ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,911, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ILOLA INC. (Delta, Canada).

"Moulded tea composition incorporating microbial cellulose as a binder" was invented by Su-Mari Hill (Delta, Canada) and Timothy Peter Hill (Della, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moulded tea composition is provided. The moulded tea composition is prepared from microbial cellulose as a binder and dehydrated plant material. The microbial cellulose may be kombucha membrane and the dehydrated plant material may be tealeaves. The moulded tea composition may include other ingredients and such ingredients may include probiotics and extracts. A method for preparing ...