Green Tea is picked after the White tea leaves have been picked off of the Camellia Sinensis plant. And then, depending on where the tea is grown, (China or Japan), determines the method of processing. Chinese Green Tea is “pan-fried” dry (not what you think) and Japanese Green Tea is steamed dry.
Pan Frying refers to a process where large metal pans are shaken over a fire. This process gently evaporates the water out of the tea leaf. For teas, like Gunpowder Green, the leaves are then hand rolled into small pellets and dried further. Chinese Green Tea has a bitter ending and is what most westerners think of taste wise as “Green Tea”. Chinese Green teas typically brew up into a light brown color.
Japanese Green Tea has a vegetative taste to it. Most people refer to it as “grassy”. It is an acquired taste for most. Japanese Greens are steam dried which lends itself to their straight flat appearance. When brewed up, this tea is bright green in color.
Japanese teas are often more expensive than Chinese teas. One reason is because of the limited areas to grow tea in Japan as compared to China. Another reason is due to economics…. Let’s face it, the Japanese are more westernized and as such, demand higher prices than the Chinese.
Japanese Tea is often ground into a powder called Matcha. Matcha is said to be healthier for you because you are consuming the entire leaf as compared to steeping it and then removing the leaves from your water. Matcha has even more of a vegetative taste to it. Some Matchas are ground with cane sugar called “Sweet Matcha”. These are great to cook with and can often be a substitute for other dry ingredients in your favorite recipe. This tea when made, is a mossy green color, often its appearance turns off new tea drinkers. However, Matcha Lattes are popular as their color is more like the color chartreuse.
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Organically Grown Gunpowder Green Tea
Organically Grown Gunpowder Green Tea
A robust Green Tea that imparts what most people call a "classic" Green Tea taste. It starts smooth and finishes with a slight bitter ending.
Gunpowder Green Tea can be made hot or cold. It can also be used as a base for smoothies, cocktails and slushies because of how well it mixes, especially with fruits.
Green Tea is known for its wide variety of health benefits. It contains natural floride to help strengthen teeth. It works as an anti inflammatory especially for those with arthritis. It is also an over all health tonic, amongst other things.
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Gunpowder Green Tea is a Chinese Green Tea. It has been given the name "Gunpowder" because of how the leaves are rolled into small pellets, reminiscent of gunpowder. The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Gunpowder Green Tea
$7.00 Gunpowder Green Tea is a Chinese Green Tea. It has been given the name "Gunpowder" because of how the leaves are rolled into small pellets, reminiscent of gunpowder. The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Strawberry Green Sencha Tea
Organically Grown Strawberry Green Sencha Tea
Strawberry Green Sencha Tea is smooth from start to finish. The Strawberry flavor is subtle but definitely, undeniably strawberries.
Green Sencha is an extremely "fussy" type of tea. If steeped too long or in too hot of water, it will become too bitter to drink. It is important to NEVER use boiling water with this tea. You must also only steep it for 1-2 minutes.
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The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Strawberry Green Sencha Tea
$9.00 The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.Market Spice Green Tea
Market Spice Green Tea
What happens when you take Green Sencha Tea and blend it with the "taste of Seattle"? It becomes the sought after, famous Market Spice Tea. NO?! you say. OH YES IT DOES!
Just when we thought we couldn't LOVE Seattle more, they decided to expand the flavors of their "Market Spice Tea". This tea packs a 1-2 punch in flavor and health. The flavor of cinnamon and spice plus the health benefits of Green Tea. What else could one want?
As with other Green Teas, please do not boil the water. It will bitter the tea. Steep for about 2-3 minutes, depending on the strength desired.
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The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Market Spice Green Tea
$9.00 The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Kukicha Twig Tea
Organically Grown Kukicha Twig Tea
This "Green Tea" is technically not made with the leaves, but instead the twigs of the tea plant. It contains much less caffeine than the leaves but retains most of the beneficial properties. For these reasons, elderly and children can benefit from this particular type of tea.
Tupelo Honey Tea's Kukicha has been roasted for a wonderfully rounded taste. Some people have claimed it tastes like the tea they drink at a chinese restaurant. We just think it tastes good!
Because these are twigs, they can be steeped at boiling. The steep time is 2-4 minutes, although leaving them longer will only produce a stronger blend, not bitter the cup as with other teas.
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The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Kukicha Twig Tea
$7.00 The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Traditional Sencha
Traditional Sencha
This is a Traditional Japanese style Green Tea. It brews up really green in color and has delicious vegetative notes. This tea is an acquired taste, however once one begins to appreciate the flavor, nothing can compare.
Sencha is extremely heat sensitive and so it is important to not use boiling water. The tea should only be steeped for about 2-3 minutes to avoid a bitter cup.
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Japanese Sencha tea is one of the more expensive teas to purchase. Some of the reasons for the cost is because of the cost to grow it on valued Japanese land and because most of the tea remains within the country. Meaning only a small amount, about 2 percent, is available for purchase around the world. The price is for one ounce.
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Traditional Sencha
$10.00 Japanese Sencha tea is one of the more expensive teas to purchase. Some of the reasons for the cost is because of the cost to grow it on valued Japanese land and because most of the tea remains within the country. Meaning only a small amount, about 2 percent, is available for purchase around the world. The price is for one ounce.
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Jasmine Green Tea
Jasmine Green Tea
Jasmine Green Tea is a blend of Jasmine flowers and Green Tea. The tea is blended and then allowed to rest so the scent of Jasmine infuses the leaves. It is one of the most fragrant of the teas Tupelo Honey Tea's has to offer.
As with any other Green Tea, do not steep with boiling water and only allow to remain in the water for about 2-4 minutes.
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Jasmine is a mood lifter and a stress reliever. The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Jasmine Green Tea
$9.00 Jasmine is a mood lifter and a stress reliever. The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Moroccan Mint
Organically Grown Moroccan Mint
Moroccan Mint is a well known tea blend, however, this particular blend is a bit different. We've blended Gunpowder Green Tea with both Spearmint and Peppermint. The two different mints make this ordinary tea EXTRAORDINARY!
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This tea is a Tupelo Honey Blend. The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Organically Grown Moroccan Mint
$9.00 This tea is a Tupelo Honey Blend. The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.Gen Mai Cha
Gen Mai Cha
This is a traditional tea in Japan. Green Sencha Tea is blended with toasted brown rice for a malty, mild, and delicious flavor. For people who do not like the taste of Japanese Green Tea this is a great entree into that world. The rice mellows out the grassy flavor of the tea making it a very popular drink. Also if you are lucky, you will have a "pop rice" kernel in your bag (looks like popcorn)!
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The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.
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Gen Mai Cha
$9.00 The price is for two ounces of tea. If steeped strong, you can get 25-30 cups of tea. Some may be able to get a second or third steep from the leaves.Bee Friends!
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