Process for producing tea flavor

This invention relates to a process for producing a green tea flavor by extracting it from green tea leaves with water cooler than 10 DEG C, and also to a beverage with the flavor obtained by the process and added therein. This invention also relates to a process for producing a dried green tea polyphenol by subjecting green tea leaves to a first extraction with water cooler than 10 DEG C and thento a second extraction with warm water of 50 DEG C or higher, and drying an extract of the second extraction, and also with a process for producing a beverage by adding a green tea polyphenol obtaine d by the process.