Characterization and modelling of odor-active compounds release behavior from Fu-brick tea during boiling-water extraction by molecular sensory science approach

The odor-active compounds in Fu-brick tea and their release behaviors during boiling-water were studied. Fifty-one odor-active compounds were identified, and their release behaviors were identified by continuously recovering 16 sections of condensed water combined with sensory, instrumental, and nonlinear curve fitting analysis. The odor intensities of condensed water and the concentrations of odor-active compounds could be significantly fitted (p < 0.01) to power-function type curves. Hydrocarbons showed the fastest release rate, while organic acids showed the slowest. The release rates had very little correlation with their concentrations, molecular weights, and boiling points. Most odor-active compounds (≥70 %) released need to evaporate more than 24 % of the added water during boiling-water extraction. Meanwhile, on the basis of odor activity value (OAV) calculation, the aroma recombination experiments were performed to explore the odor-active compounds that made major contributions to the formation of the aroma profile of each condensed water.