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Made in IIT lab, Darjeeling tea as quick as instant coffee

Made in IIT lab, Darjeeling tea as quick as instant coffee

For those who turn up their noses at tea bags, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is about to reveal a secret method to brew instant Darjeeling tea, just like coffee.

The IITs food and agriculture department is currently in business talks to transfer the secret recipe for instant soluble tea — it won an Indian patent last year — to two Bangalore-based tea companies, and one from Ooty. If the deal takes effect, the copper brown tea powder will hit stores mid-2008.

All one needs to do is to stir a pinch of the powder into a cup of hot or cold water, with sugar or milk to taste. While 2.5 gram tealeaves can brew a cup of tea, the same amount of soluble tea can make six cups. So just a pinch of powder is enough to brew one cup.

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