Sample Soluble Caffeine (%) TSS (%) Viscosity (mPa) Moisture (%) Bulk density (g/ml) TF
(%)
TR
(%)
Total
colour
Brightness
(%)
Loose Packed
Parajulie 4.16 0.15 12.3 5.13 0.38 0.43 0.83 10.20 2.48 15.43
S.D.(±) 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.05
Pandiar 3.28 0.15 10.60 4.73 0.39 0.43 0.64 7.80 1.91 17.36
S.D.(±) 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.04
Assam AFTL 4.67 0.15 10.3 6.93 0.39 0.43 1.39 16.26 4.55 22.81
S.D.(±) 0.02 0.00 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.06
Assam Magor 5.28 0.15 10.10 4.67 0.40 0.44 1.77 14.25 6.35 27.94
S.D.(±) 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03
Darj. Medium 3.21 0.15 11.60 7.07 0.24 0.30 0.61 9.20 2.33 10.11
±S.D. 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01
Darj. Premium 4.50 0.25 12.00 6.40 0.25 0.32 0.39 9.28 2.18 10.87
 (±)S.D. 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02
Nil-HG 3.67 0.15 11.4 4.8 0.33 0.38 0.65 8.94 1.77 15.90
S.D.(±) 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.05
Aibheel 3.88 0.25 11.00 4.80 0.44 0.48 1.50 16.56 6.16 21.78
(±)S.D. 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.01
Chinchula 5.23 0.25 10.60 5.20 0.41 0.45 0.88 15.78 4.10 15.45
(±)S.D. 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.01
Assam OP 2.84 0.6 5.6 5.8 0.24 0.31 0.27 14.56 3.94 2.52
(±)S.D. 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01
Nil.Wynad CTC-BOP 2.03 0.4 6.2 6.0 0.41 0.47 0.75 12.69 3.60 16.61
(±)S.D. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.03
Annamalai 2.78 0.4 4.8 4.6 0.43 0.49 0.64 11.83 3.49 10.24
(±)S.D. 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02
* Special marker-Xylene is present upto 1400 μg/100g tea
Values expressed are mean ± S.D. of five
Table 8: Season 4 (January-March) - Physicochemical analysis of black tea.
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