PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processed tea product capable of providing good organoleptic evaluation about appearance such as water color, cloudiness, precipitation condition of particles, taste (drinking feeling), concentration feeling, or the like without generating tea leaves as a waste during drinking, being environmentally friendly, and capable of providing efficient intake of active ingredients such as catechin contained in the tea leaves which usually is wasted as tea leaves, and to provide a manufacturing method therefor.SOLUTION: There is provided a processed tea product obtained by drying a tea extract, and a content ratio [A]/[B] of a water soluble solid part [A] to a water insoluble solid part [B] is 0.5 to 40.0.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】 飲用時において廃棄物となる茶殻が発生せず、且つ水色、濁り、粒子の沈降状況等の外観、香味等の滋味、食感(飲用感)、濃度感等につき、良好官能評価を得ることができ、環境にも優しく、通常茶殻として廃棄する茶葉に含まれているカテキン等の有効成分を、より効率的に摂取しうる茶加工品、及びその製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】 茶抽出物を乾燥することにより得られる茶加工品であって、前記茶加工品中の、水可溶性固形分[A]と水不溶性固形分[B]の含有比率、[A]/[B]が0.5~40.0である。【選択図】なし
