| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| GC–MS | gas chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| CE | capillary electrophoresis |
| UPLC | ultraperformance liquid chromatography |
| NIRs | near-infrared spectroscopy |
| SBSE | stir bar sorptive extraction |
| GC-O | gas chromatography-olfactometry |
| OAV | odor activity value |
| KBT | Keemun black tea |
| QDA | Quantitative Descriptive Analysis |
| LC | liquid chromatography |
| TMS | tandem mass spectrometry |
| EGCG | epigallocatechin gallate |
| HS-SPME | headspace solid-phase microextraction |
| DBT | Dianhong black tea |
| GC-E-Nose | gas chromatography-electronic nose |
| CVS | computer vision system |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| SVM | support vector machine |
| FBT | Fu brick tea |
| Q-TOF/MS | quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometer |
| AEDA | aroma extraction dilution analysis |
| AT | An tea |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| TAV | taste activity value |
| WRT | Wuyi rock tea |
| DDT | Dongding tea |
| HMT | High Mountain tea |
| TGYT | Tieguanyin tea |
| ECG | Epicatechin-3-gallate |
| GCG | gallocatechin gallate |
| EGC | epigallocatechin |
| rOAV | relative odor activity value |
| LYT | large-leaf yellow tea |
| WT | white tea |
| SW | solar withering |
| WW | withering-tank withering |
| LED | light-emitting diode |
| ZHWT | Zhenghe white tea |
| FDWT | Fuding white tea |
| JGWT | Jinggu white tea |
| SDE | simultaneous distillation extraction |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| IMS | ion mobility spectrometry |