> been enjoying the green oolongs (nugget-style) for a while
> most have a certain flowery-ness to them
> i think its pretty much the same flavor of flower
> ive encountered so far
> can someone relate this flowery flavor to a specific flower/plant?
>

> On Oct 26, 1:38 pm, SN gmail.com> wrote:> been enjoying the green oolongs (nugget-style) for a while

>> most have a certain flowery-ness to them
>> i think its pretty much the same flavor of flower
>> ive encountered so far
>> can someone relate this flowery flavor to a specific flower/plant?

>
> Just a few of the flowery volatiles found in oolong tea include
> Geraniol (rose petal), Linalool (light floral, lily of the valley),
> Terpineol (lilac), Nerolidol (rose), Phenylethanol (light floral),
> Methoxybenzaldehyde (vanilla), Z-jasmone & Jasmine lactone (jasmine),
> B-ionone (violets), Hexanoic(s) (geranium/flowery/fruity), Oolongs
> have fewer of the flowery volatile compounds compared with black teas
> - but they tend to be the heavier aroma compounds and at higher
> concentrations (blacks have wider spread of compounds but less
> (proportionally) of the heavy ones - thus Gardenias are sometime used
> to spike poor oolongs but this would not work with poor blacks -
> blacks can be spiked with lemon zest and wintergreen but this would
> not work with oolongs. Variations in tea volatile aroma (place to
> place, season, variety) tend to be due changes in concentration ratios ...

> On Oct 26, 1:38 pm, SN gmail.com> wrote:> been enjoying the green oolongs (nugget-style) for a while

>> most have a certain flowery-ness to them
>> i think its pretty much the same flavor of flower
>> ive encountered so far
>> can someone relate this flowery flavor to a specific flower/plant?

>
> Just a few of the flowery volatiles found in oolong tea include
> Geraniol (rose petal), Linalool (light floral, lily of the valley),
> Terpineol (lilac), Nerolidol (rose), Phenylethanol (light floral),
> Methoxybenzaldehyde (vanilla), Z-jasmone & Jasmine lactone (jasmine),
> B-ionone (violets), Hexanoic(s) (geranium/flowery/fruity), Oolongs
> have fewer of the flowery volatile compounds compared with black teas
> - but they tend to be the heavier aroma compounds and at higher
> concentrations (blacks have wider spread of compounds but less
> (proportionally) of the heavy ones - thus Gardenias are sometime used
> to spike poor oolongs but this would not work with poor blacks -
> blacks can be spiked with lemon zest and wintergreen but this would
> not work with oolongs. Variations in tea volatile aroma (place to
> place, season, variety) tend to be due changes in concentration ratios ...

> :) Thank you very much, i always enjoy your Tea science answers
> i went ahead and googled based on your words "volatiles found in tea"
> and got some material to read :)
> do you think this page contains good info:http://preview.tinyurl.com/2z7d9o

> On Oct 26, 4:48 pm, SN gmail.com> wrote:
>

>> :) Thank you very much, i always enjoy your Tea science answers
>> i went ahead and googled based on your words "volatiles found in tea"
>> and got some material to read :)
>> do you think this page contains good info:http://preview.tinyurl.com/2z7d9o

>
> Yes, the Chinese company FML has a good site with good basic tea
> chemistry data thoughtfully culled from the literature, and allowing
> for translation into English, having far less than the average
> mistakes and misconceptions. FML are an interesting and innovative
> tea company too. They have imported Japanese green tea equipment and
> make both by the traditional Chinese methods and by the computer
> controlled Japanese methods. FML have pioneered "Fujian new craft
> white tea" which is a way of increasing the capacity for production of
> "white tea" that does not require such tender tips - they now produce
> 400 tonnes a year (you wondered where all that white tea came from
> that goes into teabags and RTDs?). FML work with their customers too
> to develop unique own label tea products. Interesting that forward ...