Visitors had a chance to learn about the process of picking, processing and enjoying shan tuyet tea and join cultural and sport activities such as pounding steamed rice cake, panpipe dancing, tug of war and pao throwing.

At the event.

The annual event aimed to honour and improve the value of Suoi Giang tea brand in domestic and foreign markets, introduce cultural characteristics of the Mong ethnic people, attract investment to tourism and step up the construction of the Suoi Giang ecological tourism area, thus raising young generations’ awareness of protecting and developing Suoi Giang tea.

On the occasion, the Suoi Giang tea space was inaugurated.

Suoi Giang tea complex is now home to over 400 ancient shan tuyet tea trees which have been recognised as Vietnam heritage trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.

The ancient Shan Tuyet tea.

Located around 1,200 to 2,200m above sea level, Suoi Giang commune in Van Chan district enjoys a cool climate all year round. The favourable geography, terrain and weather conditions have been the key to the development of tea trees which produce the well-known shan tuyet variety.

The latest figures show that Suoi Giang is home to 393 hectares of land for tea cultivation, three-fourths of them with ancient roots.

Ethnic farmers grow valuable tea in remote mountains

Shan tea, a type of wild tea tree grown by ethnic minorities, has been well known in the mountainous provinces in the north of Vietnam for many years.

Bright prospects in organic tea growing model

(BGO)- Yen The is not only famous for hill-grazed chicken but also green tea. In order to improve the quality of this product, in 2018,  the provincial Center for Agriculture Encouragement built the first organic tea production model at Xuan Luong and Canh Nau communes. 

VietGAP and VietGAP oriented tea output reaches over 2,100 tonnes in Yen The district

(BGO) – According to the Division of Agriculture and Rural Development in Yen The district (Bac Giang province), the district has grown 230 hectares of tea under VietGAP and VietGAP oriented methods mostly in Xuan Luong and Canh Nau communes this year.

Ha Giang’s Shan Tuyet tea receives geographical indication certificate

The northern province of Ha Giang held a ceremony on December 1 to announce the geographical indication for Shan Tuyet tea.

Mysterious ancient tea in Tay Yen Tu

(BGO) – The Khe Ro Natural Reserve in An Lac commune (Son Dong district, Bac Giang province) has been seemed to be fully discovered by humans. But the natural mountains and forests always hide interesting things. If we have a chance, we will know a very small part of the secret of the high mountain and thick forest. Only from a piece of information that seems to be vague, we immediately set off, beginning a journey to find the ancient tea still existing in the Tay Yen Tu primitive forest.

Source: VNA