Patent ID: 7578299

Claim:
A method for manufacturing green tea-based cigarettes, comprising: a process of gathering tobacco leaves and green tea leaves; a sterilizing process in which the tobacco leaves are boiled twice in water, steamed once and dried under the sun, and the green tea leaves are toasted at 200° C. or higher for 10 min or longer in a kettle without oil or water; a primary drying process in which the sterilized tobacco leaves are dried in a sunny place until they turn brown, and the toasted green tea leaves are dried for three days in a hot air blower, boiled once and steamed once to reduce their odor by half or more; a cutting process in which the primarily dried tobacco leaves and green tea leaves are cut into strands, each having a size from 1 to 5 mm wide and 5 to 15 mm long, using respective cutters; a blending process in which the strands of green tea leaves as a main component, the strands of tobacco leaves as a minor component, and tobacco spice as a minor component, are fed into a blender and blended for 10 min or longer; a secondary drying process in which the blend comprising the green tea leaves, the tobacco leaves and the tobacco spice is dried for an additional three days in a hot air blower to produce a dried blend; and a packing process in which measured amounts of the dried blend are wrapped with cigarette paper.