Abstract:In order to explore the characteristics of volatile components and key aroma components of Congou black tea of different tea varieties, this study used automatic thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (ATD-GC-MS) combined with relative odor activity value (ROAV) to identify and analyze the volatile components of Congou black tea of different tea varieties. The results showed that 96 kinds of volatile components were identified from 5 varieties of Congou black tea, including 18 kinds of common volatile substances, including alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, alkenes, esters, acids, alkanes and other aroma components. The 5 varieties of Congou black tea mainly presented floral, fruity and sweet aromas, of which six aroma components, decanal, linalool, benzyl alcohol, geraniol, hexanal and isovaleraldehyde were the common main aroma substances. The volatile components and relative contents of 5 varieties of Congou black tea were significantly different. Among them, Jinmudan contained higher esters and ketones; Jinguanyin contains higher alcohols and aldehydes; Zimeigui contains higher alcohols and ketones; Meizhan contains rich alcohols; Fuyun 6 contains higher alcohols and ketones. In addition, this study combined ROAV value to screen out 7~15 aroma components (ROAV ≥ 1.00) that have important contributions to aroma quality characteristics from 5 varieties of Congou black tea.