If tea in Thai Nguyen is famous for the saying “Thai tea-girl Tuyen”, but to be considered a specialty, it must mention the ancient tea trees, lying precariously on an altitude of more than 1,400m above sea level. is San Tuyet Suoi Giang tea in Yen Bai.
Suoi Giang is a highland commune in Van Chan district. It has a fresh and cool climate and is especially home to hundreds of ancient tea trees. This place is likened to Tam Dao, Sa Pa but not. It is a resort that is mainly for enjoying tea and admiring the adventure of the Northwest.
Suo Giang is not the only place that owns ancient tea trees, but in terms of both quantity and age, it is nowhere to be compared. Thousands of 300-400 year old tea trees run long over a high mountainous area with canopy. About 10m wide enough for everyone to be amazed. Suoi Giang tea is classified as one of the 6 ancestral tea trees in the world, creating a unique and unique attraction for Yen Bai highland commune.
Anyone who comes to Giang stream is impressed by the rough stumps dyed with moldy white color, winding many branches enough for 10 people to climb. Enjoying the clear climate of the highland all year round, cool, cloudy days. So the tea here is big, covered with a layer of soft, velvety hair, white as snow. That’s why people call it Shan Tuyet tea.
A year, Shan Tuyet tea harvests 3 crops, in which the last crop is usually around August to September of the lunar calendar. Coming to the Giang stream at this time, we catch the moment when H’Mong girls in flared skirts catch them. Eyes standing on ancient tea trees picking young green tea buds that attract the essence of heaven and earth. The older the Shan Tuyet tea, the more precious it is, the more white the snow, the stronger the medicinal properties. Look at the hands quickly plucking each bud. This tea is soft but still as gentle as being cherished, not wanting to lose the white snow covered above.
Not only harvesting, but processing Shan Tuyet tea in Giang stream is also done manually. After selecting the tea, it is put into a pan to dry. In addition to paying attention to firewood and fire, the star must be skillful to does not drop all the white snow still clinging to the tea buds when the island. Shan Tuyet tea is covered with white and has a unique, high-pitched aroma of thousands of mountains.
Therefore, in the season of tea harvesting and processing, Suoi Giang attracts tourists to return by the smell of tea when fragrant, when screaming in each tree branch, blade of grass, going everywhere with the wind. The weather is chilly. At the end of autumn, you can enjoy a cup of San Tuyet hot tea in the right way on the top of Giang stream mountain, find it meaningful, unique, and delicious. It seems that the quintessence of heaven and earth are blended into a cup of tea and water. taken from the source, the tea from the top of the mountain, is really excellent. Shan Tuyet tea doesn’t need to brew anything, but it is still considered the best tea in Vietnam.
Traveling to Yen Bai, exploring the tea hill, going up to an altitude of 1,400m, the space is suitable for sightseeing and enjoying, drinking tea is not enough. Just imagine, sitting with your back to the tea tree, basking in the eye for a bit, quietly listening to the music of the forest, seeing the dancing Hmong girls, the Thai girls in the phoenix dance, the hum of the trumpet. lead us astray. You will surely feel wonderful, endless romance. The cool breeze blows, how much fatigue disappears.
Standing from the top in the central village of Giang stream, looking out into the distance, you will see the H’Mong hamlet nestled among the green forests of the tea region. Including the Pang Cang cultural village in the center, it is quite an attractive destination. On the side of the simple stilt house, the cultural colors are extremely attractive. The Hmong girls in colorful costumes, behind the tea bags from the mountains.
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