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Origins and artisans

The Suối Giàng tea region

Where the tea buds begin.

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01. The history of the Suối Giàng tea region

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A white stone engraved with gilded letters reading “CÂY CHÈ TỔ” (ancestral tea tree), old tea branches behind.

02. The ancient Shan Tuyết tea trees

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An old tea tree with silvery bark spreading many branches and fresh shoots; tall forest and clouds behind.
An old tea tree whose base creeps sideways before splitting into several tall silver trunks.
Close-up of an old tea trunk, its mottled white-and-brown bark covered in green moss.
White tea flowers with yellow stamens and clusters of young fruit among tea leaves.
Close-up of a white tea flower with a yellow centre among branches and leaves.

03. Conditions of the mountain

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Lush tea canopies in the foreground; behind them, mist drifts halfway up the mountains under a cloudy sky.

04. How the tea buds are selected

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Looking up into a tea canopy, young leaves backlit against a blue sky.

05. The annual Ancestor Tea Tree festival

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06. Why Sương Trà chose this tea

Sương Trà chooses Shan Tuyết tea from the Suối Giàng region, where growing and making tea is closely tied to the daily life of the mountain people.

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A cut-back old tea trunk with new leaf shoots sprouting from it.
A slender young tea plant beside an old tea tree, against a blue sky.
An old tea tree with a round crown on a lawn, its base ringed by stones and posts; blue sky with clouds.

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