PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently obtain, by infusion, desirable flavors of tea leaves such as black tea leaves which could not be produced by conventional methods.SOLUTION: The method includes following processes. Tea leaves produced using orthodox or semi-orthodox production methods for black tea, and tea leaves that have been rubbed/twisted and dried according to conventional production methods for oolong tea, which are full of aroma and strength and which are long in a specific direction are loaded into a filter bag used for infusion, to form a tea bag. Then, upon drinking, immediately prior to infusion using a solvent, the tea leaves, still in a state in which they are loaded into the filter bag used for infusion, are crushed using a pressuring apparatus 14 in order to make the length thereof shorter than at the time of loading.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】従来法では得られなかった紅茶葉等の茶葉の好ましい香味を、抽出により簡便で効率的に得る。【解決手段】紅茶においてはオーソドクス製法またはセミオーソドクス製法による茶葉、ウーロン茶においては従来製法により揉捻され乾燥された茶葉であって香りとコク味成分を多く含み特定方向の長さが長いものを抽出用のフィルター袋に装填し、ティーバッグとする。それから、飲用にあたって、溶媒による抽出の直前に前記抽出用のフィルター袋に装填された状態のまま前記茶葉を、加圧装置14を用いて、前記装填時よりも長さが短くなるように破砕する。【選択図】図1
