Green tea of Assam

The aim of the present investigation was to compare different methods of green tea processing and identify the best traditional method together with the plucking season at which the important nutritional and sensory parameters are at the peak.

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The study was carried out to estimating the cost involved in value addition of green tea leaves in Sonitpur district of Assam. The primary data were collected from 100 small tea growers drawn from fifteen randomly selected villages of two randomly selected blocks of Sonitpur district of Assam by conducting interview of individual respondents who were classified into lower-small, medium-small and higher-small tea growers on the basis of their land holdings. The secondary data were collected from various published and unpublished sources.

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Considering lack of research on biochemical analysis of green tea manufactured by gradually increasing small tea growers of Assam and to know the changes of the phytochemicals taking place during traditional processing, the present investigation was carried out. The present investigation revealed that the phytochemicals in green tea changed significantly during processing from fresh leaves to final product. Due to processing, the constituents like ash, total chlorophyll content, total phenol, ascorbic acid and antioxidant activity in terms of DPPH scavenging decreased from 5.90% to 4.

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