Tan Cuong land of tea specialty
Monday, 08/07/2019 08:45 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - A painstaking process is used to produce the famous Tan Cuong tea in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, from getting materials to processing and packaging the products.
Located 13 kilometres west of Thai Nguyen city, Tan Cuong’s terrain is mainly hills less than 200 metres high. Originating from the forests in the mountains, the streams follow the foothills to water the famous specialty tea area. This natural condition creates the special quality of Tan Cuong tea compared to tea grown in other regions.
The tea hills in Tan Cuong
Some 200 families in Tan Cuong commune grow tea, each gaining hundreds of millions of VND each year
Fresh tea buds – the material producing the unique quality of Tan Cuong tea
Tea buds are harvested to ensure the quality of tea trees
Growers have to follow painstaking steps from caring for the tea, harvesting the tea, drying the tea, and processing the tea.
Tea after harvest
Tea is dried in ovens. According to Mr. Van, this is the most important step in determining the flavor and colour of tea
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It takes about 20 minutes to dry 1.2-1.5 kilograms of tea
Tea is broken into smaller pieces.
Tan Cuong tea after processing
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