Chinese oolong tea: An aromatic beverage produced under multiple stresses
Chinese oolong tea: An aromatic beverage produced under multiple stresses
- Trends in Food Science & Technology, 106, p.242-253, 2020 .
Background: Tea has been a popular beverage for millennia because of its health benefits and high-quality flavor and aroma. Oolong tea is a famous Chinese tea known for its elegant fruity and floral aroma. A legend about the origin of the nameof oolong tea implies a close relationship between its aroma formation and various stress conditions. Scope and Approach: We describe potential indicators for the selection of suitable tea cultivars for cultivation and materials for processing into oolong tea. A rapid and accurate method for screening suitable cultivars based on characteristic aroma compounds is described. We discuss modifications of tea materials, and the role of stresses in the formation of oolong tea aroma.
Background: Tea has been a popular beverage for millennia because of its health benefits and high-quality flavor and aroma. Oolong tea is a famous Chinese tea known for its elegant fruity and floral aroma. A legend about the origin of the nameof oolong tea implies a close relationship between its aroma formation and various stress conditions. Scope and Approach: We describe potential indicators for the selection of suitable tea cultivars for cultivation and materials for processing into oolong tea. A rapid and accurate method for screening suitable cultivars based on characteristic aroma compounds is described. We discuss modifications of tea materials, and the role of stresses in the formation of oolong tea aroma.