PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tea beverage and a coffee beverage in which the reduction of flavor is suppressed while sufficiently reducing the content of caffeine in a tea beverage and a coffee beverage.SOLUTION: Provided is a method for producing a tea beverage or a coffee beverage, including a process of contacting a tea extract or a coffee extract with active carbon and china clay, and also, the tea extract or the coffee extract being a water solution.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】茶飲料や、コーヒー飲料中のカフェインの含有量を十分に低減させつつ、香味の低下を抑制した茶飲料およびコーヒー飲料の提供。【解決手段】茶抽出液またはコーヒー抽出液に、活性炭および白土を接触させる工程を含み、かつ該茶抽出液または該コーヒー抽出液が水溶液である、茶飲料またはコーヒー飲料の製造方法を用いる。【選択図】なし