This is a half pound bag of Gunpowder Green Tea.  This size bag contains 8 ounces. 

Ingredients:  Gunpowder Green Tea.  No Additives.

All loose leaf teas are packaged in a heat sealed plastic bag with ziploc to ensure freshness and quality.

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Gunpowder tea is a form of green Chinese tea produced in Zhejiang Province of China in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet. It is believed to take its English name from the fact that the tea resembles gunpowder pellets used for cannons. This rolling method of shaping tea is most often applied either to dried green tea (the most commonly encountered variety outside China) or Oolong tea.

Gunpowder tea production dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618–907) but it was first introduced to Taiwan in the 1800s. Although the individual leaves were formerly rolled by hand, today most gunpowder tea is rolled by machines (though the highest grades are still rolled by hand). Rolling tea leaves into gunpowder tea renders the leaves less susceptible to physical damage and allows them to retain more of their flavor and aroma. In addition, it allows certain types of oolong teas to be aged for decades if they are cared for by being occasionally roasted.

Health Benefits:

Green tea has been credited with providing a wide variety of health benefits, many of which have not been validated by scientific evidence: 

• Stopping certain neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
• The prevention and treatment of cancer
• Treating multiple sclerosis
• Preventing the degradation of cell membranes by neutralizing the spread of free radicals which occur during oxidation process.
• Reducing the negative effects of LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) by lowering levels of triglycerides and increasing the production of HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).
• Increasing fat oxidation (helps the body use fat as an energy source) and raising metabolism 
• Japanese researchers claim that drinking five cups of green tea a day can burn 70 to 80 extra calories. Dr. Nicholas Perricone, an anti-aging specialist, appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show and told Oprah's viewers they can lose 10 lbs (4.5 kg) in 6 weeks drinking green tea instead of coffee.

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