Abstract:Liupao tea is a unique dark tea product in Guangxi, China. Its distinctive local characteristics and unique health benefits have created broad market prospects. In recent years, the Liupao tea industry has been flourishing, and the related research has also gradually deepened. Liupao tea has the quality characteristics of ‘vibrant redness, thickness, aging aroma, and purity’, and the aroma and taste components play important roles in the flavor formation of the Liupao tea. This article overviews the relevant results of the current research on the quality characteristics of Liupao tea, and summarizes the evaluation methods of its aroma and taste components, elaborates the important compounds in the studies investigating its aroma, and sorts out the roles of different taste components in the taste formation of Liupao tea. In the meantime, this article summarizes the problems of current research and presents prospects for future research, in order to provide theoretical basis for the evaluation of Liupao tea’s quality characteristics and the improvement of its aroma and taste quality.
