VIETNAMESE TEA PART 1: LOTUS GREEN TEA AND GREEN TEA
Lotus Green Tea & Green Tea: Most Vietnamese Tea ever.
Tea ceremony is regarded as one of the most ancient art form not only for the Asian but also for the Westerner as well. Tea ceremony was developed into a noble ceremony that represented for the high-class or the royals and continuously inherited through generations, Vietnam wasn’t out of this flow.
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Vietnamese Tea Lotus Green Tea and Green Tea |
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Lotus Green Tea in Huongmai Cafe |
The ancient Vietnamese has found the way to make tea tasted better off is to scent them with natural flowers. One of the most special natural scented tea is LOTUS GREEN TEA. The reason why LOTUS GREEN TEA becomes so famous like that, not only lies on its special scent and attractively subtle taste, but also on its complicated making process, it require a lot of elaboration and skillful work from expert tea scenters to make a nice, premium pot of Lotus tea. The legend said from the dynasty of Tu Duc, tea scenter, who were strictly recruited by the court, have to row out West Lake every night, bringing one small tea bag, wrapped in small paper packages, they gently drop these small pinch of tea into lotus blossom, leave them cherished all night. But this method is only applied for small quantity supply, usually for only one small morning pot, for mass quantity they have a whole different way, yet it more complicated. Early in the morning before the sunrise, people have to row out in the West Lake to pick up Lotus blossom, this process has to be done quickly in order to get the scent at its finest of freshness and lusciousness. Expert tea scenters then choose the best Lotus blossoms and disassemble them, using care, they gently and quickly peeled “Lotus rice”, the small organ that fragrant the blossoms known as stamens. Tea and Lotus rice will be dried together,using coal drying at moderate temperature to keep the smell of flowers. Stage repeating like that, in order to have a fine balanced lotus tea, these artisans has to use at least 1400 West Lake Lotus blossoms, now you see how sophisticated of this ancient tea like.
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Lotus Green Tea has excellent taste, with subtle fragrance of Lotus with the sweet after taste of Thai Nguyen tea |
LOTUS GREEN TEA at Huongmai Cafe, because of the complex processes of such feats, often found itself out of demand. Vietnamese Lotus tea is a precious tea that only the intellectual could fully understand its deep and noble meaning hidden behind this art form of the ancient Hanoian, moreover, not only in Vietnam, international visitors who know about this ancient tea, always wanting to taste this legendary tea for once. Huongmai with all the experience that was built through 35 years of operation has developed a line of LOTUS GREEN TEA product that was naturally flavored by this traditional method, by skillful artisan of Hanoi West Lake. Huongmai Café LOTUS GREEN TEA bears not only a bold taste of Vietnamese tea, but also is a perfect blend of the most quintessential natural gift for this land: passionate fragrance of West Lake Lotus blossoms, combined with the finest green tea from Thai Nguyen. Huongmai Café LOTUS GREEN TEA has excellent taste, with subtle fragrance of Lotus with the sweet after taste of Thai Nguyen tea. Buying Lotus Green Tea for people you love, isn’t it meaningful?
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Lotus tea at Huongmai Cafe |
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Tea has become an indispensable art form among Vietnamese |
ELEMENT:
Lotus polar, Thai Nguyen Green Tea
ADDRESS:
58 Ma May strt, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi Old Quarter
49 Lo Su strt, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi Old Quarter
15 Hang Manh strt, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi Old Quarter
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HOW TO MAKE VIETNAMESE TEA PROPERLY?
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