The present invention relates to a process for producing a black tea product with enhanced sensorials. The people who prefer to consume black tea are unable to get a good amount of catechins, because, in black tea the amount of catechins is significantly less than that of green tea. Therefore there is a need for providing a tea product which has relatively high amount and catechins high amount of theaflavins and high amount of polyphenols made by a process without addition of any exogenous theaflavins and/or catechins and which also has the sensorials of black tea. It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for producing a tea product with a relatively high amount of catechins and theaflavins without the addition of any exogenous theaflavins and/or catechins. The present inventors have surprisingly found that tea products obtained by a process involving a step of anaerobic incubation at specific temperatures and for specific durations provide a tea product with improved sensorials and thereby satisfying one or more of the objects of the invention.
