Table 4.
The three types of tea consumers clustered by hierarchical clustering analysis of the overall liking mean values.
| Group | Overall Liking | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | 109 (100%) | 37 (33.9%) | 49 (45.0%) | 23 (21.1%) |
| BLC | 4.71 ± 1.70 c | 5.59 ± 1.64 Aa | 4.82 ± 1.32 Bb | 3.04 ± 1.33 Ccd |
| WSP | 6.24 ± 1.45 a | 6.27 ± 1.35 Aa | 6.71 ± 1.12 Aa | 5.17 ± 1.72 Bab |
| HMT | 5.75 ± 1.50 ab | 5.51 ± 1.30 ABa | 6.16 ± 1.36 Aa | 5.26 ± 1.86 Bab |
| DDO | 5.91 ± 1.54 ab | 5.86 ± 1.49 Aa | 6.18 ± 1.35 Aa | 5.39 ± 1.90 Aa |
| TGY | 5.77 ± 1.85 ab | 5.81 ± 1.93 ABa | 6.20 ± 1.73 Aa | 4.78 ± 1.65 Bab |
| HBO | 5.40 ± 1.79 b | 5.41 ± 1.94 Aa | 6.12 ± 1.33 Aa | 3.87 ± 1.46 Bbc |
| SML | 4.02 ± 2.17 c | 6.32 ± 1.45 Aa | 3.16 ± 1.34 Bc | 2.13 ± 1.18 Cd |
There is no significant difference in consumers’ overall liking for the tea infusions marked with the same alphabet letters (p > 0.05). The lower-case letters are signified for comparing the data of the same column, while the upper-case letters are for the data of the identical row. BLC: Bi-Luo-Chun green tea, WSP: Wenshan Pouchong tea, HMT: High-mountain oolong tea, DDO: Dong Ding oolong tea, TGY: Iron Goddess oolong tea, BHO: Baihao oolong tea, SML: Yuchi Sun-Moon-Lake black tea.