Organic Gunpowder Green Tea

Features 100% Organic Vegan & Vegetarian Safe No Artificial Flavors or Dyes/Colorants Bottled in the USA by The Herb Stop Each Jar Yields 35-45 Cups of Tea Description Notice the tightly rolled "gunpowder" leaves. While this tea steeps, watch "the agony of the leaf" as the leaves open. Full-bodied flavor. Gunpowder, the substance used to fire bullets out of a gun-barrel is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. (The other three are the compass, paper, and an Asian version of the printing press). Gunpowder tea, the substance used to keep your eyes open and your taste-buds hopping is one of the great inventions of Zhejinag province in Eastern China. Gunpowder teas are primarily produced in the town of Pingshui in the mountainous Guiji region of the province. The technique for their production has remained virtually unchanged since the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907) - and what a production it is. After plucking, each individual leaf is rubbed and twisted by hand then dried