In the video series “juice of the week” we explore and learn how the CEPT technology affects various commodities.
In this video, we take a look at cold infused Green Tea!
As you might already know or perhaps learned in the last video on beetroots – Heat has a negative effect on health-beneficial substances.
Amongst the various types of tea, green tea contains the highest amount of native, bioactive antioxidants.
Additionally, cold-brew green tea is richer in health benefits than hot-brewed as heat scorches and partially or totally oxidized the health-beneficial compounds.
Producing cold-brewed green tea takes time – it is steeped in cold or room temperature water for quite some time, from 6 to 24 hours.
But using pulsed electric field technology can reduce this time to 30 minutes….that’s right, merely 30 minutes! AND – still keep the levels of antioxidants and vitamins intact.
Sounds like magic? Close perhaps – but scientific craftsmanship is a better description.
“The phenolic content (antioxidants) in the CEPT® treated cold-brewed green tea is 650 mg per liter. And the infusion time is only 30 minutes. The main advantage of the pulsed electric field treatment is that we can produce tea at a very low temperature. Comparable to the cold-brewed tea, meaning the PEF treated tea can be labeled as cold-brewed tea as well.”
Green tea comes from the leaves of Camellia Sinensis. A plant found in Asia.
Although a hot cup of tea has its time and place – if you’re looking for health benefits – cold-brewed green tea is the better source.
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