Gun Powder

Discover this special variety of the famous Chinese green tea. This green tea called "Temple of Heaven" is not fermented and it is rolled into small dark spheres which give it its distinctive "gunpowder" shape.

• Content box pyramids: 15 bags
• Content bag of loose tea: 100 grams

Like white tea, green tea is not fermented. But unlike white tea, the production of this green tea involves 4 stages: withering, heating, rolling and drying.

After withering, the tea leaves are heated for a few minutes to a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius, by means of large wok pans (China) or by steaming (Japan). This process makes the tea leaves softer and easier to roll.

The tea leaves can be formed into many different shapes. The most common is rolling into small balls, as in Gunpowder Tea, or crushed, as in Sencha Currant Tea. Sometimes the leaves are even twisted lengthwise.

Then the tea leaves are dried, by means of hot air circulation, until the moisture content is about 5%.

Ingredients

100% Chinese “Temple of Heaven” gunpowder green tea

Application

Pour water that is off the boil, about 80 degrees Celsius on 2 grams of tea and let it steep for 3 minutes for best results.