Phytochemicals and Quality of Green and Black Teas from Different Clones of Tea Plant
Table 1
Moisture content, water extract, total ash, acid-insoluble ash, and the crude fiber content of green tea prepared from different clones of the tea plant.
Samples
Moisture content (%)
Water extract (%)
Total ash (%)
Acid-insoluble ash (%)
Crude fiber (%)
Ambari (A-g)
5.4 ± 0.25a
52.16 ± 4.44a
5.516 ± 0.33a
0.47 ± 0.01b
9.39 ± 0.71bc
Chiniya (C-g)
5.3 ± 0.4a
44.36 ± 3.32a
5.25 ± 0.45a
0.36 ± 0.08a
6.73 ± 0.43a
Gumti (G-g)
5.4 ± 0.3a
65.89 ± 2.33b
5.524 ± 0.12a
0.46 ± 0.07b
7.96 ± 0.80ab
Takda-78 (T78-g)
5.35 ± 0.35a
60.83 ± 2.435b
5.702 ± 0.19a
0.63 ± 0.01c
9.92 ± 0.73c
Tinali (T-g)
5.38 ± 0.3a
45.22 ± 2.59a
5.135 ± 0.12a
0.70 ± 0.07d
12.97 ± 0.73d
Values are means of triplicate ± standard deviations. Values in the columns bearing the different superscripts are significantly different ().