PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tea beverage suppressing tea dregs and precipitates and having high temporal stability while having natural turbidity and good aroma of quintessential tea, and a method of producing the same.SOLUTION: A method of producing a tea beverage includes: a step of extracting a tea extraction liquid from tea leaves a step of filtering the tea extraction liquid to obtain an adjusted tea extract liquid and a step of bringing the adjusted tea extract liquid into contact with an absorbent. A macropore volume (A) of the absorbent is not more than 1.0 cc/g, and the ratio [A/B] of the macropore volume (A) to a micropore volume (B) is 0.1-12.0.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】茶本来の自然な濁り及び良好な風味を有しながらも、オリ・沈殿が抑制され、経時安定性の高い茶飲料及びその製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】茶葉を抽出して茶抽出液を得る工程と、茶抽出液を濾過して茶抽出調整液とする工程と、茶抽出調整液を吸着剤と接触させる工程とを含み、前記吸着剤のマクロ孔容積(A)が1.0cc/g以下であり、ミクロ孔容積(B)に対するマクロ孔容積(A)の比率[A/B]が0.1~12.0であることを特徴とする茶飲料の製造方法。【選択図】なし
