Table 5 Sensory analysis of green herbal teas, black herbal teas and market herbal teas
S. no. | Sample type | Leaf appearancea (0–20) | Infusion colour (0–10) | Taste (0–30) | Aroma (0–30) | Infused leavesb (0–10) | Total score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green herbal tea | GT | 16 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 79 |
SGT | 14 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 76 | |
GGT | 18 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 84 | |
TiGT | 17 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 85 | |
TGT | 13 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 78 | |
TuGT | 17 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 86 | |
LGT | 15 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 87 | |
KGT | 15 | 3 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 80 | |
MGT | 14 | 4 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 76 | |
Black herbal tea | BT | 12 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 64 |
SBT | 9 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 50 | |
GBT | 11 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 56 | |
TiBT | 12 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 53 | |
TBT | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 37 | |
TuBT | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 59 | |
LBT | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 50 | |
KBT | 13 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 56 | |
MBT | 12 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 67 | |
Market herbal tea | RT | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 41 |
MT | 14 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 66 | |
TT | 9 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 53 |