Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea?
Abstract Sour is an important taste in some foods, beers, and teas; organic acids, in particular, are thought to play a key role in the formation of the sour taste of beer. It has been generally thought that organic acids also contribute to some teas tasting sour. In this study, through sensory eval...
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| author | Xiang Zhang Xiao Du Ying‐zheng Li Cong‐ning Nie Cong‐ming Wang Jin‐lin Bian Fan Luo |
| author_facet | Xiang Zhang Xiao Du Ying‐zheng Li Cong‐ning Nie Cong‐ming Wang Jin‐lin Bian Fan Luo |
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| description | Abstract Sour is an important taste in some foods, beers, and teas; organic acids, in particular, are thought to play a key role in the formation of the sour taste of beer. It has been generally thought that organic acids also contribute to some teas tasting sour. In this study, through sensory evaluation experiments with black tea (BT) and green tea (GT), the difference in the sour taste of BT and GT was quantitatively characterized. Then the organic acids in the two types of tea were identified and quantified via high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with taste activity value (TAV) analysis. The results showed that both teas had 12 identical common organic acids (including 11 taste‐active components), but the results of the TAV analysis were not consistent with those of the sensory evaluation. Therefore, there is no direct relationship between organic acids and the acidity in BT and GT. It is related to the interaction between organic acids and other substances, pH value, or other sour substances in tea infusions. The mechanism of the disappearance of sourness in tea infusions was also discussed. These results help us to understand the correlation between tastes in teas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3952f78a9ea941c6a71c483faf6faa8c2022-12-22T04:07:08ZengWileyFood Science & Nutrition2048-71772022-06-011062071208110.1002/fsn3.2823Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea?Xiang Zhang0Xiao Du1Ying‐zheng Li2Cong‐ning Nie3Cong‐ming Wang4Jin‐lin Bian5Fan Luo6Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tea Research Institute Chengdu ChinaSichuan Agricultural University Chengdu ChinaSichuan Agricultural University Chengdu ChinaSichuan Agricultural University Chengdu ChinaSichuan Agricultural University Chengdu ChinaSichuan Agricultural University Chengdu ChinaSichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tea Research Institute Chengdu ChinaAbstract Sour is an important taste in some foods, beers, and teas; organic acids, in particular, are thought to play a key role in the formation of the sour taste of beer. It has been generally thought that organic acids also contribute to some teas tasting sour. In this study, through sensory evaluation experiments with black tea (BT) and green tea (GT), the difference in the sour taste of BT and GT was quantitatively characterized. Then the organic acids in the two types of tea were identified and quantified via high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with taste activity value (TAV) analysis. The results showed that both teas had 12 identical common organic acids (including 11 taste‐active components), but the results of the TAV analysis were not consistent with those of the sensory evaluation. Therefore, there is no direct relationship between organic acids and the acidity in BT and GT. It is related to the interaction between organic acids and other substances, pH value, or other sour substances in tea infusions. The mechanism of the disappearance of sourness in tea infusions was also discussed. These results help us to understand the correlation between tastes in teas.https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2823sensorysourtastetea |
| spellingShingle | Xiang Zhang Xiao Du Ying‐zheng Li Cong‐ning Nie Cong‐ming Wang Jin‐lin Bian Fan Luo Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea? Food Science & Nutrition sensory sour taste tea |
| title | Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea? |
| title_full | Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea? |
| title_fullStr | Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea? |
| title_short | Are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between Chinese black tea and green tea? |
| title_sort | are organic acids really related to the sour taste difference between chinese black tea and green tea |
| topic | sensory sour taste tea |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2823 |
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