“I broke into this one a couple of days ago to drink with my fiance. I brewed it for a minute and then poured out a glass for each of us. I was expecting this to be overwhelmingly smokey, but this...” Read full tasting note
“This tea was a sample from Teavivre that I have taken forever to get around to. :( I did make this tea once with a scoop of spearmint, but I didn’t feel it would be fair to rate this without...” Read full tasting note
“This is a sample graciously sent to me from Teavivre – I am very inexperienced with green teas so I figured I would go for this one to broaden my horizons. It tends to be universally well reviewed,...” Read full tasting note
“Hm. Finishing up the sample they sent me. Eyeballed the infuser basket in my mini teapot. Very sweet. Doesn’t taste as much like smoke as Adagio’s gunpowder does, but that’s okay with me. I love...” Read full tasting note
Origin: Fuding, Fujian, China
Ingredients: Leaves been rolled into a small round pellets
Taste: Smoky flavor and sweet aftertaste
Brew: 1-2 teaspoons for 8oz of water. Brew at 203 ºF (95 ºC) for 1 to 2 minutes (100 ºC) for 1 to 3 minutes (exact time depends on your taste – a longer time will give the tea a stronger taste and color)
Health Benefits: Like all green teas, the benefits of gunpowder tea are many and varied. A cup of Gunpowder green tea contains up to 200 mg of catechins, that are known to give green its anti oxidant benefits. Several studies have shown that the catechins in teas can act as so-called “hypolipidemics” – that is they lower the amount of “bad” cholesterol in the body (called LDL), while increasing the amount of “good” cholesterol (called HDL).
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