The Gunpowder green tea benefits depend on the type of tea leaf that is used to produce it.
Gunpowder tea is a loose-leaf tea that is tightly rolled into small balls that resemble gunpowder.
This type of tea is usually produced using green tea leaves, but not always.
This tea has a unique production method. To make it of the highest quality, artisans wilt, vaporize, roll and dry individual tea leaves.
Machine-rolled Gunpowder tea is also available (and quite common) although it is not as highly revered.
This tea is sometimes called pearl tea or beaded tea, depending on the shape of each tea ball.
Some people also call it Chinese Gunpowder tea.