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JOURNEY TO VISIT THE RAW MATERIAL AREA OF NHỊ ĐỘ MAI TEAHOUSE

Hiếu Trương — Sat, 04 May 2024 09:19:50 +0000

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JOURNEY TO VISIT THE RAW MATERIAL AREA OF NHỊ ĐỘ MAI TEAHOUSE

Like previous trips to visit raw material areas, this year the Nhị Độ Mai teahouse continues to follow in the footsteps of ethnic minorities to harvest and make ancient Snow Shan tea.

Less than 4 a.m., when the mountains and forests were still sleeping peacefully in the thick fog, the Dao people’s family had already woken up, cooking rice to prepare for a new working day.

The ancient Snow Shan tea area is located very deep in the jungle, so we had to It takes hours to travel – both by motorbike and by walking on winding, dangerous mountain slopes to get there. At an altitude of more than 1500m above sea level, this place is covered in fog almost all day, the humidity is very high – this is also the growth place of ancient tea trees that have been continuously absorbing aura for hundreds of years.

The nature of heaven and earth produces excellent quality tea that is very good for health. Watching, walking, breathing fresh, cool air among the ancient San Tuyet tea forests growing close together, and feeling the majestic and magical beauty of the mountains and forests makes us love nature and the country more. Feeling more clearly the saying “golden forest and silver sea”, the more we want to contribute to preserving and protecting the beautiful landscape here and helping people introduce the forest’s treasures everywhere. During the Spring, local people spend almost the entire day harvesting tea, from early morning until around 6 pm, moving the tea back to sell or making.
As you see, life here is simple but always full of laughter and joy.

Nhị Độ Mai tea house – A space to preserve traditional flower tea making. We specialize in ancient Snow Shan tea and aroma-refined tea, especially Lotus and Apricot Blossom tea.

Address: House No. 3, Alley 26, Nguyen Thien Thuat Street – Hue City
Open from 7:00-22:00 every day of the week
Contact: +84 985.844.177 or +84 978.821.814

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THE PEARLS OF THE PURE SEASON

Hiếu Trương — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:36:30 +0000

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THE PEARLS OF THE PURE SEASON

(Ngọc Khiết tea: Lũng Phìn tea – Tịnh Tâm Lotus)

“Now in the summer, the lotus blooms.” This season, every morning on the porch of Nhi Do Mai Tea House is fragrant with lotus scent, floating with summer colors. Each batch of lotus rice is still diligently and silently weaving incense day after day. Lotus rice, also known as the scent bag of the lotus flower, is the part separated from the stamens. The precious apricot blossoms are called the pearls of the pure season.

From the misty morning, the picker quietly rowed his oar on Tinh Tam Lake (in the past, it was still the place where the fragrant ancient lotus variety of Hue was grown specifically for the king’s use), plucking each lotus flower to bring it back to practice. The scent of Bang Thanh Lung Phin tea grows on the remote Dong Van rock. The lotus is still soaked in the morning dew when the fragrance bag (lotus rice) is at its most intense. Not too pale when young, not too faded like when blooming, the lotus at the same time has a hint of chastity and purity. A pristine beginning, a “fog whistle” that stirs and urges.

These incense bags are gently separated. Milky white lotus rice looks elegant. Each grain of rice is as beautiful as a hand bunched together, round and soft. It feels like each grain of rice is a living entity, sparkling, shaking, dancing, ringing happily in the thin hands of a young woman peeling each thin lotus petal, meticulously separating each fragrant pearl on the thread. Yellow.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it seems like the entire pure and virgin lotus season is packed and collected in each of those beautiful scent bags. We understand and cherish those pure values, so we spare no effort to bring you a cup of lotus rice tea – a drink that drinks the essence of flowers, heaven and religion. The meticulousness and sophistication in each step have contributed to raising rice lotus tea to the level of art. Sipping a cup of lotus tea is sipping a cup of pure lotus scent, a cup of cherished, meticulously scented tea, a cup of rich Vietnamese flavor. A cup filled with clouds and gentle breezes, a cup that brings together all the natural times, favorable conditions, and harmony between people.

Even though I understand that all things are in the cycle of birth – existence – change – destruction, so are the lotus life and lotus scent, but my heart still longs for the summer that is about to pass. Therefore, cherishing the effort of cultivating each bead of Ngoc Khiet tea flavor in the midst of anxiety means wanting to retain the brilliance and fragrance of Hue’s fragrant season in the ever-flowing impermanence!

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HISTORY OF NHỊ ĐỘ MAI TEA HOUSE – CHAPTER 1: THE ROAD TO TEA

Hiếu Trương — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:36:02 +0000

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Someone asked me: When did i choose tea?

The question was like a wave of incense arousing me to return to myself, to the flower garden and fragrant tea terrace in Duc Pho village. The garden was originally owned by the Pham family many generations ago, along with many large estates that King Dong Khanh gave to Minister Pham Xu when he retired to his hometown. Mr. Pham Xhap was a Minister of King Tu Duc’s court, and was awarded the rank of first-class scholar of Dialectics by the king. My grandfather enjoyed the pioneer land of living and worshiping. At that time, my grandfather was a great gardener. From outside the gate to the yard were two rows of neatly cut green tea trees with short beams; When it’s small, there are a lot of flowers: Dahlia, Gladiolus, Gerbera, White Rose, Velvet Rose, White Chrysanthemum, Yellow Chrysanthemum, Marigold, Quynh, Apricot… are planted in plots, according to Extremely beautiful road.

I don’t know when I started paying attention to scents, maybe I was a wanderer looking for scents in many past lives. But in this life, perhaps the scent of flower tea is an exception. He has a habit of going to the garden early in the morning to visit and talk about the flowers, plants, and trees. I still remember clearly, his arm holding the white rose, then gently shaking it, letting the dew or last night’s rain fall, so that the flower stays fresh for a long time, then his pure white rose leaned down next to the flower. , breathing heavily, his face showing extreme joy and happiness. At that time, I could not understand what was so interesting about the job of cherishing each flower and leaf. What I’m waiting for is that when he finally visits the flowers in the suburbs, he will choose a flower that is still fragrant and put it in his morning teapot. I remember so much the smell of Rose flowers, Jasmine flowers, Ngau flowers, then Wolf flowers, Chrysanthemum flowers, Apricot flowers… fragrant in the scent of tea. Drinking a cup of tea feels like hearing the whispers of tea, flowers, wind, dew, and the vastness of heaven and earth.

During those morning tea sessions, by soaking in the steam, people read to me Nom stories like Nhi Do Mai, Luc Van Tien, The Tale of Kieu…. I most remember Grammy’s voice when reciting the sentence: “The curtain contrasts with the wind.” Sandalwood/ Fragrance evokes the smell of tea, dry voice of love/ Because of the fate of the three births/ Why do floods turn into unicorns? How can a child who is only eleven or twelve years old understand the so-called “incense is dangerous?” miss”, “tea with a voice of love”, “debt to the father”, “habit of becoming”, but the painful thing is the image of my grandmother holding up a cup of tea, clicking on each small step, then behind, reading Kieu, His eyes were like a club entering a region far away, making the grandchild at that time willing to trade all his favorite toys to travel to that world just once.

That day, every time Quyen Phong flower garden fell on a bright moonlit night, it was like there was a festival in the house. Inevitably, he would invite his grandchildren to come and drink tea, listen to the moon, and listen to flowers. Since childhood, our children and grandchildren have enjoyed the luxury of: “When drinking wine, when playing chess / When watching flowers bloom, when waiting for the moon to rise” (The Story of Kieu – Nguyen Du). Because in those festive nights waiting for the moon and flowers, in addition to teas flavored with foreign flowers such as chrysanthemum, rose, jasmine, apricot…, each grandchild is still small but also has a drink like the adults. cup of wine soaked in grass. Usually during the first week of tea, everyone waits to see the flowers bloom, but wait and wait and wait, only to see that the petals are still green, lazy with the waiting of the children. During the second, third, fourth and fifth weeks of tea, everyone forgot while talking. When I looked back, the flowers bloomed to tell me the time. Like, flowers bloom, then refuse to look like a young woman changing into beautiful clothes to go to a spring festival. Waiting for that fleeting moment feels like breathing and witnessing the birth of a living being, of Beauty.

How could I forget, under the spring porch, my grandmother sat peacefully making us a pot of Mai tea. From early morning, people went to the garden to pick the apricot flowers that had just bloomed in the morning, then placed the flowers neatly and carefully on small, fragile white ceramic plates. Then, they heated each cup and placed the cup on the plate. ceramic plate so that the flower can fit inside. We children were nervous, anxious, and anxiously waiting for the scent of the flowers to scent the bowl, not knowing that we would only later realize that we were also being scented with some strange scent. soul from a small corner. At that time, except for using wood to take bits of dried apricot tea from the box, put it in the kettle and then put it on the shelf. At first, the scent of Mai was deeply and evenly embedded in the cup, so the person gently poured the tea and then slowly added the tea. Grandma told me to do this so that in the cup of tea, there will be a deep scent of tea mixed with the scent of apricot flowers from previous times, there will be the fresh scent of apricot blossoms this morning mixed in, and there will be beautiful flowers to admire while enjoying tea. . Every time I think about my grandmother, the sweetness and fragrance of Apricot tea still ooze out in my mouth, in my memories, it’s truly like “Standing in the shadow of the architecture, I suddenly drew/soaked the plum blossoms in my mouth” (Cao Ba Quat ). Under my grandmother’s porch, a strange fairy tale world with many layers of incense

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SNOW SHAN TEA AND DIFFICULTY OF HARVESTING THEM

Hiếu Trương — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:32:35 +0000

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TRÀ SHAN TUYẾT CỔ THỤ NĂM CỰC

Trà Shan tuyết là trà được hái từ cây chè cổ thụ mọc ở độ cao trên 1.400 m (thậm chí có những vùng như Tây Côn Lĩnh cây trà mọc trên độ cao hơn 2000 m) so với mặt nước biển, mùa đông thường không có mặt trời còn buổi sáng mùa hè, búp trà cũng ngậm sương mù, hái buốt tay. Dân bản gọi là trà Tuyết (hoặc Shan tuyết) vì cây trà Shan tuyết to lớn thân nhuộm màu trắng mốc như tuyết, uốn lượn nhiều cành buộc người hái phải trèo lên mới thu hoạch đươc. Thêm nữa, mùa đông tuyết phủ trắng ngọn cây, ấp ủ tinh hoa trời đất đợi đến mùa xuân nảy lộc đâm chồi, người dân hái lượm tự nhiên tạo ra sản phẩm trà sạch, nước mang hương vị đặc biệt thơm ngon. Đặc biệt, lí do chính là để thích nghi với thời tiết giá lạnh, lá chè phủ 1 lớp lông tơ mịn như nhung, trắng như tuyết bảo vệ lá khỏi cháy lạnh, lớp lông tơ trắng này được gọi là tuyết trà.

Trong số các loại trà ngon của Việt Nam, chính là trà Shan tuyết được mệnh danh là chè “5 cực”. Gọi là “5 cực” bởi đó là loại chè “cực khổ” – để hái được là một kỳ công, đó là loại chè “cực ngon” bởi được tuyển lựa cực kỳ kỹ lưỡng, và có thể coi là “cực sạch” – bởi trên độ cao trung bình từ 1.400m, chè Shan tuyết dị ứng với tất cả những can thiệp của con người, chỉ có đất trời sương giá “miền thượng giới” nuôi búp chè bừng thức. Chưa hết, chè còn được gọi là “cực đẹp”, những búp “tuyết trà” với một vẻ đẹp không thể hình dung nổi nếu không tận mắt nhìn thấy. Và chính vì cực khổ, cực ngon, cực sạch, cực đẹp nên loại trà này cũng… cực hiếm.

Các bạn có thể thưởng thức các dòng đặc sản trà shan tuyết cổ thụ Việt Nam tại Hiên trà Nhị Độ Mai nhé!

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