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Measurement of Surface Color and Fermentation Degree in Tea Products Using NIRS  

Chun, Jong-Un (Division of Bioresources Science, Sunchon National University)
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE / v.54, no.1, 2009 , pp. 55-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to measure tea surface colors using the visible bands ($400{\sim}700$ nm) with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The surface colors of 117 tea products were measured with a colorimeter. The $a^*/b^*$ (CIE color scale) or a/b (Hunter color scale) ratios in different tea products accounted for about 99.7% of the variation in fermentation degree (FD), indicating that the $a^*/b^*$ (a/b) ratio is a very useful trait for assessing fermentation degree. Also tea powders were scanned in the visible bands used with NIRS. Calibration equations for surface colors and fermentation degree were developed using the regression method of modified partial least-squares (MPLS) with internal cross validation. The equations had low SECV (standard errors of cross-validation), and high $R^2$ (coefficient of determination in calibration) values with $0.779{\sim}0.999$, indicating that the whole bands ($400{\sim}2500\;nm$) with NIRS could be used to rapidly measure traits related to surface color, fermentation degree and other chemical components in tea products with high precision and ease at a time.
Keywords
surface color; fermentation degree; tea product; visible bands; NIRS; CIE $L^*a^*b^*$ color scale; Hunter Lab color scale;
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