MY139823A - Method and apparatus for producing a tea beverage employing a continuous mixing chamber - Google Patents

Abstract

21 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A TEA BEVERAGE EMPLOYING A CONTINUOUS NLIXINGCHAMBER ABSTRACT 5 THE PRESENT INVCNTION RELATES TO A MIXING CHAMBER FOR PRODUCING A NON-CARBONATED TEA BEVERAGE, WHEREIN THE TEA BEVERAGE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO GROWTH OF DETRIMENTAL MICROORGANISMS, COMPRISING; A TEA CONCENTRATE FEED LINE HAVING A CHECK VALVE; A HOT WATER FEED LINE; A COLD WATER FEED LINE HAVING A CHECK VALVE@ AND WHEREIN THE NON-CARBONATED TEA I 0 BEVERAGE IS BETTER THAN AN ACCEPTABLE MICROBIAL COUNT AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY HOMOGENOUS NON- CARBONATED TEA BEVERAGE. THE PRESENT INVENTION ALSO RELATES TO A METHOD OF PRODUCING A NON- CARBONATED TEA BEVERAGE, WHEREIN THE TEA BEVERAGE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO GROWTH OF DET MENTA G RI I MICROORGANISMS, COMPFISING THE STEPS OF: CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING HOT WATER INTO A MIXING CHAMBER; CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING TEA CONCENTRATE INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER; CONTINUOUSLY 1 5 FEEDING COLD WATER INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER ; CONTINUOUSLY MIXING THE TEA CONCENTRATE, HOT WATER AND COLD WATER IN THE MIXING CHAMBER; AND CONTINUOUSLY DISPENSING A NON-CARBONATED TEA BEVERAGE WHEREIN THE NON-CARBONATED TEA BEVERAGE IS BETTER THAN AN ACCEPTABLE MICROBIAL COUNT AND IS A SUBSIANTIALLY HOMOGENOUS NON-CARBONATED TEA BEVERAGE. DO,\)