PURPOSE: To decrease troubles of medium heat-processed tea distributing device and balance the use of caldrons for final tea processer.

CONSTITUTION: The distance of travel of a distributing conveyer is obtained from the product of the number of revolutions of a disc multiplied by the circumference of the disc, by means of a control and computing device utilizing a microcomputer, and the order of charging hoppers is decided, if plural empty hoppers exist, by the order from the least frequently used hopper to more frequently used hoppers, in order to equalize the use of the caldrons. This promotes decreasing troubles of a distributing device and balance the use of the caldrons for final tea processer.