Later on in the afternoon I might try something like a Darjeeling that has the muscatel flavour, or maybe even a high-grown Ceylon, but definitely my favourite brew, and the one that I drink the most of, is English Breakfast.

I knew it was from Chinese supermarket and that it was green package but couldn't remember the brand. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. The result is a mix of deep dark green, tightly wrapped tea leaves with light green, curled and torn whole American Spearmint leaves. Most deliveries will be made within the usual time-frame, but some areas and services may experience delays. In addition, it allows certain types of oolong teas to be aged for decades if they are cared for by being occasionally roasted.This is a huge quantity of proper green tea, and tastes as good or better than much smaller packs that cost a lot more from some fancy brands or ones that come in fancy packaging. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. With little in the way of guidance, I decided just to use a teaspoonful in a mug and hey presto, a 15+ year love affair was to start. A deliciously cleansing, loose-leaf tea which is among the freshest and sweetest of the green tea family.

A golden, green tea liquor is created as the pellet unfurls, infused with mint for a refreshing taste. Ideally, the water temperature for green teas should be 84-85 degrees centigrade and should be brewed or steeped for 2 to 3 minutes – please note Japanese Green Teas often require colder water and shorter brewing times. Legend has it that the tea's name was given by a young English clerk who thought the tiny rolled green balls looked like pellets of gunpowder. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. One theory is that an English clerk dubbed it so after noting the leaves’ resemblance to lead shots used in muskets.Oxidation of green tea, which if allowed to continue would change it into oolong tea or black tea, has often been incorrectly referred to as fermentation; fermentation is actually unique to pu'erh and "dark" teas).

This rolling method of shaping tea is most often applied either to dried green tea (the most commonly encountered variety outside China) or to oolong tea. The typical gunpowder form is created by wetting the leaves a few times during the short roasting period, which slows down the drying process and results in a curling of the leaves. it just gives a nicer overall flavour to me and it always gets work colleagues commenting on my drink of choice. I did find some differences, the tea I had been using prior to this purchase was made with whole rolled leaves.This tea was harvested in the late months of spring leading to a great depth of flavour due to the build up of nutrients over the cold winter in the Zhejiang Province. Another suggestion is that the word “gunpowder,” when spoken in the correct dialect, sounds like the Mandarin Chinese phrase for “freshly brewed.

Leaves being processed into gunpowder tea are withered first, then steamed, rolled into pellet shape, and dried. Each tea leaf is rolled into a tiny ball (these little pellets were mistaken for gunpowder by sixteenth century traders, hence the name). New statistics suggest that 75% of people in the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea and the US experience stress every day.This is its traditional home, although its production has since spread to other regions and countries. Most deliveries will be made within the usual time frame, but some areas and services may experience delays. It is also possible that the English term may stem from the Mandarin Chinese phrase for 'freshly brewed', gāng pào de ( 剛 泡 的), which sounds similar to the English word gunpowder.