Gunpowder Tea
Also Known As: Gunpowder Green Tea, Chinese Gunpowder, Pearl Tea, Bead Tea or Zhu Cha.
Origin: China
Ingredients: Gunpowder Green Tea
Taste and Aroma: Powerful, smokey and peppery.
Uses: Use two - three pellets per cup of tea. Drink straight or mix with Spearmint Leaves to make Moroccan Mint Tea.
Substitutes: Matcha Powder
Fun Fact: Gunpowder tea is green tea that is rolled up into a small black pellet; thus its very descriptive name. Watch the tea brew and you should see it explode like gunpowder!