PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for producing condensed water by collecting steam containing a perfume component of steamed tea leaves from a steaming machine of the tea leaves used in a tea-making factory, concretely, by paying attention to the steam which is a product conventionally not utilized and discarded in the products formed in the tea-making factory, and collecting and cooling the steam to produce the condensed water containing the perfume component efficiently in good condition.SOLUTION: The method for producing the condensed water containing the perfume component of the steamed tea leaves includes cooling the collected steam C regulated so that the collected quantity Q of the steam C collected through a steam-collecting hood 2 may be equal to or smaller than the discharged quantity Q of the steam C at a steam-discharging opening 14a when collecting the steam C containing the perfume component of the steamed tea leaves and discharged from the steam-discharging opening 14a at the steamed tea leaves-discharging part 14 side of the steaming machine 1 of the tea leaves.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、製茶工場で使用している製茶蒸機から蒸し茶葉香気成分入りの蒸気を回収して、凝縮水を製造する方法と装置に係るものであり、具体的には、製茶工場内で生成されるものの中で、従来は利用されずに廃棄していた蒸気に着目し、この蒸気を回収して冷却して香気成分入りの凝縮水を、効率的で且つ良好な状態で製造する方法及びその装置を提供すること。【解決手段】製茶蒸機1の蒸し茶葉排出部14側の蒸気排出口14aから排出される蒸し茶葉香気成分入りの蒸気Cの回収に際して、蒸気排出口14aでの蒸気Cの排出量Qよりも、蒸気Cを蒸気回収フード2を介して回収する回収量Q´を同等又はそれ以下としたこと。回収した蒸気Cを冷却して蒸し茶葉香気成分入りの凝縮水Dを製造する、蒸し茶葉香気成分入りの凝縮水製造方法としたこと。【選択図】図1
