250gram China Gunpowder Tea - Loose Rolled Leaf - Temple of Heaven Brand

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This is its traditional home, although its production has since spread to other regions and countries. Should you need a pick-me-up first thing in the morning, you’ve chosen well in Gunpowder Loose Green Tea.

Pingshui gunpowder ( 平水珠茶): The original and most common variety of gunpowder tea with larger pearls, better color, and a more aromatic infusion, which is commonly sold as Temple of Heaven Gunpowder or Pinhead Gunpowder, the former being a common brand of this tea variety. It’s strong, it’s coloury, it’s got a wonderful nutty flavour that I really do enjoy, and it takes the milk well.

Menthos Green Tea, known as an exceptional aperitif, has been crafted from the highest quality Chinese gunpowder and American Spearmint leaves. The name "Gunpowder" was given to this speciality because of its tightly rolled leaves which have the form of balls.

The origin of the English term may come from the tea's similarity in appearance to actual gunpowder: grayish, dark pellets of irregular shape used as explosive propellant for early guns. The distinctive rolling method of gunpowder green tea leaves ensures a unique brewing experience, with each unfurling leaf releasing a burst of flavour and aroma.

Superior quality green tea leaves are tightly rolled into tiny pearls and dried over wood fires, taking on a subtle smokiness in the process. Revitalize your senses with the invigorating allure of Hebden’s Minty Gunpowder Green Tea, a blend that fuses the robust character of gunpowder green tea leaves with the cooling embrace of mint. Inferior grade leaf teas produce harsh flavours and cloudy liquors and therefore are often blended with flavours to add appeal and value, to what would otherwise be a cheap product.