Vietnamese tea with different colours
Published: 20/11/2012 02:50
The way of making and drinking Lotus or Jasmine tea is the treasured custom of Vietnamese people. Every cup of natural flower-scented tea captures a fraction of Vietnam’s rich and vibrant culture.
The Vietnamese habit of taking tea, betel, or a cigarette as a prelude to conversation is even referenced in the folk saying "a quid of betel and areca-nut starts the ball rolling". Drinking tea, once restricted to the noble classes of society, is now enjoyed by people from all walks of life. Tea, known as “trà” in Vietnamese, can be divided into three kinds—dried tea leaves, tea combined with herbal remedies, and tea scented with flowers—each possessed to best advantage. For green tea people prefer brewing it hot and strong and sometimes flavoured with lotus, jasmine, or chrysanthemum flowers. The therapeutic and medicinal functions of tea are well known for its incongruously cooling effect in both hot and cold weather conditions. The unique and exquisite lotus tea is one variety especially popular during Tet – Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year festival. The people of Tràng An (ancient Hanoi people) were renowned their lotus tea making and drinking. The lotus is seen as a pure and serene flower that gathers the essence of heaven and earth in its scent. Drinking lotus tea is an elegant feature of Hanoi lifestyle. Locals say they have to pick lotus flowers when they are just in bloom and keep the petals and pistils fresh without a single rip of tear-for a painstaking process of mixing them with green tea leaves many times. It is believed that the best lotus flowers are collected from the ponds of Quảng Bá village near West Lake in Hanoi or from Tịnh Tâm Lake in Huế City because the blossoms grow larger and more fragrant. Jasmine tea, also made from green tea leaves but scented with jasmine flowers, requires special preparations. The jasmine flowers are harvested during the day and stored in a cool place until nightfall to preserve their full fragrance. They are then layered over green tea leaves and every step of the scenting process is done by hand. The Vietnamese regard drinking tea as a gesture of hospitality that binds people together. They often invite their friends or neighbours to come over for a chat over a small cup of tea that is commonly sipped to savour its delicious aftertaste. Nowadays, young Vietnamese generations are inclined to seek the comfort of nostalgia by learning the intricacies of their cultural tradition. VOV online
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