<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing tea leaf component-containing vegetable pickles, suitably applicable when pickling vegetables through putting tea leaves. ??<P>SOLUTION: This method for producing the tea leaf component-containing vegetable pickles includes a salting process of putting garlic 2 into a container 10 followed by pickling with salt, a harshness removing process of removing harshness attaching to the garlic after the salting process, a tea leaf adding process of putting tea leaves into the pickling container after the harshness removing process, and a process of pickling with tea leaves of pickling for a prescribed time after the tea leaf adding process. In more details, the method includes pickling with salt the garlic 2 for 4-8 h in the salting process, putting tea leaves and honey followed by sealing in the tea leaf adding process, and pickling the garlic with tea leaves for 8 days or more in the process of pickling with tea leaves. ??<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT ??