The seven best teas in Vietnam

In this section, we respectfully introduce the seven most famous teas in Vietnam. These teas are all produced 100% from domestic ingredients.

These products are highly appreciated by tea connoisseurs at home and abroad. They are tea, a Vietnamese specialty, and national pride.

1. Tan Cuong Bud Tea

Tan Cuong Bud Tea is premium Thai Nguyen tea from the Tan Cuong Thai Nguyen region. Bud Tea has become the best tea in Vietnam because it only uses a single shrimp per tea bud.

The tea harvesting process also has specific standards. Tea leaves need to be harvested from early morning until midday. If tea leaves are picked afternoon, the tea will be acrid, and the taste will not be good.

Traditional manual production methods will produce the best tea products. The most important is the tea star stage. The tea maker must use his hands to stir the tea continuously so that the tea mass is heated evenly, preventing the tea from burning.

Tan Cuong Bud Tea must have the following characteristics:

Tea fibers: small and curly, not broken, uniform color, not red, not scorched

Tea liquid: characteristic yellow-green color

Tea scent: the scent of young green rice spreads strongly

Tea taste: astringent at first, sweet aftertaste

Precious ingredients and a passionate production process are the two most significant values of Tan Cuong Bud Tea. When enjoying Bud Tea at Tra Viet, you taste the essence of nature and absorb the love of tea from experienced artisans.

2. Tay Ho Lotus Tea

Tay Ho Lotus Tea is honored as the most ancient tea. This name honors the ancient art of marinating flower tea and the cultural values passed to future generations.

Vietnamese people of the past and present use fragrant lotus flowers to scent high-quality green tea. Flowers must be picked early in the morning to have the most potent fragrance.
To marinate each kilogram of lotus tea, 1000 – 1400 fresh lotus flowers must be used, and the marinating process can last up to 2 weeks.

At Tra Viet, we hand-marinate lotus tea from Shan Tuyet Co Thu tea essence. After picking, the tea will undergo a thorough processing process to remove the astringent taste of the tea.

Each kilogram of our Phu Tay Ho Lotus Tea brings together the fragrance of more than 1,000 Lotus flowers. After brewing, the tea is yellow and has a fragrant aroma of fresh lotus flowers. The taste is moderately astringent on the tip of the tongue, followed by a gentle, pleasant, sweet aftertaste. Drink tea until the water is clear, but the fragrant aroma still lingers.

3. Northwest Shan Tuyet Tea

Northwest Shan Tuyet tea is made from young tea buds of ancient tea trees on the mountaintops in the Northwest. Strong and lush green tea buds absorb nutrients from the earth and clouds, providing products with outstanding quality and flavor.

Suitable Shan Tuyet tea fibers must still have a silky white fluff covering them and be soft, bright, and evenly curled. After mixing, the water turns golden yellow, has a rich mountain scent, and has a delicate and sweet aftertaste.

Original Shan Tuyet tea often has a high price because of the rarity of the ingredients. It also contains the tea maker’s effort, ingenuity, and dedication. Its delicate and unforgettable taste can conquer the most demanding customers.

4. Ta Xua Ancient Tree Tea

Ta Xua Ancient Tree Tea is considered delicious and completely different from the flavor of ancient Shan Tuyet teas in other regions. Ta Xua is a famous place with vast ancient tea hills. Miraculous nature has nurtured tall, strong tea trees that are hundreds of years old.

Ancient tea leaves bring a distinct flavor. After processing, the tea fibers are large and spongy and have a strange flavor that is difficult to mix with other types of tea. It has the scent of wildflowers and grass of the mountains and hills and a faint smell of kitchen smoke.

After brewing tea, you will be surprised by the water’s color sticking to the cup’s sides. When drinking, the tea slides smoothly into the throat, leaving a solid taste without being harsh, with a sweet and lasting aftertaste.

5. Ha Giang Black Tea

Black Tea is considered a precious gem, like the “wine” of the tea-drinking world. What stands out about the Ha Giang Black Tea processing process is the diligence and passion for every detail, not the theoretical framework.

To this day, a large part of the processing is done manually with the skill of true artisans. Tea must be harvested according to the standard of 1 shrimp and two leaves from ancient Shan Tuyet tea trees in Ha Giang.

Only pick tea two times a year, from March to mid-May and from September to November every year, because, at these times, tea buds are the youngest and richest in nutrients.

Good black tea must have the following characteristics:

Tea fibers: beautifully curly, shiny brown, with white fluff.

Tea water: bright ruby color,

Tea scent: fragrant ripe fruit, floral scent, honey scent

Tea taste: sweet, mildly astringent, long-lasting

Processing Ha Giang Black Tea requires more than just the right equipment. The tea maker must have good skills, rich experience, sharp senses, and, most importantly, a great love for tea.

6.Oolong Tea (Ginseng Oolong Tea)

Oolong tea is famous worldwide for its quality ingredients and secret processing recipes. A slight change in the way of rubbing and roasting tea, or a slight change in time and temperature, is enough to create a different flavor.

To make Oolong Tea, people use the semi-fermentation method. The processing process goes through 16 stages, more than any other tea on this list.

In particular, the stages of making tea, balling tea, and sifting must be repeated until the tea reaches the standard state of shape. At Tra Viet, it takes us more than 30 hours to create a delicious batch of tea.

Therefore, good Oolong tea must have the following characteristics:

Tea balls: round, large, sturdy, heavy, and green

Tea water: amber-yellow watercolor, clear

Tea scent: sweet floral scent with a hint of cinnamon

Tea taste: mildly astringent, slightly greasy, sweet and long aftertaste

The oxidation process reduces the astringent taste often found in green tea. The sweet taste that lingers in the mouth creates enjoyment for the person enjoying it.

If you want a different flavor of Oolong tea, try Ginseng Oolong tea. This tea is enhanced with flavor and medicinal properties thanks to herbs such as ginseng and licorice.

7. Bao Loc Pineapple Ginseng Tea

Since its appearance, Pineapple Ginseng Tea has immediately conquered thousands of tea lovers because of its unique and addictive flavor. Its value is reflected in its innovative formula, which combines high-quality green tea essence with healthy herbs.

Bao Loc people use fairy tea leaves, fragrant pandan leaves, and other herbs marinated with green tea to soften the inherent acrid taste of the tea. After marinating, the tea will taste sweet, mixed with purity from mountain herbs.

When choosing delicious Pineapple Ginseng tea, you need to pay attention to the following characteristics:

Tea fibers: curl evenly and beautifully, bright color, clean, and still retain white silk on the surface

Tea liquid: dark yellow, clear

Tea scent: the smell of pandan leaves mixed with the smell of green rice

Tea taste: mildly astringent, sweet, long-lasting

Tra Viet believes that Pineapple Ginseng tea will always retain its solid position. If you can taste it once, that impressive taste will immediately impact all your senses, making you remember it forever.

Source: Tra Viet