Which Vietnamese teas have a protected geographical indication?
Four verified tea GIs: Shan tuyet Moc Chau (2010), a Thai Nguyen green tea area (2017), Shan tuyet Ha Giang (2018) and Phinh Ho Shan tea (2021). What a GI means on a label, and how it differs from a
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What happened at Phu Ho in 1918, and why does it still matter for Vietnamese tea?
In 1918 a research station opened at Phu Ho to find the best tea varieties for northern Vietnam; in 1925 Indochina’s first tea factory followed. How that station became the institute behind today’s cultivars.
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What tea do Vietnamese people give at Tet, and why?
Fine Thai Nguyen green tea and lotus tea in red and gold boxes: why tea is the classic Tet gift, how it is used at New Year, and a timeline for Tet and Spring Festival 2027 orders.
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Which Vietnamese tea traditions are national heritage?
Two tea traditions are on Vietnam’s national intangible heritage list: Thai Nguyen tea-growing and processing knowledge (2023) and Hanoi’s lotus tea scenting (2024). What each covers, and how heritage differs from a geographical indication.
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Which Vietnamese teas cost the most, and why?
West Lake lotus tea, Thai Nguyen needle and bud teas, and Shan tea from old trees: reported price ranges, what drives them, and which record prices cannot be verified.
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What kinds of tea does Vietnam export? Green, black, oolong and scented tea in numbers
Green tea about 55% and black tea about 42.5% of Vietnam’s tea exports, with oolong fetching the highest price per tonne. FAO ranks Vietnam second in green tea exports. The numbers by type.
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Is northern Vietnam part of tea’s original homeland? What researchers actually say
Kingdon-Ward, the Suoi Giang guest book, Nesumi 2004 and the 2018 domestication study: what researchers say about tea’s origin and northern Vietnam, and where the claims go too far.
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What did Lu Yu’s Classic of Tea say about the land of Giao?
One line in Lu Yu’s Classic of Tea says that in Giao and Guang a tea-like drink was valued most and served first to guests. What the passage says about northern Vietnam, and what it does not.
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Vietnamese Shan tea and Yunnan Pu’er: same big-leaf tree, different cup?
Both come from large-leaf assamica tea trees in neighbouring mountains, but Pu’er is a protected Yunnan name. What the two share, how processing differs, and what Chinese buyers should ask.
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Which Vietnamese teas are worth knowing? A tour from Thai Nguyen to Lam Dong
Thai Nguyen green tea, Shan tuyet, Hanoi lotus tea, jasmine tea, and the oolong and black teas of Lam Dong: where each comes from, what makes it distinctive, and which names are protected.
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