YE Nai-xing, YANG Ru- xing, YANG Guang, YANG Jiang-fan, LIANG Xiao-xia, ZHENG De-yong
The vacuum freezing dry technique was applied during the drying process of the faint-scent type oolong tea. Compared with the freezing tea and baked tea, the contents of linalool, aromadendrene, β-caryophyllene, isovaleric acid phenethyl ester, β-cadinene, nerolidol, farnesol and hexatriacontane were higher in the freezing-dry tea. The vacuum freezing-dry technique could help to preserve the properties of color, aroma, flavor of oolong tea efficiently so that the freezing-dry tea had a strong flower scent, and its mellow was full of flavor. Therefore, the freezing-dry tea abowed a better quality in general compared with freezing tea and baked tea and would have a good prospective in the market in addition to its long storage and convenience in transportation.