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Gunpowder from Adagio Teas

Steepster Score 106 Ratings Rate This Tea

72/100

Gunpowder

Green Tea by Adagio Teas

Green tea from the Guangdong province of China. Gunpowder tea, as the name implies, is made up of leaves hand-rolled into tiny pellets. These resemble gunpowder, and give this tea its distinct name. Continuing this bang-bang theme, our special-grade version of this tea is named after a year that saw lots of cannon action. Our ‘1812 Gunpowder’ produces a full-bodied cup with a hint of smokiness. And mixes well with peppermint to produce a popular ‘Moroccan Mint’ tea.

127 Tasting Notes

caustiq
93
caustiq 2 tasting notes

Roasty goodness. I don’t even consider this a green tea in my own mind, tastes almost like a black tea. The stuff chest hair is made of.

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Kitch3ntools
64

a nice mild flavor with just enough smokiness :) something id recommend to people who prefer a less sweet tea and like their green teas

Substance134
79

I usually mix in a little bit of casablanca twist to add a minty note, but gunpowder by itself is still delicious

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johnquix
75

A smokey darker green tea. Much hardier than your average Green tea but also much bolder.

Andrew Bash
56
Andrew Bash 3 tasting notes

Great flavor. Tastes sort of like cacao, if the cacao had been next to a low fire.

Decent tea, the smokiness can be good by itself, but I think it needs to be mixed with something else.

Mixed it with an equal portion peppermint, wasn’t bad, but I think Gunpowder by itself was better, or maybe I just need a better ratio.

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Blair
75

Been drinking this all morning to get me started (and to punish myself for being a little late to work). This is my favorite smokey tea, though my experience is limited.

jlandsborough
85
jlandsborough 7 tasting notes

This is one of my favorite teas.

It has a sort of smokey taste to it, rather than a grassy flavor typical of green teas. This is a tea I would drink anytime.

I used up the last of what this time, but I should have more next week :D

Decided to under-steep this time around, see what happens.

Pretty good, not as good as the usual 3 minute steep time though. Seems a bit more of a bitter taste than the longer steep time, somehow… Must have used more leaves than usual.

I was quite amused with the wisps of steam arising from my cup though.

Re-steeped the leaves I had earlier. 180 (degrees F), 2 minutes, 2 teaspoons leaves, 2 cups water.

Still enjoyed it this time around. :)

Wanted something familiar (so I wouldn’t have to think too much about it) and really enjoyable while working on a programming assignment. This was the choice!

Love this tea. Got some more recently, should be set for a while. :)

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Jeremiah
75
Jeremiah 2 tasting notes

Taste smokey. Motel room smokey. But I strangely liked it.

This tea is very easy to over steep. I drink this tea on the lighter side.

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joncarlson
75

Didn’t enjoy this the first couple times I drank it, but I think that’s because I steeped it too long. I took my time this cup, timed it for exactly 3 minutes, and it came out delicious!

I did add some honey to it, just a bit though, so there was a little sweetness that balanced out the smokiness of the tea. This tea just moved up in my book.

Footnote: My girlfriend just tried it and said “it tastes like mud” and “it tastes like I licked a cigarette” so apparently it may not be good for everyone :)

Justin Lamb
75
JewlOfTheLotus
75

accidentally oversteeped a ton, but still good

TeaEqualsBliss
79
TeaEqualsBliss 7 tasting notes

Typical color and scent for Gunpowder.Nice full. bold taste…then again I think I may have steeped more than I was supposed to

I think I finally nailed the amount and length on this. I was VERY happy with this attempt. So-much-so that I am raising my rating for it a tad.

I have been oversteeping this lately so this time I was REAL careful. The cup was PERFECT!

Warm up on Cup 2 and 3…NICE

Since this expands so much while steeping I sometimes add too much of it – as I did this time – plus I over steeped – ek! It was grainy/gloomy and super dark! But it’s still good! Thank Goodness!!!

I’m on cup #2 so far…I intend more steeps too! :)

This Gunpowder really has a BANG of flavor! Always nice to have on hand if you are into Green Teas, that is

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