Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (11): 2451-2461.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.11.14

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Correlation analysis between taste characteristics and taste compounds of five representative green teas in Guizhou, China

RAN Qiansong1(), LIU Zhongying2, FANG Shimao2, YIN Jie1, DAI Yuqiao2, LI Qin1, YANG Ting2, PAN Ke2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Tea Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    2. Guizhou Tea Research Institute, Guiyang 550006, China
  • Received:2021-03-03 Online:2022-11-25 Published:2022-11-29
  • Contact: PAN Ke

Abstract:

Guizhou green tea is of excellent quality, but the current evaluation of its taste characteristics is still lacking data support. Because of this, five representative green tea samples from Guizhou in the 2020 Spring Doucha Competition were used as materials, through the use of artificial sensory evaluation, chemical analysis and intelligent sensory evaluation, combined with mathematical analysis methods such as chemometric analysis and multi-factor analysis, the correlation between the flavor characteristics of five representative green teas and their flavor compounds was explored. The artificial sensory evaluation results showed that the taste characteristics of the five tea samples were slightly different, and the taste characteristics were mainly mellow and refreshing. The fresh mellowness of GZ1 tea sample was better than other tea samples. The results of chemical analysis showed that the caffeine content and total amino acid content of the five tea samples were higher between 37.43-42.66 mg·g-1 and 38.80-70.64 mg·g-1, respectively. The content of tea polyphenols and total catechins were lower in the range of 193.47-219.63 mg·g-1 and 165.42-187.30 mg·g-1, and the content of savory amino acids such as theanine and glutamic acid was higher. The intelligent sensory evaluation results showed that the five samples detected by the electronic tongue had high umami value and richness, which was more consistent with the sensory evaluation results of “mellow, fresh and refreshing”. The correlation showed that bitterness was highly correlated with the total amount of caffeine and caffeine/catechin. Astringency was highly correlated with epicatechin gallate, water extract, epigallocatechin gallate/total catechin content. Richness had a high correlation with epigallocatechin gallate, tea polyphenols, and total catechins, and freshness had a strong correlation with glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline and total amino acids. High water extract, high amino acids, high caffeine, low tea polyphenols, and low catechin components formed the mellow and refreshing taste characteristics of Guizhou green tea. The evaluation results of the electronic tongue were consistent with the sensory evaluation results, and the umami taste level determined by the electronic tongue could reflect the quality characteristics of tea to a certain extent.

Key words: green tea in Guizhou, taste characteristics, component, correlation, electronic tongue

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