Optimal fermentation time and temperature to improve biochemical composition and sensory characteristics of black tea

MH Asil, B Rabiei, RH Ansari - Australian journal of crop …, 2012 - search.informit.org
The effects of variations in fermentation time and temperature on the changes in theaflavins
(TF), thearubigins (TR) as well as sensory characteristics of color liquor brightness …

Changes in the chemical and sensory quality parameters of black tea due to variations of fermentation time and temperature

M Obanda, PO Owuor, R Mang'oka - Food chemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
The changes in theaflavins and residual catechin compositions, thearubigins TRSI and
TRSII, sensory characteristics of total colour, brightness and briskness of black tea were …

The changes in black tea quality due to variations of plucking standard and fermentation time

PO Owuor, M Obanda - Food Chemistry, 1998 - Elsevier
Catechin levels in green leaf, total theaflavins, brightness, thearubigins, colour, flavour index
and sensory evaluation decrease with coarse plucking standard in clone 6/8. The sum of …

Comparative responses in plain black tea quality parameters of different tea clones to fermentation temperature and duration

PO Owuor, M Obanda - Food Chemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
The amounts of black tea theaflavins, brightness, and sensory evaluations varied with
clones in the order clone 6/8> SC12/28> S15/10, while thearubigins and total colour …

Changes in thearubigin fractions and theaflavin levels due to variations in processing conditions and their influence on black tea liquor brightness and total colour

M Obanda, PO Owuor, R Mang'oka, MM Kavoi - Food Chemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
Increase in coarser plucking standards significantly (P< 0.05) depressed levels of theaflavin
(TF; μmol/g), total colour and brightness (spectrophotometer) of black tea. But total …

Influence of fermentation time on the development of compounds responsible for quality in black tea

T Muthumani, RSS Kumar - Food Chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
The compounds responsible for tea quality, such as theaflavins (TFs) and thearubigins were
found to increase with fermentation time. However, TF reached a maximum, declining …

The impact of withering temperature on black tea quality

PO Owuor, M Obanda - Journal of the Science of Food and …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
High leaf temperatures during the withering process of black tea manufacture decrease the
theaflavins, brightness, flavour index and sensory evaluation scores of black tea. Black teas …

Impacts of flushing and fermentation times on the quality of black tea

HR Ansari, HM Asil, B Rabiei, A Dadashpour - Genetika, 2011 - doiserbia.nb.rs
Flushing and fermentation times are the two main parameters determining the quality of
black tea. In this research, the effects of different flushing and fermentation times were …

Assessing biochemical changes during standardization of fermentation time and temperature for manufacturing quality black tea

T Samanta, V Cheeni, S Das, AB Roy… - Journal of Food Science …, 2015 - Springer
In black tea manufacturing, one of the most important steps is fermentation which influences
the quality of tea. The macerated tea leaves were fermented at various temperatures (20, 25 …

Changes in the quality parameters of clonal black tea due to fermentation time

PO Owuor, JE Orchard… - … of the Science of Food and …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Flavour index and Group II volatile flavour compounds of clonal black tea progressively
decreased while Group I compounds increased during fermentation process. However …