Temple of Heaven China Green Tea Special Gunpowder 1 Kilo Guaranteed Authenticity, 2.2 Pound (Pack of 1)

Great taste a full bodied green tea …

Best tea for the price. Very clean. Expands when steeped. Do not boil this tea, doing so will make the tea bitter and reduce the benefits. I have purchased the product six times and will buy again.

This tea is definitely quite different from Davidsons Green Gunpowder tea. I really like Davidsons but decided to try something a little different.Temple of Heaven is a unique but good taste that you have to become accustomed to. Using the same machine, a Mr. Coffee 12 cup, used only for tea, I found that Temple of Heaven is quite a bit stronger than other teas, so you have to make an adjustment to how much you use. The first batch I made was overwhelmingly strong an I dialed it back quite a bit.I generally make 10 cups, as marked on the carafe, and use two infusers filled a little less than half way to allow for the expansion of the tea as it brews. It comes out at the right strength if you don't let it sit after the machine has stopped brewing.The 10 cups I make is for ice tea. So if it's a little too strong I can always add a few ice cubes.

This is a big ole hefty box of rolled loose leaf tea. The best packaged loose leaf tea I have ever purchased. The tea is inside of a bag that is inside the box which is also wrapped in cellophane when you first receive it. The tea is the deepest color of nature green, it is authentic and fresh; ready for brewing straight out of the packaging. The instructions are easy to follow I add some lime and ginseng to this and it makes the most delicious iced tea as well. You can use the tea to mix with other loose leaf teas to create your own flavor. I will absolutely purchase again.

1) Positive: This does not look like your typical gunpowder tea that is rolled up in little balls or nuggets. It is more like chopped tea leaves or middle grade tea (with tiny parts and powder being low grade and full leaf being high grade). However, it definitely has a gunpowder tea flavor. It is a strong green tea. It is a great everyday tea and of good quality. It is also more than 2 lbs making it an excellent buy.2) Negative: The packaging is the worst I have seen. The thin plastic wrap was broken on delivery. Inside the box the paper wrap is not enough protection. Immediately remove the tea from its packaging and store so as to avoid light, heat, and moisture. I keep some of the better packing I receive when purchasing teas for reuse and that is where mine went as soon as I opened it.3) Shipping: I am making this public in an effort to facilitate a change. My tea was left at my front door. No, they did not ring the doorbell. No, they did not knock on the door. Yes, I was home. Yes, I checked the front often. No, they did not leave it at the back like I usually request, but such requests have been ignored in the past. The obvious problem with the front door is that I live on a busy street, there is a fast food restaurant next door, there is a bus stop in front of my house, a commuter train stop in front of my house, and a pedestrian marked cross path with flashing signs right in front of my house. How anyone can be so careless and unprofessional as to leave a package of any kind in such an overly public place is beyond reasoning out. Hence, my need to add this to my review in the hopes that public awareness will promote a change.

On a scale of 1 to 10, this tea is a two. Quality green teas from China have very clean aroma and flavor and brew up translucent. This tea brews very cloudy because it has a lot of dust in it (floor sweepings). The tea is very “smokey” presumably because it is dried from an open fire. So you get the heavy smoke taste and potentially all of the carcinogens that may be coming from the smoke. Can’t really evaluate the green tea because the smoke taste covers it up. I lived in China for 3 years and enjoyed some great green teas. This is not one of them.

Very, very smoky tea.If you prefer a lighter taste, this will not be for you.

We drink a lot of iced tea, this tea is excellent. It comes by the Kilo or 2.2 pounds of tea compared to the other brands that charge the same for 1 pound of tea.I suggest dumping the tea into an airtight container (they have a lot of cute ones available here on Amazon) or placing the entire box in an extra large zip lock bag.Brews wonderful we do 1/2 cup of gunpowder and 1/2 cup of strawberry tea using a quart mason jar. Let brew for a few hours than pour into a gallon jug and add 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 blue agave sweetener, squeeze a lemon or 2 in chill and enjoy the most amazing tea.