Green Tea: Gunpowder Green Tea

Last Updated: Apr. 26, 2010

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.

Listings of this style of tea: (35 including sub-styles - hide sub-styles)

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	Tea:	Brand:	Region:	# Ratings:
	Temple of Heaven Green Tea	Bromley Tea	China	0
	ZG20: First Grade Gunpowder Green	Upton Tea Imports	China	0
	ZG26: Organic Gunpowder	Upton Tea Imports	China	0
	ZG30: Special Grade Temple of Heaven Gunpowder Green	Upton Tea Imports	China	0
	Surprising Gunpowder Green	The Tea Set	China	0
	ZG04: Season's Pick Gunpowder	Upton Tea Imports	China	0
	#146 - Organic Gunpowder	Tealuxe	China	0
	Gunpowder Green Tea	Choice Organic Teas	China	0
	Pinhead Gunpowder	Two Leaves and A Bud	China	0
	Gunpowder, Special Grade	TeaSource	China	0
	520 China Gunpowder Organic	SpecialTeas	China	0
	531 China Temple of Heaven Gunpowder	SpecialTeas	China	0
	Gunpowder Green	Indonique	China	0
	Gun Powder Green	TeaScapes	China	0
	Gunpowder	LeafSpa	China	0
	Gunpowder Green Tea	Kusmi Tea	China	0
	Organic Gunpowder Green Pearls	Foojoy	China	0
	China Gunpowder Organic	TeaGschwendner	China	0
	China Gunpowder Temple of Heaven Organic	TeaGschwendner	China	0
	Gunpowder Imperial Green Tea	Simpson & Vail	China	0

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