ABSTRACT
Green tea is widely considered as a health promoting beverage. Based on a survey conducted on a group of people, it was found that bitter and astringent tastes are the main reasons of unacceptability by consumer to drink green tea. In order to increase the consumer acceptability without affecting the nutritional benefits of green tea, it is assorted with Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni which is a natural sweetener with zero calories. A sample of dried green tea and stevia leaves were selected from the available brands in the market. Based on the provided instructions on the pack for usage, a sample of 4 grams was brewed in 250ml of portable water. The extraction process was carried out in two ways and each in 4 different proportions of green tea: stevia. The moisture content determined by hot air oven method for green tea was found to be 5.76% on dry basis and for stevia leaves 10.52% on dry basis. The ash content of green tea was found to be 4.95% on dry basis and for stevia leaves 7.35% on dry basis. Based on the hedonic scale rating, ranking was done for all the 8 samples and for control. The results obtained are: green tea(control c)-3.825,code A-6.75,code B-6.6,code D-3.9,code E-6,code F-4.6,code G-4.225,code H-3.825,code I-5.025. Hence it can be concluded that all the samples are ranked better than the control sample, thus increasing the acceptability to devour green tea.
