Green Tea: Gunpowder Green Tea
Gunpowder tea usually refers to a style of green tea rolled into small round pellets; the name references the fact that the pellets resemble gunpowder pellets. Gunpowder tea has a very smoky aroma. Temple of heaven gunpowder tea, sometimes just called temple of heaven tea is a name for the original style of gunpowder tea; such tea is commonly sold under this name. Other varieties of gunpowder tea exist, including Formosa gunpowder, from Taiwan, and Ceylon gunpowder, from Sri Lanka.
Occasionally, other teas are rolled into pellets in a similar way. Black gunpowder is one such style of tea, although it is much less common. Generally "gunpowder tea" refers to the smokey green tea. Many oolong teas are also rolled into pellets similarly, although they rarely bear the name "gunpowder".
Gunpowder tea originated in Zhejiang province in China, but it is now produced elsewhere as well. Gunpowder tea is generally inexpensive, and even many of the high-quality gunpowder teas tend to be very reasonably priced.
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