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Starts My Every Morning!,
I have enjoyed a cup of tea, preferably green tea, for breakfast in the morning for over 50 years, and I’m here to say this is the very best of all. I never used to like bothering with loose tea but this is very manageable as it is rolled young tea leaves. It’s actually fun to handle! You can make it as strong as you like it. For a green tea it is very robust, I’d call it the Irish breakfast of green tea. I’m totally spoiled for other green teas now and am very happy to be able to buy the multi packs. Thanks Amazon!
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|The “Green Pearl” of Tea.,
Gunpowder tea is green tea, most of which comes from a city named Pingshui in the Eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, south of the Yangtse River Delta, where it has been cultivated for centuries and is known as the “green pearl” of tea. Pingshui tea market records date as far back as the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 – 907). The area’s gunpowder tea was an important tribute traditionally given to the Chinese emperors; and with the growing trade volume between China and the West it also acquired an increasing number of lovers in Europe. Particularly during the second half of the 19th century, when gunpowder tea export reached its peak, its price on the London market was second only to then-popular Wu Yi Oolong (also from China). Even today, Zhejiang Province still proudly calls itself “home of silk and tea” for its two primary natural products.
The name “gunpowder” derives from the tea’s elaborate method of processing, which traditionally lasts several hours and during which the tea leaves are withered, steamed or stir-fried and individually rolled into small pellets. Early foreign traders mistook these pellets for gunpowder or gunshot.
Gunpowder tea has a delicate aroma with a slightly smokey note. It should *always* be enjoyed without milk or cream.
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|Good Tea and a good buy,
I was a little hesitent to make a big order for so much tea, not knowing if I would like it. So I went to a local supermarket and bought a tin there so I might give it a taste test. This is quite a good green tea. Other than buying generic green teabags, I usually buy a Bancha tea. This tea is not as grassy, more bold with a slight smokey taste and more of a kickiness to it.
The cannisters are nice and their is an inside foil liner to keep the tea fresh. The only thing to be aware is that this is a lot of tea, altogether 21 ounces divided into six separate cannisters. Unless you really love this tea, plan on making some gifts.
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