States serving as the Ho Tay lotus tea
Wednesday, 27/06/2012, 11:08 GMT+7
Morning, on the lagoon at West Lake lotus, two with some rowing the lotus then quickly transported. People who work calls this "race" - the most important stages to hold the fragrance for lotus tea.
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Many years ago, West Lake lotus tea - flavored teas are very sen feats - already a fun culinary elegance of Hanoi. To get the finest lotus tea, one should be taken from an early morning shower by then the scent is not fly much. |
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"In a lotus flower, the essence of heaven and earth converge in binary, so most precious stamens. At just blooming flowers as well as the most fragrant and will pick the time to make tea," said Trong - who More than 20 years of picking lotus Westlake said. |
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According to his longtime, lotus tea today's West Lake is a lotus in the lagoon next Tri Phu Tay Ho. It is like flowers "urgent message", light cotton, large, fragrant. Over time, the West Lake lotus no longer pure as before but it still is the best way to make tea sen sen no sen as in other regions, non-aromatic flavor, color and fresh not only for nuts (one call this a litmus). |
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Because the area of West Lake lotus has been narrowed so that the whole family to purchase from other parts of the lotus do. Mr. Vu Anh Tuan (in Hang Salt) has bid almost the entire area of West Lake lotus lotus tea to get enough. |
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When the first batch of lotus is taken on, some people will be gathered on the wings removed, to inert the stamens. And he did just get the lotus seeds tiny, delicate opaque white on top. That's the scent of lotus bag that the profession is called the lotus rice. |
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To make 1 kg of lotus tea to the equivalent of 1 kg "rice sen", but to have 1 kg "rice sen" This process would take more than 1,000 lotus, on hot days, it is necessary to more than 1,200 flowers. |
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To obtain about 1 kg "rice sen" chilled tea, every morning he Tuan need 20 people to pick and flower cup. After this stage, "Rice sen" to be screened, thoroughly loss of stamen and lotus stalks are scattered. |
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Soon after, to take chilled rice lotus tea is always on to get the most flavor. According to him, other tools simply for tea and lotus flowers tied to overnight. The next morning took about drinking tea. Now more sophisticated lotus tea making. |
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Each person making lotus tea has its own secrets. "Just a layer of 'rice lotus' is to provide a layer of compost tea and then dried. Each time annealing, drying takes 3 days. Then back to the 'rice Lotus' new, composting, drying continued. Do it do it again 7 times. Total loss of more than 20 days to get a fresh lotus tea, "said Tuan revealed. |
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Sen is marinated in aluminum pots. After each drying, lotus tea is wrapped in tracing paper - waterproof paper, hold the scent. Finally, we remove the "rice sen" for tea intact. Because of such period which is a lotus tea kg over 5 million cost, ten times more than other teas. When drinking tea, it was also diluted to gently feel the scent of the lotus. |
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But high prices but in the West Lake lotus tea is still no goods for sale. "My family do these days, there should also sold out each season do not know how many pounds of tea. Now demand increases but the area under the narrow sen, find the right brand of tea lotus Lake West is very difficult, "said Tuan share. |
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Written : Phan Dương
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