<p>The present inventionrelates to a liquid tea product and a process for preparing the same.We have found that by keeping the fresh tea leaf in water (before processing it to produce conventional leaf tea product) for long hours followed by separation of the liquid from it provides a liquid tea drink which is not appealing to the consumers due to its colour characteristics. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide aliquid tea product with improved colour characteristics. The present inventors havesurprisingly found that by keeping the fresh tea leaf in water for a particular period of time in a particular ratio followed by separating the tea leaf from the resultant water and heating the resultant water fora particular time at a selected temperature provides a liquid tea product with improved colour characteristicsand is able to satisfy consumer need.</p>
