METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WORMWOOD TEA LEAVES, WORMWOOD TEA LEAVES MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD, AND TEA BEVERAGE PRODUCED FROM THE WORMWOOD TEA LEAVES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing caffein-free wormwood tea leaves for habitual drinking by men and women of all ages, which maintains various health functional properties of wormwood as much as possible without losing the properties in the manufacturing process, and suppresses the flavor unique to medical herbs as much as possible while remaining the good flavor of wormwood.;SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing wormwood tea leaves without blanching includes: (i) a step of washing raw wormwood leaves; and (ii) at least one drying step selected from the group consisting of ventilation drying at 30 to 70°C, low-temperature microwave drying, and low temperature decompression drying.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT