Lotus tea

Vietnamese lotus tea is a type of green tea that is flavored with the lotus’s natural scent. When you drink the tea, you will experience a slight astringency, fresh mellow taste, sweet after taste, combined with the gentle flowery and pure aroma of the lotus flower in the same. Therefore, Vietnamese lotus tea is a favorite drink of a lot of tea connoisseurs in the world.

In the article, we introduce you to the best Vietnamese lotus tea from the most prestigious tea supplier in Vietnam.

1. Vietnamese lotus tea – An art of Vietnamese tea culture

Vietnamese lotus tea has a complicated process of making because it gathers the experiences of many generations of tea artisans. It is consider to be an art of Vietnamese tea culture.

1.1. History of Vietnamese lotus tea

The lotus flower-scented tea is produced in Vietnam only. Because of its meticulous production process, it has a typical fragrance and elegant taste. Therefore, it was known for “Tea for the King” in the Nguyễn dynasty over 100 years ago. Nowadays, Vietnamese make lotus flower tea in both handmade and industrial ways. Using Vietnamese lotus tea is also a way of expressing hospitality in Vietnam.

1.2. Benefits of Vietnamese lotus tea

Vietnamese lotus flower-scented tea is not only a particularly delicious drink but also has a lot of good benefits for health and beauty. If used properly, it will bring many benefits to health, such as helping stay awake, strengthening the immune system, reducing stress and anxiety, controlling cholesterol, brightening the skin, etc.

If you worry about the caffeine amount in Vietnamese lotus tea, here is an answer for you: Does Vietnamese lotus tea have caffeine? Facts you should know

2. Advantages of FGC’s Vietnamese lotus tea

FGC is the tea leader in the Vietnam tea industry. When buying Vietnamese lotus tea from FGC, customers will get advantages such as:

• The best price: Owning many factories around the country, FGC can offer customers large quantities and original price products.
• Products are maintained of good quality during shipping from Vietnam to other countries: By using many advanced production lines from European countries, FGC can manufacture and pack Vietnamese lotus tea in many methods to keep the fresh flavor of the tea.
• Product quality is supervised from start to finish: The QC department of FGC controls all stages of the Vietnamese lotus tea manufacturing process, from growing to collecting tea leaves to assure the highest quality of raw materials. We always apply quality control systems according to ISO 22000, HACCP 2003, GMP, etc.

3. FGC’s Vietnamese lotus tea types

Our R&D department has developed many lotus tea products to serve the different needs of customers. Here are some types that you may concern about in your business.

FGC has researched and developed many kinds of Vietnamese lotus tea for customers’ choice. With a variety of lotus tea products, we have different manufacturing methods to be suitable for each customer and target prices.

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4. Vietnamese lotus tea manufacturing process

How Vietnamese lotus tea is manufactured, and why tea connoisseurs love it are popular questions we receive from our partners. Now, we will find out the method of producing this kind of tea.

FGC produces two kinds of Vietnamese lotus green tea with two kinds of processing.

• Lotus scented tea: which uses real fresh lotus flowers to mix with green tea.
• Lotus flavored tea: which uses lotus flavor to add to green tea.

4.1. Vietnamese lotus scented tea

For Vietnamese lotus flower scented tea, FGC produces during the lotus flower season for about 4 months, from May to August. Although this is not a manual process, the way of processing this kind of tea is similar to the traditional process. With this kind, the tea quantity is limited and the price is very high. This is a specialty tea and is used as gifts to friends or given to business partners.

Preparing green tea

The first class green tea in Ha Giang, Lao Cai, or Thai Nguyen is used to make Vietnamese lotus tea. However, the most popular is Thai Nguyen green tea.

The finest green tea is selected to scent with lotus buds, as this tea can best absorb the fragrance of lotus flowers.

Preparing fresh lotus

According to this traditional method, in the early morning, at about 4 am, they will row a boat to West lake in Hanoi to pick budding lotus flowers. As those buds there possess a very fresh and sweet fragrance at this time. To make 1 kg of Vietnamese lotus tea, we need 1000-1500 lotus flowers.

Getting lotus rice

Lotus petals will be opened to get lotus rice, which is tiny, milky white seeds. These are the main materials to scent with green tea to make lotus tea.

Mixing and drying

For each layer of tea, spread one layer of lotus rice, layer by layer. After scenting with lotus rice, we sieve to remove the lotus rice and dry the tea.

Mixing and drying again (5 – 7 times)

This scenting-drying process is repeated 5 – 7 times. The secret of this method is drying tea enough, so that the tea wings absorb all lotus flavor, but not be overfired.

Packaging

Once done, we will pack Vietnamese lotus flower scented tea to preserve it.

The secret of this method is drying tea enough so that the tea wings absorb all lotus flavor but not be overfired. Because of the traditional process of scenting lotus tea, it makes lotus tea distinctive and pricey.

4.2. Vietnam lotus flavored tea

For lotus flavored tea, the tea is more popular, and the price is reasonable. The process of making includes four periods that are preparing green tea – flavoring – drying – packing.

To produce this kind of tea, we use high-quality green tea from Thai Nguyen to blend with nature’s lotus flavor in the form of crystal or liquid, then dry to preserve the tea.

Lotus flavored tea is often packed in filter tea bags, which is convenient for consumers. They can drink lotus tea anytime and anywhere they like. Put a tea bag in a cup of hot water, and wait for minutes to enjoy the tea.

We hope you understand how FGC Vietnamese lotus tea is made, then decide to connect to us to find high-quality products.

5. Advantages of service that FGC offer to partners

According to customers’ requirements and markets, FGC will suggest and offer customers different kinds with various blending methods and brand name of yourself.

Blending tea

We can supply lotus scented green tea or lotus flavored green tea products according to customers’ needs.  How many times do do you want to scent the tea with flowers (3, 5, or 7 times, etc.), and what percentage of lotus flavor customers want (0.5%, 1%, etc.), we can flexibly blend green tea with it.

Packaging

We can pack loose tea in bulk of 10kg, 20kg, or small bags in vacuum aluminum bags 50g, 100g, 200g, or tea bags in the double chamber or pyramid 2g. You can use the available design of our products, or have your own brand name and design with the size of box you need.

You can see more about the packaging we can supply here: https://vietnam-tea.com/private-label-service.

2. How to purchase FGC Vietnamese lotus tea products

Apart from the advantages above, buying Vietnamese lotus tea from FGC is also simple and convenient.

• Step 1 – Inquiry: Customers can visit our website Vietnam-tea.com and leave their inquiry there, or send an email to our company by email.
• Step 2 – Offering: After receiving your inquiry, we will talk or chat via WhatsApp, Skype, WeChat, etc. to find out and advise on the kind and grade of Vietnamese lotus green tea you need, how many percent of flavor you want to blend with tea, then offer price.
• Step 3 – Sending samples: We will send you samples for your reference and tasting. If you feel unpleasant with the samples we sent, we will improve the samples and send you again.
• Step 4 – Confirming samples: You choose the best samples that you are interested in and want to buy.
• Step 5 – Ordering: Customer decides to make an order once we come to an agreement on the price, based on samples and the packing you need.
• Step 6 – Making contract: We negotiate on the terms of the contract: payment term, packing, marking, delivery, etc.
• Step 7 – Packaging: Our factory will print markings and pack the tea as instructed by the customer. You will send your design of packaging, if not we will support you to design it.
• Step 8 – Payment: Customers will make an advance payment before packing. After shipping Goods and receiving a copy Bill of lading, you will transfer the balance payment.
• Step 9 – Shipping: Loading and shipping Goods as schedule of the shipping line. After receiving the balance payment from the customer, we will send you original documents to receive the goods.

In short, elaboration, sophistication, and the taste of lotus tea are elevated to the artistic level of elegance. Vietnamese lotus tea deserves to be the king of teas. Lotus scented tea is the specialty tea of Vietnam, and enjoying lotus tea is an art. So it’s the best to try by global tea lovers.

If you are interested in Vietnamese lotus tea, please feel free to contact us at info@vietnam-tea.com or contact me directly!

Author: Ms. Tuyet Mai – Sales Executive (mai.dtt@vietnam-tea.com)