茶의 香氣

Aroma of Tea

Tea is classified into three groups according to its manufacturing process: nonfermented tea (green tea), semifermented tea (Oolong tea) and fermented tea (black tea). Tea aroma is formed in the manufacturing process after plucking tea shoots and its characteristics are different among three groups of tea. Furthermore, tea aroma is largely influenced by the variety of tea plant and climate and geographical location where tea plants are cultivate, Aroma components in tea have been investigated by distillation, column chromatography and gas chromatography. This review made mention of aroma characterization in each tea.