Vietnam has a long history of tea consumption and cultivation, but up until 1880 had no formalized tea industry until the French established the first cultivated tea gardens in Pho Tho, in what was then French Indochina. |
During the next 65 years the French established three re- search stations in northern Vietnam to study the local tea varietals and by 1945 had 33,000 acres of tea under cultivation, and exported approximately 2,500 tons of black tea to Europe and green tea to Africa.During the mid 1950s Russian tea processing technology and machinery were used for pro- cessing and exporting Vietnamese tea to Russia. In the 1980s Japan helped |
duction, a style in which they had no experience.
Taiwan also provided their expertise in producing pouchong style Lam Dong is Vietnam’s largest tea growing region with upward of 20,000 hectares under culti- The harvested tea that comes from these tea These smallholder farmers play an important role in Vietnam’s tea production, selling Both researchers and tea farmers are working to match varietals and Today, however, Vietnamese tea growers and producers still are facing many problems. There are also problems with inconsistent leaf quality, not Also, until recently Vietnam didn’t have a recognizable trademark or market brand to Vietnam has worked hard to address its problems and today Issues of inconsistent leaf quality have also been addressed, and guidelines are in place
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created a national trademark-Cheviet, to establish their market brand, identity, and guarantee of origin.
Vietnam’s tea harvest runs from April through October, with 34 provinces in the north, central, and southern coastal In the northern uplands of the mountainous provinces, indigenous tea trees are found The variety of tea tree that grows there is Shan Tuyet. The tea made from Shan Tuyet is naturally high in antioxidants, |