Process of making a soluble tea product with champagne-like properties

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The process of the present invention is described in further detail hereinafter with reference to the preparation of a hot, warm, or cold water reconstitutable shelf-stable powder from green or black tea combined with Manchurian mushrooms, distilled water, and sugar.
The processing of leaf tea to form a water soluble extract or concentrate, or freeze dried powder which will reconstitute to a tea beverage is, in its general aspects, well known in the art.
Thus for example, green or black leaf tea is typically extracted with hot water to form a dilute extract containing soluble tea solids.
The insoluble leaf material is discarded and the extract is then concentrated to form a concentrated extract which may be sold as is (for example, in frozen, refrigerated or otherwise preserved condition) or dried in an appropriate manner to form a shelf-stable powder.
Although it is not apparent how the champagne-like properties are produced, they are when the beverage is brewed.
Brewing is done as follows: (a) contacting green or black tea leaf with distilled water boiled in a stainless steel container to extract soluble solids from the green or black tea leaf; (b) adding sugar to the boiling water and boiling further for five minutes; (c) removing the distilled water, green or black tea leaf and sugar mixture from heat; (d) steeping above mentioned mixture for 10 minutes; (e) cooling tea in a glass container; (f) adding some freshly harvested tea; (g) placing a Manchurian mushroom (dark side down) on top of the liquid mixture; (h) covering liquid mixture with clean white towel secured by a rubber band; (i) placing mixture in a dark location at 70 to 90 degrees F.
for seven to ten days until the pH is approximately 3.
0.
(j) straining tea mixture through a cheese cloth.
The strained matter may be freeze dried loosely or pressed in cube form and stored.
The tea is reconstituted by adding 1 tsp or cube per cup of boiling distilled water and steeping for 1 to 2 minutes