Taste profiles of tea 2 recombinant and omission experiments: (a) removing all catechins; (b) removing gallic acid and all catechins except EGCG; (c) removing
caffeine; (d) removing L-theanine; (e) removing L-glutamic acid and aspartic acid; (f) removing L-glutamic acid; and (f) removing aspartic acid. Values are represented by
mean scores of the sensory evaluation. n = 8 panellists. ⁄Significant difference detected using one-way ANOVA (p-value