Organic Gunpowder Supreme Green Tea

In Chinese this tea is called 'Zhu Cha' which means 'Pearl Tea' on account of the way it is rolled during production.

Ordinarily, Gunpowder tea is bitter and strong green tea often blended with sugar and mint to make it palatable. JING has been asking a couple of gardens it works with to try making a supreme gunpowder tea with early spring tea which gives a light and deliciously sweet flavour.

Gunpowder tea dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618–907). It is believed to take its English name from the fact that the tea resembles gunpowder pellets used for cannons. Another theory is that it may come from the Mandarin Chinese term gāng paò dè, which means "freshly brewed," and sounds like the English word "gunpowder."

Certified organic by the Soil Association

Fair Trade certified by IMO Switzerland