★★★★☆
Good green tea, not too grassy. Tastes slightly smoky and buttery.
A classic green tea from Zhejiang province, China. Gunpowder, as the name implies, is made up of leaves hand-rolled into tiny pellets. These resemble gunpowder, and give this tea its distinct name. Full-bodied cup with a hint of smokiness.
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Good green tea, not too grassy. Tastes slightly smoky and buttery.
One of my favorite teas. I love the light smokiness and how smooth it is. I also use it in so many of my blends because it plays so well with others.
Too smokey and green for my tastes. It's fine in blends.
I don't like gunpowder tea, but with some sweetener it's not too bad.
I didn't expect to like this one so much. Little smokey, solid green tea.
Simple yet delicious green tea that does not taste bitter.
So as I was opening my CommuniTEA box I half hoped today was gunpowder tea. And hope it's on purpose. :) 'Remember, remember the fifth of November...'
Anyways, I really enjoy green teas. I wish I'd steeped it a bit longer than 3 minutes. The flavor is delicate. (Though that may break over steeping would ruin it.) Slightly smoky, earthy, green, and grassy. I added like half a teaspoon of honey and while it didn't make it sweet, it enhanced the sort of creaminess of the tea.
Gunpowder tea is great! It’s a perfect green tea and holds up well to multiple steeps
I have to disclose that I am not a huge fan of green tea so having said that, I did not love this tea. However, i did not hate it either, and think that for a green tea it is less grassy and/vegetal than some other green teas tend to be.
Definitely one of the better gunpowder teas. I am not normally a huge fan of them but this one is richer than the average one. I can’t say that I taste the Smokey flavor so many others say they taste, but there is an almost buttery flavor in it.
I added a little cream to it and it enhanced that buttery flavor.
I won’t go out of my way to buy this, but it is a decent tea.
This tea was fantastic on its own. But I believe it would also be lovely in a blend.
Some days you just want a nice, warm, earthy cup of mellow. Some days you want gunpowder, treason, and plot. Today, both.
I am not generally a fan of green tea but this is an exceptionally good one. I would drink this again.
I was excited to try this in the CommuniTEA, as Autumn Mist is one of my new favorites. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t get through with this one. I got the fishy/ seaweed scent when I opened the packet, and couldn’t ever get that out of my mind. I mixed it with spearmint for an iced Moroccan Mint, and it became drinkable at least. It seems like a tea much more suited for blending.
I really enjoyed the gunpowder tea. Nice smooth smoky taste!
A lot of people call this one 'smokey,' but it's not at all smokey the same way lapsang is. I think it's more of an earthy edge. I really enjoyed this one, will buy more. I think mixing this with fruity teas or autumn mist green could be great!
An interesting green with a slight smoky undertone. Next time I'm going to mix it with spearmint to make Moroccan mint tea. I sampled this Tea as part of the CommuniTEA November box.
This has a nice earthy, grassy flavor with a touch of smokiness that makes for a lovely, classic green tea.
I went in thinking I would hate this tea, but surprisingly I love it! Reading the comments in the communiTea I only brewed mine for 2 mins and I found it divine with a spoonful of honey.
I love a good, simple green tea. Having anxiety means I can sometimes get overwhelmed by strong flavors, so a plain green tea is exactly what I need on stressful days. This tea has a mild flavor, and I don't find it to be as grassy as other green teas.
This is not bitter at all, like the one i bought from Amazon. I'm buying this in bulk!
As far as green teas go this is a nice earthy calming one.
I have had several blends with this gunpowder as a base and I love them. (My favorite being Hunter by Harris H. [https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=111692])
This one as a stand alone for me has a bit too much dirt taste for me today.
Steeped at 176 for 4 min.
I love this green tea. A nice classic, smooth tea. Hopefully 2nd steep will be just a good.
A complex, well-rounded green. It feels like the base upon which one could build great things. I'm vaguely familiar with it from an employee blend from my local store a while back, but isolating it and seeing what it was bringing to the table is enlightening.
There's a vague vegetal character to the gunpowder that I don't mind, because it's balanced well by the smoky notes (and a packet of Splenda). As illogical as it sounds, I'm reminded of something like green bell peppers in the 'greenness' of the tea.
Would drink again, will definitely look out for blends containing.
I am generally a no-star giver of the green teas, so these 3 stars mean high praise. I was prepared to hate this as the communiTEA packet of the day, but was very surprised to actually enjoy it. It still has some of those grassy/earthy tastes which make me not enjoy green tea, BUT they didn't start becoming unpleasant till the bottom of the cup when the tea was cold. Otherwise, it was pretty smooth.
I was super excited to try this one today. The aroma steeped is strong, slightly mineral, and very gently smoky, but nowhere near a lapsang souchong level of smokiness, and the color of the brew is a delightful amber colour, darker than I expected. The flavor is toasty, slightly mineral, just a knockout! Gunpowder is the tea I get most often at one of my favorite restaurants, and this is a delicious iteration of that. A real hit!
Really nice gentle smoky tea - less grassy than most green teas, but there's still a distinctive green tea flavor. A good compromise tea between the typical grassy green tea flavor and the sometimes overpowering smokiness of teas like lapsang.
if brewed right its really good. not a trace of bitterness, very smooth and soft.
Gunpowder Tea brought joy to my morning! This tea was good with and without sweetening.
Good, clean and crisp taste with a bit of grassy buttery flavor. This tea reminds me of the tea you get when you go to a Chinese restaurant for a meal. All I am missing right now is a bag of those yummy almond cookies to dip into this tea.
Interesting tea! Loved watching it unfurl and steep. Pretty in a clear glass
Smokey and buttery, even accidentally over steeped it was very good
Upon opening this tea I was greeted with cute little balls of tea and a grassy, smokey scent. I'm not sure how to describe the smokiness of this tea--it's not like the wood smoke of lapsang souchong. It's lighter and more complex. I can see why people blend this tea with mint. Something about the flavor reminds me of mint or pine...taste is hard to describe, isn't it!? Overall a lovely tea. Would be interesting to blend with other herbs, I think.
I mixed my Communitea sample with a tsp of spearmint, steeped it for 2 minutes at 175, and added a bit of honey for a Moroccan mint style tea. It was lovely!
This is a great tea for watching the leaves unfurl before you drink. Is described as smoky but I feel that word misses the mark. It's unique, and stands out among the other greens. Not grassy or seaweed-esque, but very enjoyable.
A lovely green tea with slight smokiness. It would also make a lovely base for blends.
I appreciate green teas because they require me to be present and mindful during brewing, so I don't put fully boiling water in or steep for too long. Luckily, this one was a bit more forgiving than others and didn't punish me with a mouthful of grass when I left it for a couple minutes longer than intended.
It’s nice. Moroccan mint tea is one of my favorites and I can see how this would be a lovely base tea. On its own it is soothing and delightful.
Wonderful green tea. Nice flavour, no grassiness. Very happy to have this today.
This gunpowder tea is surprisingly not bitter or grassy. Hot, it has a mild, slightly smoky flavor which makes this a perfect tea for blending.
Already a favorite of mine. I love the smoky flavor that mixes in perfectly with the subtle flavor of the green tea.
Part of the November 2020 CommuniTEA box. Brewed for 3 minutes at 180, as recommended, produced a very weak tea. I was drinking hot water until I added a single drop of sweetener, which brought out a little of the flavors. Not impressed.
A great every day in my mind. The flavor is full and toasty - making this a tea version of comfort food.
I really enjoyed this tea. It has a smooth yet earthy taste that I struggle to describe. It was a fine green tea. I added a teaspoon of honey which really gave it some underlying warmth and sweetness.
I don't enjoy green teas by themselves and this is no exception, but on the whole of green teas that I've sampled on their own through the CommuniTEA, this one is in the very small number that I didn't hate. I didn't love it, make no mistake, but this was a lot more mild on its own than I expected it to be. I generally use this in my signature blends to give some of the softer, sweeter flavors a little bit of a harder edge to balance them out, though, and I'm sure I'll continue to use it in future blends because it's kind of perfect for that. If you enjoy green teas, you're going to LOVE this. For me, eh. It was okay. Giving it 4 stars instead of 3 though because I love using it in blends so much.
This is a superb tea for green tea lovers. The famous gun powder pearls are fun to watch unfold if you can see into your strainer...
I don't usually drink green teas by themselves. I prefer the stronger taste of black tea. But gunpowder is a very good tea...it lends a smokey peppery taste and is perfect blended with mint for an enjoyable moroccan mint. It's pretty good by itself too, even for this gal that likes her tea strong. But I still prefer green tea in a blend of some sort.
A really smooth gunpowder with none of the bite I've seen in other versions of this tea. Great full flavor.
The dry gunpowder carries the signature smell of green tea that I absolutely adore: sweet, soft, creamy, and with a slightest hint of spice. Freshly brewed, it smells grassy and sweet.
A slight pepperyness is the first flavor I get upon sipping this tea, so I see why it's called gunpowder! It's earthy with no bitterness whatsoever. The mouthfeel is absolutely lovely: soft, smooth, and lubricating. This and dragonwell are definitely my favorite staple green teas thus far.
I’ve been a bit hesitant to try this one, imagining a deep smoky powder flavor... but it’s a nice green tea. Apparently it’s named for how it looks more so than how it tastes.