Phytochemicals and Quality of Green and Black Teas from Different Clones of Tea Plant

Table 5

Sensory attributes of black tea prepared from different clones of tea plants.

Black tea from different clones	Dry tea appearance	Aroma	Liquid color	Taste	Infused leaf
Ambari (A-b)	7.59 ± 0.43^ab	23.33 ± 2.01^ab	11.53 ± 1.11^ab	26.25 ± 2.41^ab	7.68 ± 0.57^ab
Chiniya (C-b)	7.4 ± 0.72^a	21.94 ± 1.71^a	12.08 ± 1.25^abc	27.87 ± 2.24^bc	7.96 ± 0.64^ab
Gumti (G-b)	8.33 ± 0.74^b	25.83 ± 2.51^c	12.92 ± 2.25^c	30.46 ± 2.79^c	8.24 ± 1.00^ab
Takda-78 (T78-b)	8.14 ± 0.72^ab	24.44 ± 2.17^bc	12.64 ± 0.85^bc	28.19 ± 2.93^bc	8.51 ± 0.86^b
Tinali (T-b)	7.4 ± 0.7^a	23.06 ± 2.22^ab	11.25 ± 1.03^a	24.62 ± 3.02^a	7.5 ± 0.69^a

Values are means of triplicate ± standard deviations. Values in the columns bearing the different superscripts are significantly different ().