# Gunpowder Mint Tea > Hand-rolled gunpowder green tea blended with mint. Bright, refreshing, the cup that built a thousand mint-tea afternoons. Hot or iced. - **URL:** https://sampsonecoshop.com/products/gunpowder-mint-tea - **Type:** tea - **Brand:** TEA GUYS - **Price:** 12.99–125.0 CAD - **Availability:** check store - **Tags:** greentea, replenishable, tea, whitetea ## Description 🌿 Green Tea🌿 Mint Blend☕ Light Caffeine🌿 Loose Leaf Hand-rolled green tea pellets brightened with cool mint — the cup behind a thousand mint-tea afternoons. Gunpowder green tea got its name from the leaves’ shape: tightly rolled into small pellets, the way shot used to be stored. The roll seals the leaf against air, so the tea keeps its freshness in the tin much longer than an open-leaf green. When hot water hits, the pellets unfurl in the cup. The mint here adds the cool top note that turns a slightly smoky green tea into the kind of cup you can drink three of in a row. Drinks well hot, exceptional iced — and brews honestly without sugar, though sweetening is traditional in many countries. 🌿 Rolled Pellets Hand-rolled green leaf, longer-lived in the tin 🌿 Cool Mint Mint leaves layered through the blend ❄️ Hot or Iced Especially good poured over ice on a hot day ✨ **The Sampson Promise** We only put ingredients in our products that we would use on our own family. Every ingredient has a purpose. If it doesn’t need to be there, it isn’t. Type Green Tea, Flavoured Caffeine Light Origin China Format Loose Leaf Steep Time 2–3 min Servings ~25 cups (50g) ## Tasting Notes 🌿 Cool Mint Aroma Bright and slightly sweet — the mint is the cup’s top note from start to finish. 🍵 Toasted Green Body Body The gunpowder pellets bring a slightly smoky, almost nutty body — firmer than a Japanese green. The mint is what cools that side and balances the cup. ❄️ Crisp Finish Aftertaste Clean, slightly cool, refreshing rather than astringent. The kind of cup that reads heavier than it actually drinks. ## How to Brew 01 Measure One level teaspoon (about 2g) per 8oz cup. The pellets are dense — a little goes a long way. 02 Heat the Water 80–85°C / 175–185°F. Boiling water on green tea pulls bitterness from the leaf — bring the kettle just shy of a boil. 03 Steep 2–3 Minutes Two minutes for a lighter, more mint-forward cup. Three for a fuller body. Watch the pellets unfurl as they steep — that’s how you know the leaf is alive. Water 80–85°C Time 2–3 min Per Cup 1 tsp For the iced version, brew double-strength, sweeten lightly while still warm, then pour over ice with a sprig of fresh mint. Drinks like a green-tea julep without the bourbon. ## About the Tea 🌿 Gunpowder Pellets The Base Chinese green tea hand-rolled into tight pellets that hold their freshness in the tin. The rolling exposes the leaf to a brief heat that gives the cup its slightly smoky, nutty character. 🌿 Mint Leaves The Lift Cut mint leaves layered through the blend. Cool, slightly sweet — they keep the cup refreshing without overpowering the green-tea body. ✨ Two Ingredients The Honesty Leaf and mint. No flavour oils, no sweetener, no fillers — the cup is built the way the original gunpowder-mint pour was built across North Africa. In the tin Gunpowder green tea, mint leaves. Origin & Sourcing Gunpowder green tea from China — traditionally produced in Zhejiang Province, where the rolling technique originated. Mint leaves layered through the blend in small batches for the Sampson shelf. The honest version of a long-traveled cup. ## Images - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/Gunpowder_Menthe.jpg?v=1780607531 - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/Gunpowder_Menthe_marco.jpg?v=1780607535