Packaging dry leaves in sealed capsules

A method of packaging dried leaves and/or stalks of plants in a hermetically sealed casing comprising:

• breaking the dried leaves and/or stalks in an environment of non-oxidising gas, the breaking including using a machine for breaking the dried leaves and/or stalks, wherein the machine comprises a first breaker device with a first breaker member and a second breaker member, wherein said first breaker member is formed as a roller drivable with controllable rotational speed, wherein the roller comprises active lines with an essentially cylindrical outer surface interrupted by cavities configured to catch the dried leaves and/or stalks, the active lines being separated by grooves around the roller, wherein said second breaker member comprises a breaker wall with teeth configured to be inserted into the grooves of the roller, wherein said first and second breaker members are arranged so that the dried leaves and/or stalks falling into a cavity of said cavities of the first breaker member are caught between the breaker wall and an upper edge or a side edge of said cavity and are bent until the dried leaves and/or stalks break when said roller turns and said cavity moves against said breaker wall, the machine further comprising a supply device for feeding the dried leaves and/or stalks to the first breaker member with a controllable speed of feeding,
• inserting the broken leaves and/or stalks into a casing in the environment of non-oxidising gas,
• hermetically sealing the casing, and
• controlling said rotational speed and said speed of feeding so that said dried leaves and/or stalks fall individually in a distributed shower onto said first breaker device so that breaking the dried leaves and/or stalks solely involves bending said dried leaves and/or stalks until said dried leaves and/or stalks break and so that cutting, grinding or crushing of said dried leaves and/or stalks is avoided, including controlling the rotational speed of the roller in dependency on the speed of feeding of said supply device so that piling up of the leaves and/or stalks in the cavities of the roller is prevented, the method including preventing oxidation of the dried leaves and/or stalks from a time of breaking the dried leaves and/or stalks through the inserting of the broken leaves and/or stalks into the casing.