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What Makes a Thai Nguyen Green Tea Both Clean and Sweet

Green in the cup, sweet at the end of the sip. How TRAVINA grows, picks and fires Thai Nguyen green tea in Dai Tu, step by step.

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Tien Vua Needle Tea: Why the Finest Grade Costs More

Of everything TRAVINA grows, Tien Vua Needle Tea is the smallest harvest and the one we are asked about most. The name means “tribute to the king,” a phrase older than any brand, and it points to what the grade

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How to Tell You Are Buying Genuine Thai Nguyen Tea

Thai Nguyen tea has a reputation strong enough that plenty of tea sold outside the province, and outside Vietnam, borrows the name without much resemblance to the real thing. For a buyer sourcing from overseas, that is a harder problem

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A Short, Honest Guide to Thai Nguyen Green Tea

Northern-style green tea, what growers in Thai Nguyen call Tra Bac, is the everyday cup in most Vietnamese households in the north: a small pot at breakfast, a thermos refilled through the day, a pot set out when a neighbour

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