Simultaneous Distillation Extraction of Some Volatile Flavor Components from Pu‐erh Tea Samples—Comparison with Steam Distillation‐Liquid/Liquid Extraction and Soxhlet Extraction

Abstract

A simutaneous distillation extraction (SDE) combined GC method was constructed for determination of volatile flavor components in Pu‐erh tea samples. Dichloromethane and ethyl decylate was employed as organic phase in SDE and internal standard in determination, respectively. Weakly polar DB‐5 column was used to separate the volatile flavor components in GC, 10 of the components were quantitatively analyzed, and further confirmed by GC‐MS. The recovery covered from 66.4%–109%, and repeatability expressed as RSD was in range of 1.44%–12.6%. SDE was most suitable for the extraction of the anlytes by comparing with steam distillation‐liquid/liquid extraction and Soxhlet extraction. Commercially available Pu‐erh tea samples, including Pu‐erh raw tea and ripe tea, were analyzed by the constructed method. the high‐volatile components, such as benzyl alcohol, linalool oxide, and linalool, were greatly rich in Pu‐erh raw teas, while the contents of 1,2,3‐Trimethoxylbenzene and 1,2,4‐Trimethoxylbenzene were much high in Pu‐erh ripe teas.