Vietnamese foods and drinks

It will be a shortcoming for the place and people if forget to mention to fresh green tea in Phu Tho’s gastronomy. Among dozens of tea products, Phu Tho people have choose a simple and natural drink to serve friends and guests. It is Fresh Green Tea.

Talk about the fresh and tonic drink, every one thinks it is processed very simply. You only need to choose some dozens of fresh tea leaves rinsed in water and dept into in to a jar with hot water, and served after 20 or 30 minutes. It is right but not enough to the simple but elegant style drink. Observing the way of enjoying fresh green tea of people here, we can understand the “tradition” of the gastronomy. Choosing the tea plant for fresh green tea drink is very careful. To make the drink good color and scent and sweet-harsh taste, it should choose tea plants growing in a hustle with others plants in forests. The foots of trees are rough and as big as a house column. The trees are so high that to pick the leaves. If you like harsh taste, you should choose the trees grow under the sun. While, if you like sweet taste, the trees under shadow is the option. The good tea leaves are yellowish.

Water making the fresh green tea is also selected proper resource. There is something mysterious, each village has only one water source for making tea. It is called Gieng Que (homeland well). The fresh green tea connoisseurs use terra-cotta kettles to cooking tealeaves and cork the spout to avoid overflowing quintessence.

Sipping fresh green tea is to chat with friends, to ease the thirst during hard-working days, to feel home when be home sick and make the sweet-and-harsh taste in our memory forever.

Visiting any place in Phu Tho if you are offered a bowl of fresh green tea you should not refuse. Green tea reflects the locals’ hospitalities.

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