Provided is a tea extract which can impart the original aroma, palatefullness and turbidity of tea infusuion and has good dispersibility when added to water or tea infusion at ordinary temperatures.A tea extract according to the present invention uses tea leaves as a raw material, wherein the tea extract satisfies the following formula (1) to (4) when the dry solid content in the tea extract is set to A mass%, the amount of total lipid is set to B mass%, the amount of phospholipid is set to C mass% and the amount of ethanol is D mass%, A <；50 ..... (1)0.03 <；C / B ..... (2)0.10 <；B / A .......(3)D / A <；1.0 .......(4) and the tea extract has a predetermined absorbance, or satisfies the following formula (5): [A × B] / [(A - B) × C] <；40 ....(5)本發明提供一種茶類萃取物，其係可賦予茶類的浸泡液本來的香氣、醇厚感、及混濁，並且，添加在常溫的水或茶類浸泡液時的分散性良好。本發明之茶類萃取物係以茶葉作為原料，且相對於茶類萃取物全量，以茶類萃取物中的乾燥固形量為A質量%，以總脂質量為B質量%，以磷脂質量為C質量%，以乙醇量為D質量%時，該茶類萃取物係滿足下述式(1)至(4)：A<；50‧‧‧(1)0.03<；C/B‧‧‧(2)0.10<；B/A‧‧‧(3)D/A<；1.0‧‧‧(4)，並且，具有預定的吸光度，或滿足下述式(5)：[A×B]/[(A-B)×C]<；40‧‧‧(5)。
