Figure 1.

(A) Image of black and green tea samples brewed in tap, bottled, or deionized water. For both green and black tea, infusions appear darker and cloudier from tap wate compared to the teas brewed in DI or bottled water. (B)Turbidity measurements (NTU) for each tea infusion showing average of three replicates with SEM. (C–E) Colorimeter readings from tea infusions, L, a and b values displayed with individual readings as dots, lines denoting average, and SEM. Samples denoted as green tea brewed in tap (GT), bottled (GB), and deionized (GD) water, black tea brewed in tap (BT), bottled (BB), and deionized (BD) water. Green tea samples represented in green, black tea in dark red.