@article{3253,
author = "Mrityunjay Choubey and B. Paul and Asit Ray and Kaushik Mohanto and A.B. Mazumdar and P. Chhetri and B. Bera and R. Kujur",
abstract = "Purple tea is a variety of Camellia sinensis and it contains anthocyanidins and 1,2-di-O-galloyl-4,6-O-(S) -hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-D-glucose(GHG),a hydrolysable tannin. Purple tea is a unique type of thirst quenching tea with excellent briskness and flavor in oxidized form with lots of health benefits. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), the world market for aerated (black) tea is anticipated to shrink in future whereas that for un-aerated (green, purple tea, etc.) tea and other forms of specialty teas is expected to grow. The identification of anthocyanins in purple tea is a positive step towards the diversification of tea products and uses an anthocyanin rich health tea drink. Purple tea is reported to contain several bioactive ingredients which are mostly contributed by polyphenols which plays a key role in prevention of many diseases; apart from this adoption of purple tea plantation also act as a coping mechanism to climate change due to its leading characters in drought resistance to green variety of tea. India is very rich in this tea germplasm being a place of origin. Purple tea is also available in several tea estates of Darjeeling, India. Therefore, India has tremendous potential to produce purple tea, as it is the tea of the future as far as excellent briskness and flavour in oxidized form with lots of health benefits are concerned. It will be a turning point for Darjeeling tea planters to realize the advantage of purple tea cultivation as far as health, environment, economic and other spheres are concerned. ",
issn = "23191473",
journal = "IJAIR",
keywords = "Anthocyanin;Anti-oxidents;Darjeeling Tea;GHG;Polyphenols;Product Diversification;Purple Tea",
month = "November",
number = "3",
pages = "169-174",
title = "{P}urple {T}ea: {P}rospects of {D}arjeeling {T}ea {P}lantation",
volume = "9",
year = "2020",
}