Tagged: volatile compounds

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.

A 2025 Study Finds Rainy-Day Picking Cuts Wuyi Rock Tea Aroma

A 2025 GC-MS study found rainy-day-picked Wuyi rock tea carries 40 to 74 percent less floral and fruity aroma compound than sunny-day leaf.

Agronomists Borrowed Oolong's Trade Secret, Not for Tea

A 2026 peer-reviewed study took the shaking-and-withering step that makes oolong oolong and ran it on tobacco leaf instead. The tobacco came out smelling less like itself and more like the process that shaped it.