Study on the taste components of Wufeng summer-autumn tea
ZHANG Hongqi, LIU Wei, WANG Xing, WANG Yicai, GAO Xingxing, LIU Zhiwen
1.Tea Research Center of China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei 443002;2.Medical College of China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei 443002
Abstract:To study the difference on the content of taste components and quality of Wufeng tea in different seasons. The weight method was utilized to determine and compare the water and water extracts of Wufeng tea in different seasons; the Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry and High Performance Liquid Cartographic(HPLC) method were applied to determine and compare the tea polyphenol, catechins, epigallocatechin gallate(EGCG), caffeine and amino acids of Wufeng tea in different seasons. The results showed that during different seasons, the content of taste components and quality appear the difference. Differences in the content of tea polyphenol, catechins and EGCG follow the pattern that the highest is in autumn, followed by summer and the lowest is in spring. The content of caffeine and amino acids in spring, were higher than that in summer, and reduced to the least in autumn. There is a big difference between the taste components of Wufeng tea in different seasons, which might be the main cause of the heavy bitterness and astringency of summer-autumn tea.