Boutique Teas

Shaped like a bullet pellet, Gunpowder green tea brews a smoky sweet nutty flavor. The Chinese call it ‘pearl’ tea.  Produced in Zhejiang Province, the tea leaves were tightly rolled to stay fresh. Tea artisans use special tumblers to gently coax the refined flavors from the leaves.

Tumble fried in a perforated drum tumbler set at an angle, the green tea leaves move around in a figure eight pattern. A constant heat source blows hot air through the drum, evenly drying the tea leaves. The combined motions and heat causes the tea leaves to curl into small pellets.