PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING GREEN LEAF TEA

摘要

Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of : expressing juice from green fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice wherein the amount of expressed juice is greater than 300 ml per kg of fresh tea leaves; subjecting the fresh tea leaves and/or the leaf residue to an enzyme deactivation treatment thereby to prevent fermentation of the leaf residue; and drying the leaf residue to produce leaf tea. Also disclosed is a green leaf tea obtained by the process.