Alnatura Gruner Gunpowder Tee - The Blitzkrieg
Dax: So the wife gets on her globetrotting steez and hits up Germany to visit our cousins. Thinking about her dufus husband, she grabbed a few specialty teas from the German brand Alnatura. I don't know what the fudge the package says, but I'm guessing this is some all natural tea. Alnatura Gunpowder tea is first up to the plate. From the looks of it, it seems that this tea, once steeped, will get up out of the tea press and walk to the men's room. It reminds me of Little Shop of Horrors where the plant is screaming, "Feed me!". Despite the super growth of the loose tea during the steep, this beast gave off a familiar oolong tea smell. The taste is very powerful and confirmed my oolong beliefs. It's kinda nice to be able to distinguish the nationality of the tea that you're sippin on, as this Alnatura tea does not taste Chinese whatsoever. Ahh the life of a teasan...pick this one up if you are ever tea shopping in Germany.
Rating: B
Mike: Alnatura Gunpowder Tea, aka Gruner Tee in the native German, is a German loose tea. Because neither Dax nor I speak or understand German, we used our masterful Teasanship to determine that this Alnatura tea was an oolong tea. So how does it taste?
The aptly named Alnatura Gunpowder Tea is blitzkrieg of flavor, marching into your mouth wif the quickness. An almost creamy aftertaste carpet bombs your tongue as you realize you may have oversteeped. Oversteepage certainly created a heightened bitterness that may not have been there otherwise but I am a fan of extreme flavors and actually cherished it. This may not be the most flavorful oolong tea, but Alnatura provides a solid, daily drinker with no obvious bad taste qualities. I'd definitely give this one a shot.
Rating: B+
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Reader Comments (2)
Achtung, boys! Reviewing a German gunpowder tea with no reviews of the authentic stuff, i.e. Chinese, on your website? What were you thinking? How many tea drinkers would pick up gunpowder tea in Germany? It's like asking coffee drinkers to pick up coffee in China. It's a nice novelty item, but should not be the only gunpowder tea review on your site. Danke.
You should start your own tea reviewing website, or submit your reviews to us and we'll publish them. We have a guest columnist doing reviews for us, an oolong specialist. You can join his ranks if you would like. I'll make you cadet.