Method of making tea product

There is provided a method of producing a tea product, the method comprising: providing fresh intact tea leaves; putting the tea leaves into a press and pressing the leaves, thereby producing a tea juice and a leaf residue, while applying steam to the outside of the press such that the steam contacts the juice when the juice exits the press; collecting juice; and processing the leaf residue to produce black tea. A green tea product obtainable by the process of the invention is also provided. The product contains more than 3.0% of theanine by weight of total tea solids and has a weight ratio of theanine to total polyphenols of less than 1: 6. 提供了一种生产茶产品的方法，该方法包括：提供新鲜完整茶叶；将茶叶放入压榨机中，并压榨所述叶，由此产生茶汁和叶渣，同时将蒸汽施加到压榨机外部，使得当汁离开压榨机时，蒸汽接触所述汁；收集汁；和加工叶渣，以产生红茶。还提供了通过本发明的方法可获得的绿茶产品。该产品含有以总茶固体的重量计高于3.0％的茶氨酸，并且具有低于1:6的茶氨酸与总多酚的重量比。