PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new manufacturing method of a tasty beverage raw material which prevents decomposition of useful components of plant.SOLUTION: A manufacturing method of beverage raw material of the present invention is a manufacturing method of plant-derived beverage raw material which is extracted by water into beverage, includes: an immersing process of immersing a plant raw material that consists of at least one of leaf, stem, bark, flower, fruit and root of plant into aqueous solution in which at least one type of salt and organic compound is dissolved by 1.0 mass% or more and a drying process of taking out the plant raw material from the aqueous solution and drying the material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】植物の有用成分の分解を防止して、味の良い新たな飲料原料の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の飲料原料の製造方法は、水によって抽出されて飲料となる、植物由来の飲料原料の製造方法であって、植物の葉、茎、樹皮、花、実および根の少なくとも一つからなる植物原料を、塩及び有機化合物の少なくとも1種が1.0質量%以上溶解している水溶液に浸漬させる浸漬工程と、前記植物原料を前記水溶液から取り出して乾燥させる乾燥工程とを含む。【選択図】図1