An apparatus for removing solvents, utilizing a solvent removal unit equipped with an upper liquid supporting member provided with a bottom portion which supports the solvent suspension and which is provided with an opened hole, and a lower liquid supporting member provided at a lower side and at a distance from said upper liquid supporting member, such that the solvent suspension is dropped from the upper liquid supporting member to the lower liquid supporting member, and that the solvent suspension is brought into contact with a gaseous phase while it is being dropped. A method for removing solvents, utilizing a step of dropping a solvent suspension from an upper liquid supporting member provided with a bottom portion which supports the solvent suspension and which is provided with an open hole, to a lower liquid supporting member provided at a lower side and at a distance from said upper liquid supporting member, provided that the solvent suspension is brought into contact with a gaseous phase while it is being dropped.