Abstract:
An experiment was carried out to utilizethe discarded materialfrom Wuyi rock tea manufacturing. The alcohol extract of the discards was addedas a scent to formulate a handmade soap. The single factor and response surfaceexperiment rendered the optimized preparation that applied a solution of causticsoda to water in the ratio of 1:1.7 to constantly mixing for 3.5h in a 51℃ water bath. The resulting soap contained 0.1467% sodium hydroxide. The basic formulationand preparation might lead to further development of similar products thatcould find a proper application for the otherwise waste material from the teaproduction.