Thés de La Pagode® Organic Gunpowder Green Tea

Description: Grown in the Zhejiang province of China, this natural green tea is an excellent quality tea known as “Gunpowder”. Meticulously rolled into small pearls which unfold in the teapot, Gunpowder is a delicious green tea which develops a fresh, delicate flavour. It is a golden tea that is good for the digestion and can be enjoyed throughout the day. Intense and delicate, Gunpowder is renowned for its freshness and thirst-quenching properties. Thés de La Pagode® respects an age-old tradition to ensure that all the benefits of tea are preserved. Indeed, the quality and fragrance of a tea are determined, among other things, by the type of leaf picked. In spring, in the gardens of Thés de la Pagode®, the “Imperial Plucking” is practiced: the pluckers select only the bud (“Pekoe” in Mandarin) and the first leaf. Another technique used is “fine picking”. In this case, the pickers remove the bud and the first two leaves. Manufacturing Secrets: A pre