Environmental stress can greatly influence the accumulation of primary and secondary metabolites in tea leaves, thereby affecting tea quality. Metabonomics technology has enabled a clear understanding of stress-induced changes in plant metabolite profiles. However, few studies have actually brought this knowledge into the tea production process. This review proposes a feasible strategy to link the relationships among stress factors, metabolites, and tea quality. First, we extensively review a number of studies that focused the effects of stress, namely, cold, drought, intense light, and insect...
