Thanh Chuong farmers win big in spring tea crop
(Baonghean.vn) - These days, tea growers in Thanh Chuong are busy harvesting tea buds. The tea season is good and the prices are good, so farmers are very excited.
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The weather is favorable, the tea buds are young and green. According to farmers, the tea of this season is of good quality, the processed products have beautiful colors and rich flavors. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Along the Ho Chi Minh road, tea-growing communes such as Hanh Lam, Thanh Duc, Thanh Thinh, Thanh Thuy, Thanh Ha, Thanh Mai... are entering the main harvest season. Photo by Huy Thu |
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During harvest season, walking among the vast tea hills, wherever you hear the hum of machines, you will see people cutting tea. In recent years, farmers have mainly harvested tea by machine. Many households have even bought machines to provide tea cutting services for hire at a price of 700,000 VND/ton. Photo by Huy Thu |
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After being cut, the tea is bagged for transport down the mountain or loaded onto trucks. According to Mr. Hoang Van Hung in Hamlet 15, Thanh Ha Commune, his family grows about 1 hectare of tea. This tea crop, each time they harvest about 3 tons, after deducting expenses, they still make a profit of 10 - 12 million VND. Photo: HT |
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| People use motorbikes as the most mobile means of transporting tea from the harvest site to purchasing facilities. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Thanh Chuong tea growers also created a tea cart made of iron frame and B40 mesh. The characteristics of this cart are that it can carry a lot of tea, keep the tea fresh, not crushed and the price is quite cheap. Photo HT |
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Dozens of mini tea factories in the area operate at full capacity, purchasing and processing hundreds of tons of fresh tea every day. In the photo is Huong Duong tea factory in Hanh Lam commune, purchasing about 15 tons of fresh tea per day. Photo HT |
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Thanh Chuong tea buds are processed into many products such as tea pieces, tea leaves, tea stalks, bran tea, and special tea.Thanh Chuong tea is processed and sold to Afghanistan, India, China and consumed nationwide. Photo: Huy Thu |
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