Enhance the value of Hai Ha tea products

As the only locality in Quang Ninh province that is blessed with soil and climate suitable for growing tea trees with many types of delicious and famous tea, in recent years, Hai Ha district has made efforts to make tea trees become the main product of the locality, gradually increasing the value of tea products and aiming for sustainable tea production, bringing the Hai Ha tea brand to everyone.

Currently, the tea growing area of ​​Hai Ha district is 800 hectares.

If in the past, tea growing in the district was still spontaneous and manual, now, from the orientation of developing raw tea areas, gradually increasing the value of tea products, Hai Ha district has promoted and mobilized people to apply science and technology in all stages, from seed structure, care, to harvesting and processing.

We visited the tea production facility of Mr. Le Van Thang in village 6, Quang Long commune, this is one of many high-quality safe tea production facilities in the commune. In order to continuously increase the value of tea trees, Mr. Thang has learned, boldly invested, and expanded the production line. With support from the locality, Mr. Thang has standardized the processes of steaming, kneading, roasting, etc. to produce the highest quality output products. Fresh young tea buds are picked with the standard of "1 bud, 2 leaves", and are only picked early in the morning, when still covered with dew. After picking, the tea is purchased at factories and processed on the same day, creating high-quality tea products with economic value.

Sharing about his production process, Mr. Le Van Thang said: “Our facility purchases and participates in the production of high-quality organic tea, mainly Ngoc Thuy and Bac Son tea varieties. This tea variety has a cool, aromatic flavor, is delicious and rich in water, and has a higher economic value than old tea varieties. Our care process mainly uses organic fertilizers and microorganisms to enhance the quality and value of the product."

Tea harvesting process is carried out with the standard of "1 bud, 2 leaves" .

From 2022 to present, Hai Ha district has transferred 4 high-quality tea processing technology processes including: Fragrant green tea processing technology process; Green tea fiber processing technology process; Mao tiem tea processing technology process and Black tea processing technology process. Thereby, some processing facilities have produced typical products such as: Fragrant green tea, green fiber of Dung Nga tea facility, Thang Hoa facility with raw materials of midland tea, Ngoc Thuy, Huong Bac Son; Black tea products of Dao Thi Binh facility; some experimental production products of Dung Nga tea facility...

Mr. Bui Van Cu's family in village 6, Quang Thinh commune has applied water-saving irrigation technology in intensive tea cultivation according to VietGAP standards. With a total area of ​​6,000m2 ^of tea, including ^{4,000m2 of} Ngoc Thuy tea and 2,000m2 ^of small-leaf midland tea. Since installing the semi-automatic pumping system, the family has saved more than 50% of daily irrigation water and each year the tea harvest has increased by 1 to 2 crops.

In order to gradually increase the value of local tea products, in the period of 2022-2025, Hai Ha district has implemented a project to restructure the tea industry, applying mechanisms and policies according to Resolution 194/2019/NQ-HDND dated July 30, 2019 of the People's Council of Quang Ninh province to support tea growers in investing in intensive cultivation according to VietGAP; support upgrading and renovating factories and processing lines; assess and grant HACCP certification to processing facilities; transfer intensive cultivation and processing processes of high-quality tea, support the development of new Huong Bac Son tea varieties... which have gradually changed the productivity and appearance of the district's tea areas, thereby increasing the value of tea trees in the area.

Currently, Duong Hoa tea products have a collective trademark and geographical indication, ranked 4 stars in the Quang Ninh OCOP Program.

Vice Chairman of Hai Ha District People's Committee Nguyen Huu Liem said: "Tea is one of the local key crops in economic development. To continue to improve the quality and value of tea, the district has implemented the Tea Industry Restructuring Project, focusing mainly on organic production and VietGAP. The district has piloted an area of ​​35 hectares for people to learn and replicate; provided support for seeds, fertilizers, processing workshops, labels, packaging, etc., thereby increasing the value of the tea area. Currently, organic tea products have a selling price ranging from 300 to 500 thousand VND/kg and products are sold out as soon as they are produced.

Up to now, the tea growing area of ​​Hai Ha district is 800 hectares of tea with more than 2,000 households participating in tea production; the average annual fresh tea output reaches 6,300 tons, supplying 7 main domestic processing facilities and exporting to the Chinese market and Middle Eastern countries.

Currently, Hai Ha's Duong Hoa tea products have a collective trademark and geographical indication, ranked 4 stars in the Quang Ninh OCOP Program with complete packaging, labels, and barcodes for traceability.

Hai Ha tea products have packaging, labels and barcodes to trace their origin.

In addition to supporting tea-producing households to apply science and technology to bring machinery into the harvesting stage, install high-quality tea processing lines to create products that are competitive in both international and domestic markets. Hai Ha district has built a tea area combined with eco-tourism, and participated in domestic and foreign fairs to contribute to promoting and expanding the market for Hai Ha tea products, thereby increasing the value of tea trees, helping farmers stick with and get rich from tea trees.

Quang Tho - Tran Trinh

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