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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …