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International Tea Experts Opinions 2019

23/12/19
Chè Shan Việt Nam

Mei Yeh. Tea natural therapy researcher and tea ancient civilization researcher. Taiwan

“The flavour of Vietnamese tea depends on geography and climatic factors — and Vietnam, which is stretched from north to south, has the ability to produce very diverse tea and uses this advantage. For example, the north of Vietnam is very close in character to the Chinese Yunnan, Cambodia, Burma and North of Thailand, but the place of production is closer to the trade port and from this point is very advantageous to export natural organic tea. And for me, the most unique Vietnamese tea is the lotus Snow Shan tea. Its taste and aroma are characteristic and unique to Vietnam and cannot be repeated anywhere else”.

“A signature feature of Vietnamese green and white teas is a vanilla note that comes from nowhere and lingers on your palate. And then occasionally, depending on the vendor and the preparation of the tea, we would get this lotus seed nuttiness, spices, sandalwood or cedar notes ... And all this can be felt separately if you make gongfu-cha, or at the same time if you make tea in a Western style”.

Cynthia Fazekas. Tea blender and tea taster. Adagio Teas. USA

Dmitry Filimonov. Head of Goodwine Tea Department. Ukraine

“Our first tastings were always a surprise for consumers. But people would try the tea, they liked it and they bought it. Tea novice appreciate wild Vietnamese tea for its being organic. And advanced connoisseurs — for the opportunity to try something new".

“Vietnamese mountain tea is not yet very famous in Europe, but it has great potential. I presented Snow Shan at the European Tea Show 2019 in Turin. The guests noted the beautiful appearance, wonderful aroma and delicate, but at the same time, rich taste of the tea”.

Andrey Ivanov. The head of "Izpodnebesnoj" tea project. Latvia

Nguyen Thi Anh Hong, Vice Chairwoman Vietnam Tea Association

Vietnam tea sector has been participating in many sustainable-development-oriented programs in order to: promote SAN standards application and acquiring RA certificate; establish Agri-team in national scale for proper agrochemical control; enhance traceability system, and boost Private-Public Partnership in tea industry for solid legal support from government and local authorities. Consequently, we have made significant progress in food safety, quality and increase in the number of RA certified tea factories. Besides, Vietnam tea has strongly proven its increasing diversities with premium and up-market products such as Vietnam Snow Shan Tea. This is also in compliance with Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade's long-term orientation for Vietnam Tea regarding to improving our shares in key importing markets. Vietnam Tea products is also now presented in many tea shows, tea talks, events and awards around the world, drawing attention from new customers, creating positive first impression, leading them to buy samples or even become our tea agents. Those are the strongest evidences that we are shifting our focus in production from quantities to qualities. 

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