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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Tea Quality: An Overview of the Analytical Methods and Sensory Analyses Used in the Most Recent Studies.

Juan Moreira, Jyoti Aryal, Luca Guidry, Achyut Adhikari, Yan Chen, Sujinda Sriwattana, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul

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Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Juan MoreiraSchool of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9859-8757
Jyoti AryalSchool of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5780-9594
Luca GuidrySchool of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Achyut AdhikariSchool of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3778-8754
Yan ChenSchool of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Sujinda SriwattanaProduct Development Technology Division, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-9335-5887
Witoon PrinyawiwatkulSchool of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5270-8957

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tea, one of the world's most consumed beverages, has a rich variety of sensory qualities such as appearance, aroma, mouthfeel and flavor. This review paper summarizes the chemical and volatile compositions and sensory qualities of different tea infusions including black, green, oolong, dark, yellow, and white teas based on published data over the past 4 years (between 2021 and 2024), largely focusing on the methodologies. This review highlights the relationships among the different processing methods of tea and their resulting chemical and sensory profiles. Environmental and handling factors during processing, such as fermentation, roasting, and drying are known to play pivotal roles in shaping the unique flavors and aromas of different types of tea, each containing a wide variety of compounds enhancing specific sensory characteristics like umami, astringency, sweetness, and fruity or floral notes, which may correlate with certain groups of chemical compositions. The integration of advanced analytical methods, such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), with traditional sensory analysis techniques was found to be essential in the evaluation of the chemical composition and sensory attributes of teas. Additionally, emerging approaches like near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and electronic sensory methods show potential in modern tea evaluation. The complexity of tea sensory characteristics necessitates the development of combined approaches using both analytical methods and human sensory analysis for a comprehensive and better understanding of tea quality.

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PMID39593996
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