Composition for making a tea beverage or herbal and vegetable broths

A method for producing a product for making a beverage, the product comprising a fibrous web formed from an insoluble fibrous residue fraction of a plant wherein the fibrous web is impregnated with a concentrated plant extract the method comprising the steps of:

• a) extracting components of a plant with a solvent;
• b) separating the soluble plant extract from the insoluble fibrous residue fraction of the plant;
• c) optionally refining the insoluble fibrous residue fraction;
• d) preparing a fiber web from the insoluble residue fraction;
• e) concentrating the plant extract;
• f) applying the concentrated plant extract of step e) to the fibrous web of step d);
• and
• g) drying the fibrous web of step f) to obtain the product for making a beverage,
• wherein the insoluble fibrous residue fraction and the plant extract are from the same plant;
• wherein the impregnated fibrous web is not disposed within a cellulose-based tea bag;
• wherein the insoluble fibrous residue fraction comprises a tea plant;
• and
• wherein the product has an optical density at 274 nm of greater than about 0.4 after 2.5 grams of the composition are immersed in 500 ml of water at a temperature of 90° C. for 20 seconds.