Tagged: nerolidol
Article · Oxidation & Roast
Oolong's Stem Holds More Linalool and Geraniol Than Its Leaf
A 2025 tissue-level study of Tieguanyin found the stem holds more linalool, geraniol and other floral compounds than the leaf. A 2022 study found leaf processed with its stem attached finishes lower in linalool and higher in nerolidol than leaf processed alone.
Article · Health & Science
In One Taiwanese Tea, the Bite Mark Is the Flavor
Oriental Beauty oolong is made only from tea leaves a small leafhopper has already bitten. The plant's response to that bite is now mapped to a single gene switch, and it is not the same chemistry a shaken, unbitten leaf ever produces.
Guide · Oxidation & Roast
Oolong Aroma
More than 300 volatiles have been identified in oolong, and most of them were not in the fresh leaf. What the stress route and the roast each contribute, and why the received account of the locked glycoside pool is contradicted by direct measurement.