Trà Nõn Hảo Hạng (Superior Bud Tea)
The top of the bud grades: the youngest shoots on the eastern slope of Tam Dao, finished slowly by hand.
Superior Bud Tea at a glance
Superior Bud Tea (Tra Non Hao Hang) is plucked by hand as one bud with one very young unopened shoot, in the cooperative gardens at La Bang, Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam. Every TRAVINA tea is picked by hand; none of it is machine-harvested.
The dry leaf carries the blue-black sheen that marks good Thai Nguyen tea. In the cup it pours clear, natural green gold, with young rice, deep and creamy on the nose; in the mouth, smooth, almost no astringency, a sweetness that stays.
Eight to ten kilograms of fresh buds make one kilogram of finished tea.
This grade is not part of TRAVINA’s 6 Không line, and it is not certified organic. What the cooperative does hold is VietGAP (DVCL-VG-TT-24-19-68), ISO 22000:2018 for the La Bang facility (GOODVN91025.FSMS), food safety licence 14/2025/UBND-NNMT-TNg, registered planting-area code.
TRAVINA is the export brand of Tam Tra Viet Cooperative in Thai Nguyen. Ninety member households farm 40.5 hectares across Dai Tu and La Bang. Every leaf is picked by hand, and every batch is processed at the cooperative’s own facilities.
How to brew Superior Bud Tea
Bud grades are delicate. Use 5-7 g of leaf for a 250 ml pot and water at 80-85 C, never straight off the boil. Rinse the leaf for five seconds and pour that water away, then steep the first infusion 20-25 seconds and add five to ten seconds to each one after it. Four to five infusions: the astringency stays light throughout and the sweetness builds as you go.
Where Superior Bud Tea sits in the TRAVINA range
Superior Bud Tea belongs to the Thai Nguyen Green Tea range. If you are comparing grades, the bud teas sit at the top of the ladder – see Tien Vua Needle Tea – while Premium Moc Cau Green Tea is the everyday benchmark most Vietnamese households drink. For gifting, the same leaves appear boxed in Tea Boxes and Gift Sets.
Wholesale and export
The cooperative sells in bulk as well as in retail packing. Minimum order quantity is set case by case against what the season has produced rather than by a fixed table, so tell us the volume and the packing you need. For a formal export order we can supply the VietGAP certificate, the ISO 22000:2018 certificate for the La Bang facility, the food safety licence, the registered planting-area code and a pesticide residue test report; phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin and HS classification are prepared per shipment.
Production details and quality documents
| Plucking standard and cultivar | 1 bud + 1 tender shoot; midland blended with hybrid cultivars |
|---|---|
| Garden and site | Long-established VietGAP gardens farmed close to the 6-No standard; La Bằng site (ISO 22000) |
| Made by | Made by artisan Ma Thị Tuyến |
| Dry leaf and cup | Fine, even leaf; the green-yellow liquor typical of midland tea, lifted by Long Vân fragrance |
| Typical buyer | Premium retail, gifting, travel retail |
Documents: lab report No. 3282025/KQKN dated 22 Aug 2025 (PDF) and product self-declaration No. 02/TRAVINA/2025 (PDF). Reports are issued by the Thái Nguyên Centre for Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality Technical Services and Training (VILAS 1098). Documents are in Vietnamese.
Lab report No. 3282025/KQKN – page 1
Lab report No. 3282025/KQKN – page 2
Product self-declaration No. 02/TRAVINA/2025
Public copies with signatures masked; originals are shown to buyers on request and sent with the quotation. All tea lines: document library · Compare grades: grade sheet.
Every photograph on this page was taken at our own cooperative in Dai Tu, Thai Nguyen. Real leaf, real packaging, no stock images.
Buying inside Vietnam? Domestic wholesale and reseller orders are handled by our cooperative, HTX Tâm Trà Việt, on its Vietnamese site: Trà Nõn Tôm Thái Nguyên.
Benefits
- Taste: smooth, almost no astringency, a sweetness that stays.
- Aroma: young rice, deep and creamy.
- Liquor: clear, natural green gold.
- Three to four infusions from one measure of leaf.
- Picked by hand and processed by the same cooperative that farms the gardens, so every batch is traceable to a plot.
Specifications
| Product name | Superior Bud Tea (Tra Non Hao Hang) |
|---|---|
| Type | Vietnamese green tea |
| Grade | Superior Bud grade (Tra Non Hao Hang) |
| Picking standard | one bud with one very young unopened shoot |
| Ingredients | 100 percent Thai Nguyen green tea leaf |
| Origin | Dai Tu and La Bang, Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam |
| Producer | Tam Tra Viet Cooperative (TRAVINA) |
| Production facility | La Bang facility |
| Certification | VietGAP (DVCL-VG-TT-24-19-68), ISO 22000:2018 for the La Bang facility (GOODVN91025.FSMS), food safety licence 14/2025/UBND-NNMT-TNg, registered planting-area code |
| Packing | 100 g and 200 g vacuum pouches |
| Storage | Cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight and strong odours. Reseal tightly or refrigerate after opening. |
| Shelf life | As printed on each pack. |
| Wholesale | Bulk, private label and export packing available. Minimum order quantity and lead time on request. |
How to use
- Warm the pot and cups with boiling water, then pour it away.
- Use 10 g of leaf for one standard pot. About 6 g gives a lighter cup, 12 to 15 g a strong one. One kilogram makes roughly 100 pots.
- Wake the leaf: cover with hot water, swirl for five seconds and pour it away.
- First infusion: water at about 80 to 85 C. Let boiled water stand two minutes. Steep 20 to 25 seconds.
- Add 10 to 15 seconds for each further infusion. Good leaf gives three to four.
