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| The whole province has about 200 tea products meeting OCOP standards from 3 to 5 stars. |
Someone showed us his hands and said: This is the “Golden Hand”. To achieve this title, the tea artisans have to spend almost their entire life stirring and rubbing over the fire. Their hands are like thermometers that sense the heat to adjust the fire in the stove accordingly. Patiently stirring and rubbing makes the fresh green tea buds gradually dry up like sticky rice grains, become crispy, and become more refined.
A strip of land in Thai Nguyen province with vast tea fields that are fragrant all year round. While in the gateway land of the central Viet Bac region to the capital Hanoi, there is green small-leaf midland tea, then in the land considered the core area of the central Viet Bac region, where the water source that creates the Cau River originates, there is the specialty of ancient Shan Tuyet tea, the tree is as big as a person's embrace, when harvesting, you have to climb a ladder like in a fairy tale.
Mother Nature has carved into Thai Nguyen province a giant picture of many colors, endless beauty with long, high mountain ranges, rivers, streams, lakes, and fertile fields for food and vegetables.
The highlight of that beautiful picture is the vibrant tea fields, captivating by the scenery and the aroma, the poetic quality of tea offered to people. The scenery and people in Thai Nguyen tea region remind me of the tea regions of Moc Chau, Suoi Giang, Cau Dat... Everywhere is our country, but Thai Nguyen is still the place that gives people the most quintessential, premium tea products. Especially the ancient Shan Tuyet tea variety hundreds of years old in the "cold land" of Thai Nguyen.
Due to the rich terrain, each tea region in Thai Nguyen creates its own unique landscape. Although each tea field is divided into many small plots, the tea plots are divided into rows, making it easier to travel and harvest. But the Shan Tuyet tea populations in the "back of the sky" are different. Because they grow naturally, they are not in rows, and the distance is not regular. In return, each tree is as big as a person's embrace, produces larger buds and is covered with a layer of white silk.
Very different from the tea varieties grown in the areas of the “Four Great Teas” which are the communes of Tan Cuong, La Bang, Trai Cai, Dong Hy commune and Khe Coc, Vo Tranh commune. Only when we witnessed the way farmers harvest and process tea with our own eyes did we realize: The hands of farmers in the tea region are very different from the hands of farmers holding hoes and sickles. Tough, durable, soft but decisive.
Tea village story, many Thai Nguyen people still remember 90 years ago (1935) Mr. Vu Van Hiet brought Canh Hac tea to the Hanoi Trade Fair, at the Dau Xao area, his Canh Hac tea was honored with the first prize. Canh Hac tea is a type of tea that is harvested with 1 bud, 2 leaves, and is dried when roasted, when exposed to boiling water, it expands like a flock of cranes spreading their wings to fly, bringing an irresistible flavor to tea connoisseurs. Since then, people have called Thai Nguyen "The first famous tea".
Thai Nguyen tea brand has become famous. Thai Nguyen tea products are also closer to the daily life of people in all regions of the country. Therefore, when someone has the opportunity to visit Thai Nguyen, they often visit the specialty tea regions to visit, then excitedly buy tea as gifts for relatives.
Tea regions therefore become destinations for tourists who like to be close to nature. Moreover, when visiting tea regions, you can drink authentic Thai Nguyen tea with a refreshing feeling, without fear of being "falsely advertised".
One of the good news for farmers in the land of “The First Famous Tea” is that the province is turning tea into a billion-dollar crop. Currently, the whole province has nearly 25,000 hectares of tea, of which more than 23,000 hectares are harvested. In particular, the “First Famous Tea” Thai Nguyen from now on has Shan Tuyet tea grown at an altitude of over 1,200m above sea level, and Kim Hoa Tra, a type of tea known as the “Queen of Teas”.
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| Tourists experience tea drying at La Bang Tea Cooperative, La Bang commune. |
Thai Nguyen tea land is proud to have high quality products, chosen by domestic and foreign consumers for use and as valuable gifts. In particular, the knowledge of growing and processing Tan Cuong tea is recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.
It has been a long journey for Thai Nguyen to build a brand for tea trees. Up to now, the whole province has about 200 products that meet OCOP standards from 3 to 5 stars. There are tea products that have been certified by Solidaridad and Unilever to meet international standards UTZ Certified, ensuring that they meet all the conditions to integrate and circulate in the international market.
Notable products include Tom Non tea from Ha Thai Tea Company, An Khanh Commune, which was awarded the Silver Prize by the American and Canadian Tea Association in 2016. The tea product “Dinh Vuong Pham” from Tan Cuong Hoang Binh Tea Joint Stock Company, Dai Phuc Commune, was awarded the Special Prize when participating in the North American International Specialty Tea Competition in 2017.
For imaginative tourists, Thai Nguyen tea region is also a place to inspire artistic creativity; a place to come to “heal” every broken wound in the heart. Especially in the early morning when the dawn awakens, the thin golden sunlight like a giant veil hanging loosely on the mountain shoulder, you can see the silhouette of a mountain girl with a tilted conical hat, her hands quickly dancing as if gathering each green tea bud. When the afternoon comes, the sun is still hidden in the Tam Dao range, the sunset is hasty as if wanting to let go of the fatigue of the day.
The poor tea regions of the past have now become “paradise” with beautiful landscapes, with the appearance of “green mountains and blue water”. Tourists can experience picking and processing tea, enjoy tea cuisine and listen to love legends.
From Tan Cuong, Dai Phuc, La Bang to the ancient Shan Tuyet tea regions in Dong Phuc, Yen Binh…, all attract visitors. These are the lands where farmers create the famous “First Famous Tea” brand of Thai Nguyen.
Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/van-hoa/202508/nhan-tan-voi-de-nhat-danh-tra-56c1ac3/
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