known as tea essence, tea powder, began in the United Kingdom in the 1940s, China began to produce in the 1970s, but the output is not much. Instant tea is a powdered or granular tea product that is processed by a series of processes such as concentration, spray drying or freeze drying after tea leaves are brewed and extracted from tea juice with hot water. Its water solubility is good, soluble in hot or cold water, brewing without tea residue, brewing is very convenient, but its aroma taste is not as good as ordinary tea. Because instant tea is easy to absorb moisture, its finished packaging should pay attention to sealing and moisture-proof. Instant tea is divided into pure tea powder and added fruity tea powder according to whether it is perfumed, the former has instant black tea and instant green tea; The latter have instant lemon black tea, instant red fruit tea, instant ginger tea and so on.

Canned tea drinks

Liquid tea drinks made of hot water extract solution or its concentrate, instant tea powder, etc. of finished tea are processed and packaged in cans (bottles) and cans (bottles) for drinking, which is very convenient. And divided into pure tea drinks and non-pure tea drinks, pure tea drinks are the tea soup according to a certain standard of the concentration after the addition of certain antioxidants (such as vitamin C), without sugar, spices that is canned (bottle) sealed, sterilized and made, this tea drink basically maintains the original tea should be flavored, also known as tea soup (water) drinks. Non-pure tea drinks are tea drinks made by adding various condiments to the tea soup to improve the taste, such as juice tea drinks, fruity tea drinks, carbonated tea drinks, milk flavored tea drinks and other tea drinks.

Concentrated tea

Tea products made by brewing the tea juice proposed by brewing the finished tea hot water for decompression concentration or reverse osmosis to a certain concentration. Concentrated tea can be used as the original juice of canned tea drinks, or it can be diluted with water and drunk directly.

Health tea

Health tea refers to a compound tea that is processed by matching tea leaves with certain Chinese herbal medicines for medical and food purposes. This tea is mainly based on nutrition and health care, and has a certain anti-disease and disease-curing effect, which is different from the medicinal tea that is mainly used to treat diseases, and belongs to the health drink. There are many kinds of health tea due to the different ingredients and herbs added, and there are nearly 200 kinds according to incomplete statistics. The functions of various health teas are different, in general, the health care scope of health tea includes weight loss and bodybuilding, lipid reduction and blood pressure reduction, anti-cancer and anti-cancer, anti-aging and longevity, clear throat, clear heat and relieve heat, digestion and stomach, blind teeth, sober alcohol and smoking cessation, anti-diarrhea and anti-poison.

Health tea was first popular in the West. Chinese health tea is made of green tea, black tea or oolong tea as the main raw material, with a single flavor or compound Chinese medicine that is indeed curative; It is also dried by spraying the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine on the tea leaves; Or the medicinal liquid tea liquid concentrated and dried. The shape is granular, easy to boil water and dissolve instantly. Chinese health tea is different from foreign medicinal tea, which is based on herbs as raw materials, does not contain tea leaves, and only borrows the name "tea". Chinese health tea has the effect of reducing blood lipids and cholesterol, and is an auxiliary health drink, which is packaged in multiple bags, and canned or boxed.

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