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

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Most deliveries will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays. The tea - Kandy Broken Orange Pekoe - has a nice flavour but it's been smashed to little tiny pieces like you'd get in a tea bag rather the rough breaking of the leaves a BOP implies. Formosa gunpowder: A gunpowder style tea grown in Taiwan near Keelung, it is claimed to have its own characteristic aroma, different from that of Zhejiang Province gunpowder grown in mainland China. I first encountered this tea at a now sadly gone Chinese supermarket which wasn't far from the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham. It can, for example, reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, all the while boosting immunity and even promoting weight loss.

Hebden’s Minty Gunpowder Green Tea invites you to embrace a moment of refreshment, where the robustness of gunpowder green tea meets the invigorating touch of mint, creating a tea that revitalizes both body and mind. The first will have the strong earthy taste and powerful awakenings relating to ancient mysteries of the Orient. Our "Temple of Heaven" gunpowder green tea is also known as "Zucha" or "pearl tea" and consists of an extremely fine quality. This is its traditional home, although its production has since spread to other regions and countries. This is a huge quantity of proper green tea, and tastes as good or better than much smaller packs that cost a lot more from some fancy brands or ones that come in fancy packaging.

To create this superior infusion, our Tea Masters source the youngest, largest leaves from the Zhejiang province of China. Originally referred to as Pearl Tea, it gets the name 'Gunpowder' from an English clerk who mistaken the tea for gunpowder due to its appearance. The soothing earthy aroma and gentle feeling of the tea magic coursing through your veins early in the morning is something I couldn't really live without now.

Leaves being processed into gunpowder tea are withered first, then steamed, rolled into pellet shape, and dried. Enjoyed for centuries since the Tang Dynasty, Gunpowder Green Tea is a prized traditional export of China. 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. It’s only these high-quality leaves that can withstand the ‘gunpowder’ process of withering, steaming, rolling and then fire-drying.New statistics suggest that 75% of people in the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea and the US experience stress every day. uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties. Gunpowder tea is one of the best known green teas in the world, it originated from Zhejiang province and the capital, Hangzhou.

Produced using steam and rolling equipment to roll the tea leaves into green balls that open up when steeped, this tea hails from the Anhui province in Eastern China.

This version, which is high in caffeine content can also be infused more than once which will reduce the slightly tangy character. The typical gunpowder form is created by wetting the leaves a few times during the short roasting period, which slows down the drying process and results in a curling of the leaves. The name may also have arisen from the fact that the rolled pellet "explodes" into a long leaf upon being steeped in hot water. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product.

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