maanantai 14. marraskuuta 2011

Thai Nguyen "International" Tea Festival

We were invited to attend a tea festival at Thai Nguyen, the most famous place for tea in Vietnam

The BIG GUY, Ho Chi Minh

The Vietnamese love the peace sign and so do we

Entering the area with dozens of tea stalls.
Almost everyone in this province farms or sells tea.

Traditional communal house of some ethnic group.


tea leaves before they are dried

one way to dry tea leaves

why bother using a spatula if ur hands can take the heat

Vietnamese green tea

yes we know that u love the peace sign

in Vietnam it's easy to be famous

Snake rice wine maybee
Our guide from the Foreign Affairs Department of Thai Nguyen

Tea tree fields


Roope looking for a career as a farmer
tea leaves left to dry outdoors


wow, they have banana trees everywhere

A tea tree field and a rice fields

Who's more Vietnamese now?!

The best tea is made from the new tip leaves of the tea tree


the most famous tea factory in Thai Nguyen

bags full of dried loose tea

tea drying drums


 a machine that separates the tea that goes to tea bags from loose tea leaves

Tea after drying

At the opening ceremony of the Tea Festival.
Roope has a new smile
the prime minister

bit too many laser lights and fire works

they know how to make a nice show

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