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Black tea is an extensively consumed beverage worldwide with an expanding market. The final quality of black tea depends upon number of chemical compounds present in the tea. Out of these compounds, theaflavins (TF), which is responsible for astringency in black tea, plays an important role in determining the final taste of the finished black tea. The present paper reports our effort to correlate the theaflavins contents with the voltammetric and potentiometric electronic tongue (e-tongue) data. Noble metal-based electrode array has been used for collecting data though voltammetric electronic tongue where as liquid filled membrane based electrodes have been used for potentiometric electronic tongue. Black tea samples with tea taster score and biochemical results have been collected from Tea Research Association, Tocklai, India for the analysis purpose. In this paper, voltammetric and potentiometric e-tongue responses are combined to demonstrate improvement of cluster formation among tea samples with different ranges of TF values.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOlfaction and Electronic Nose
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2011
Pages185-186
Number of pages2
Volume1362
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Oct 2011
Event14th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2011 - New York City, NY, United States
Duration: 2 May 20115 May 2011

Conference

Conference14th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York City, NY
Period2/05/115/05/11

    Research areas

  • Black tea, Electronic tongue, Potentiometry, Theaflavins, Voltammetry

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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