Green Tea Forum

brocksmith · Uh, Can I Add Sugar? Joined: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 4

I went to the store today to buy some green tea and was surprised to find half a pound of green tea in the ethnic section of the store for $3.50 CD (!)

The brand of the tea is 'Kingdom of Tea' and it says that the tea is special gunpowder tea from the Republic of China. When I got home from the store I decided that I'd search for the tea on the internet to find reviews. I had no luck at finding any. However, I did manage to find a tea on the internet called 'Temple of Heaven' green tea that has the spot-on EXACT same look of the package that my tea came in. The only difference is that my tea box says 'Kingdom of Tea' on it instead of 'Temple of Heaven'.

Here's the package that I found by doing a Google image search:

I'd post a picture of my package of tea but unfortunately my sister still has my digital camera.

Anyways, can anyone let me know why these 'Kingdom of Tea' and 'Temple of Heaven' tea packages look the same?

Also:

Are they the same brand?
Why was the tea so cheap?
Is this high-quality green tea?

I am totally confused right now so I'd like to get some responses from you guys.

Thanks.

Chip · Posted: Aug 08, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject:

Gunpowder is generally inexpensive Chinese green tea. There are infinite grades and names for it. You just have a variant. I have some still in a tin from 1999. Just not my tea.

Welcome to the forum!

spacesamurai · 2nd Degree Black Belt Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 204

sleepyredmoo · Posted: Aug 09, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:

i found a box of temple of heaven today, i just opened it and i have to say this looks terrible. i won't even consider drinking it, the leaves are brown as coffee and smell even worse.

sleepyredmoo · Posted: Aug 09, 2008 7:31 am Post subject:

here's a pic puke