Approximately 30 compounds have been identified in the aroma of green tea, the major ones being benzyl alcohol, phenylethyl alcohol, a hexenol, linalool, geraniol and methyl salicylate.

约有30种化合物已从香气中鉴别出，其中主要有、乙、已烯、沉香、香茅和基水杨酸酯。