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

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One of the most original green teas we sell is the Longjing Dragonwell Sencha and our gunpowder originates from the same geographical origin but is manufactured in a different way.

One theory is that an English clerk dubbed it so after noting the leaves’ resemblance to lead shots used in muskets. The bold flavour profile of this tea makes it a popular classic that can be enjoyed both hot and cold-brewed. Brew a cup of Hebden’s Minty Gunpowder Green Tea to experience the revitalizing synergy of gunpowder green tea and refreshing mint. A recent study has established that when you put Gunpowder Green Tea vs Sencha, the former appears to have a higher antioxidant capacity.The tea can be brewed more than once, the first may be discarded if too strong, leaving a lower caffeine second brew with a more tender flavour. Several types of green tea leaves are commonly rolled into "gunpowder" form, including Chunmee, Tieguanyin, Huang Guanyin, and Dong Ding, as well as many other oolong and higher-end jasmine teas. Not all gunpowder teas are created equal, and our Supreme Temple of Heaven pinhole variety is of the highest quality. With your support, Twinings helps provide access to clean water for villages across Darjeeling, helps improve mother and baby health in tea growing regions of Yunnan and helps improve health and nutrition in tea communities in Assam. This version, which is high in caffeine content can also be infused more than once which will reduce the slightly tangy character.

When making / and drinking Green Tea, it's a tea that you expect to be light and golden in colour, this tea meets this expectations, but without the strength of Whittards etc. The first will have the strong earthy taste and powerful awakenings relating to ancient mysteries of the Orient.It doesn't matter whether you're a master tea connoisseur, sort of into coffee aswell or an outright tea fanatic, the passion and love for tea is what drives us both. It was later introduced to Algeria by the great Saharan dynasty of the Ouled Sidi Cheikh, who adapted it from the Moroccans and Algerians as a luxurious beverage. Gunpowder’ became a popular tea processing method as rolling the pellets locks in the flavour and aromas, releasing them again once they’re steeped in hot water. Each green tea leaf is rolled into a compact pellet, giving it the appearance of an old fashioned lead shot, hence the famous name.

In terms of appearance, this gunpowder green tea is tightly rolled and the high quality is clearly visible upon inspection. The addition of mint elevates this green tea blend, turning it into a refreshing elixir that awakens your senses and provides a moment of pure relaxation. This exceptional large leafed green tea rolled up in the gunpowder form from Organic farms creates a refreshing bright pale yellow infusion with a light green tint. This rolling method of shaping tea is most often applied either to dried green tea (the most commonly encountered variety outside China) or to oolong tea. Gunpowder Green Tea Bags can be placed into your compost heap or disposed at a local recycling centre.I did find some differences, the tea I had been using prior to this purchase was made with whole rolled leaves. Immerse yourself in the crisp and refreshing embrace of mint, carefully blended to complement the intensity of gunpowder green tea. 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.

Our "Temple of Heaven" gunpowder green tea is also known as "Zucha" or "pearl tea" and consists of an extremely fine quality. This made distribution across the continents easier, with traders safe in the knowledge that their tea would arrive with its quality intact. The result is that caffeine has the opposite effect, making you feel more energised and less sleepy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.The name 'gunpowder' was given to this tea because of its rolled leaves, which have the form of bullets.