Davidson’s Tea Bulk, Gunpowder Green, 1-Pound Bag | matcha green tea Big Discount

Davidson’s Tea Bulk, Gunpowder Green, 1-Pound Bag

Tightly rolled “pellet” shaped green tea from China with a strong deep flavor.

• A pack of 1-Pound Bag
• USDA Certified Organic
• Contains caffeine
• Enjoy drinking this loose leaf bulk tea with our best selling and convenient Ultimate Tea Infuser, also available on Amazoncom or Davidsonsteacom
• Packed in a paper/kraft stand up pouch (SUP) with aluminum foil lining to maintain freshness
• 16-ounce bag
• Organic green tea from China
• Strong deep flavor

People said about this Davidson’s Tea Bulk, Gunpowder Green, 1-Pound Bag

Great Tea, Amazing Value
This has to be one of the best bargains on green tea ever. No, it’s not a high-end gourmet tea – but it’s not intended to be. What it IS, is a terrific everyday green tea. Mellow, slightly earthy, and very pleasant on the palate. Second brewing yields a good cup, as well. As with every Davidson’ tea I’ve ordered, the quality of the leaves was wonderful, with very little dust, or stems. It’s obvious that they care about their product, and it shows. The origin is not stated, but who cares? The tea is just fine.

EDIT: I recently received my third order of this tea, and this batch was, quite simply, awful. The bag was mis-labeled, and is not green tea. As we immediately store tea in sealed containers when it arrives, I do not have the original packaging, and can’t return it (thank heavens it was inexpensive). I have had great luck with Davidson’s in the past, and assume that this was a fluke mistake, but, BE CAREFUL TO CHECK THE CONTENTS!

Something’s Changed…
I think the company changed formulas because my most recent experience with this was not up to par with the rest. I used to love it and it had great flavors, now not so much. It doesn’t look right, doesn’t taste right…I’m overall just not happy with the changes. I’ve had much worse tea still but I’m sad to see this one take a dive.

I really prefer bulk powders to bags so you can adjust flavor. Organic is important to me too. I’m switching to another green tea- All Natural Organic Instant Green Tea Powder 8 oz. – Buy One Get One Free!. Before this one changed, this was easily the best competition and now it’ll likely replace my Davidson’s habit. Great green tea seems to be harder and harder to come by.

This isn’t gunpowder green tea
I like tea, in fact I like it a lot. I’ve had some good gunpowder green tea in the past from adagio as well as Twinnings and it is a beautiful thing. You put what look like little BBs of green tea into your cup or teapot, add the water, and you can see the tea practically explode into nearly full size leaves of tea (hence the name).

Davidson’s tea disappoints. The tea leaves really don’t expand much which tells me they weren’t really rolled the way gunpowder green tea is supposed to be. This tea also lacks flavor (at least compared to the other gunpowder green teas I’ve tried). I used the same amount to brew the same cup of tea I’ve been enjoying with Twinnigs and frankly the Davidson’s version tasted more like hot water than green tea. This may be because the leaves aren’t as compacted as a proper gunpowder green tea so the same tablespoon of tea now has less actual mass of tea leaves, it could be because this tea has a lower quality tea leaf in it, heck it could be…