(Baonghean.vn) - Those who have visited Quy Hop will not forget to enjoy a bowl of sweet green tea sold around Thung May Lake, and will remember it forever.
Making green tea is not difficult but requires many steps. After picking green tea, wash it, crush it, and pound it in a mortar. The pounding must be done evenly for the tea to be delicious. The mortar must be made from old bamboo, and the pestle must be made of iron to pound it smoothly. When the tea is pounded, add cold boiled water, stir with bamboo chopsticks, and stir until the residue is removed. In summer, use cold boiled water, in winter, use 2 cold water and 1 boiling water. If you like to drink it cold, put it in the refrigerator.
Green tea has become a familiar drink not only to the Thai people but also to many tourists. Many visitors from the lowlands, every time they go to Quy Hop, bring back Thung May green tea to drink and as gifts for their relatives.
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| To have a cup of fragrant tea, you must choose thick, green, crispy tea leaves grown on the hills of Chau Thai commune - Quy Hop. |
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| Bamboo tubes must be washed thoroughly and dried before pounding tea. |
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| The tea pounder must be made of iron, with one pointed end used to break the hard tea stems and the round end used to pound the tea until smooth. |
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| Ms. Dam Lanh, who makes sweet potato tea in Quy Hop, said: making sweet potato tea is not difficult but requires many elaborate steps. |
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| The person pounding the tea must be rhythmic to avoid letting the tea and water splash out. |
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| After the tea has been pounded, put it in a tray and filter the tea water. Use the amount of tea to make boiled water and let it cool. |
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| A cup of fragrant and cool tea, drinking on an empty stomach will not make you drunk. Tea is good for health, helps the drinker sleep well. |
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| A small bottle of crushed tea costs 10,000 VND, a large bundle of tea can make 5 bottles. |
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| In the summer, Mrs. Dam Lanh (Block 3 - Quy Hop Town), who has been making green tea for many years, often stores the green tea bottles in styrofoam boxes to preserve the fresh taste of the tea. Green tea is only used during the day, good for health. |
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| At Thung May Lake (Quy Hop Town), visitors enjoy cups of cool, fragrant green tea instead of other soft drinks, delicious - nutritious - cheap. |
Thu Huong
