The invention relates to the field of tea production, in particular to a processing method for making gunpowder tea from chimonanthus praecox. The method comprises the following steps of chimonanthus praecox leaf picking, wherein a bud and a bud and two leaves are picked, the length is controlled to be within 6 cm, buds and leaves are uniform, no old leaf or stalk stem or impurity exists, air-permeable bamboo baskets and baskets are adopted as containing tools, and the leaves are not compressed; spreading, wherein chimonanthus praecox leaves are spread on a bamboo tray thinly, the thickness ranges from 5 cm to 8 cm, the leaves are 4-6 kg per square meter, and the spreading time is 2-3 h; fixation, wherein chimonanthus praecox leaves obtained after spreading are put into a fixation machine, 2-3 kg of leaves are put into each pot, the temperature of each pot is 280 DEG C, the method of covering first and then throwing is adopted, the temperature for fixation is 80-90 DEG C, and the fixation time ranges from 2.5 min to 3 min; rolling, wherein the chimonanthus praecox leaves obtained after fixation are rolled through a rolling machine, the leaves are loaded to the position 4-6 cm away from a barrel opening, the light-heavy-light principle is adopted in the rolling process, and the rolling time ranges from 30 min to 40 min, the rolled twig rate reaches 80%-90%, and the cell broken rate is 45%-60%. The processing method is simple, easy to implement, the product quality can be guaranteed, the high economic benefit is achieved, and popularization is easy.