The effect of withering on fermentation of tea leaf and development of liquor characters of black teas
โ Scribed by Mohammed R. Ullah; Nogen Gogoi; Deepika Baruah
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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 manufactured with withering temperature above 30ยฐC have high thearubigins and total colour levels but lack briskness
## Abstract Fermenting tea leaf produces methanol as the result of enzymic demethylation of pectins contained in the leaf. The enzyme concerned (which was isolated and purified) is very similar to pectinโmethylesterases found in other plants. The activity of tea pectinโmethylesterase is partially