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GREEN TEA [12 records]

Record 1 2024-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Dietetics
  • Food Industries
CONT

Green tea extract contains antioxidant compounds, including flavonoids, vitamins and polyphenols such as epigallocatechin-3-gallate(EGCG), which may have antineoplastic properties.

CONT

Green tea extract can be consumed in capsule, liquid, or powder form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Diététique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Le principal antioxydant présent dans le thé vert est l'EGCG [gallate d'épigallocatéchine]. Les produits de santé naturels contenant de l'extrait de thé vert sont vendus sous diverses formes posologiques, telles que des capsules, comprimés, des poudres et des liquides, à prendre par voie orale (par la bouche).

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
CONT

Tea lattes are a style of milk tea and a variation on cafe lattes. Like cafe lattes, they are typically made with steamed milk. However, instead of espresso, they contain tea, usually in the form of matcha green tea or a concentrate made from strong-brewed tea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bebidas
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Record 3 2010-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Beverages
DEF

A greenish-grey China tea made in China, Taiwan and Japan, the leaves of green or gunpowder tea are characteristically rolled in pellets. Unfermented, it has a delicate taste and fine aroma, and is best drunk on its own.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
OBS

[...] et diversement présentée qui seront finalement utilisés pour la préparation du liquide désiré, thé noir fermenté, thé vert non fermenté

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
CONT

China is reputed to have the oldest tea traditions. Cultivated in China for circa 5000 years, Green tea was first mentioned in writing around 600 B. C. and later described fully in the works of the poet Lu Yü in 780 A. D. So for many centuries, Green tea has been enjoyed by the Chinese as a healthy and vitalizing drink.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Une nouvelle boisson vitalisante : kimbate. Un goût unique venu d'Afrique du Sud, une boisson peu sucrée et très rafraîchissante à base de Rooibos, une plante réputée pour ses bienfaits.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Beverages
DEF

[A process in which] the green leaf of [tea] is passed through a Legg-cut machine(a type of tobacco cutter) and after it [has been] cut and cross-cut into small pieces, fermented and fired as with the orthodox process or CTC [crushing, tearing and curling] process of manufacture.

OBS

legg-cut, non-wither: terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Procédé dans lequel les feuilles vertes sont passées dans une machine «Legg-cut» (du même type que les coupeuses de tabac) et après avoir été coupées en menus morceaux, sont fermentées puis séchées comme dans le procédé orthodoxe ou CTC [crushing, tearing and curling / broyer, déchirer, boucler].

OBS

procédé sans flétrissage, procédé Legg-cut : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
CONT

Mint tea :... Pour boiling water into a mixture of equal quantities of Chinese green tea and finely chopped mint leaves, allowing 2 dl boiling water for each tablespoon of the mixture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Thé dans lequel on met des feuilles de menthe fraîche (en usage notamment au Maghreb).

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

Japanese soba noodles made with green tea powder and buckwheat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Nouille de sarrasin parfumée au thé vert.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

Green tea-preferred in many Asian cultures to Western-style black tea-contains cathechins, which are believed to be anticancer agents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

chimiothérapie [...] Dans certains cas, on décidera d'utiliser un seul agent anticancéreux; dans d'autres, plusieurs médicaments vous seront administrés en association.

OBS

En règle générale, les mots composés qui commencent par le préfixe «anti» s'écrivent sans trait d'union.

Key term(s)
  • agent anti-cancéreux
  • agent anti-cancer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
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Record 9 1987-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

An algal disease of certain subtropical plants, such as tea and citrus, caused by the green slip Cephaluros virescens and characterized by a dusty appearance of the leaves or twigs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes

Spanish

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Record 10 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
OBS

there are many ways of preparing the tea leaf but most tea is designated green or black, the former also being known as unfermented and the latter as fermented tea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
OBS

(...) et diversement présentés qui seront finalement utilisés pour la préparation du liquide désiré, thé noir fermenté, thé vert non fermenté

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
OBS

there are many ways of preparing the tea leaf but most tea is designated green or black, the former also being known as unfermented and the latter as fermented tea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
OBS

(...) et diversement présentée qui seront finalement utilisés pour la préparation du liquide désiré, thé noir fermenté, thé vert non fermenté

Spanish

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Record 12 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
OBS

there are many ways of preparing the tea leaf but most tea is designated green or black, the former also being known as unfermented and the latter as fermented tea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
OBS

(...) et diversement présentée qui seront finalement utilisés pour la préparation du liquide désiré, thé noir fermenté, thé vert non fermenté

Spanish

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