An object of the present invention is to provide tea leaf powder from which the liquid extracted has a favorable liquid color. That is, the present invention provides a tea leaf powder having 300 µm or more of 50% particle diameter measured by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring apparatus on volume basis, and 0.05% by weight or more of anthocyanin content. The tea leaf powder preferably has 120 µm or more of 10% particle diameter measured by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring apparatus on volume basis.
