Gunpowder tea refers to a specific type of Chinese green tea, in which the tea leaves are tightly rolled in such a way that resembles gunpowder pellets. Gunpowder green tea has a smoky aroma as the leaves are pan-fired over wood smoke. Gunpowder tea is widely consumed in China and is popular worldwide. It is also the type of tea traditionally used in Moroccan mint tea.

Much less common, there is also a type of tea called gunpowder black tea, also having leaves tightly-rolled into round pellets.

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The one I just purchased is called Dragon's Tears and it is a hand-rolled jasmine tea. The tea is rolled into balls about the size of a pill. There is also a tea that appears in small balls, about the size of the head of a dressmaker's pin, it is gunpowder tea.

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Beverages starting with G include: green tea goat's milk grog gunpowder tea ginseng tea guava juice Goldschlagger Guinness