Interesting poetry and tea enjoyment at Dong Khuyet Dai – Hue Citadel

Just put into use as a service form at the Hue Citadel, Dong Khuyet Dai is an art space, a conversation between the new and the old, honoring talent and passion. of artists and skilled craftsmen.

This is also the venue for annual exhibition activities of top artists in the fields of art: painting, fine arts, sculpture, installation, music…

Visitors are introduced to Dong Khuyet Dai

Especially here Thuong Tra is a cultural bridge between Vietnam and international friends. Vietnam, with a thousand-year history of tea culture, is the cradle of tea in the world – where there are rare 500-year-old tea trees hand-picked by ethnic minorities.

Tea tray includes precious tea and assorted jams and cakes to serve

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The tea buds are selected right in the original raw material area from ancient tea trees growing on high mountains with primitive ecosystems and native tea varieties processed according to tea making technology. traditional. 5 special types of tea: Hong Boi (picked from Oolong tea buds grown in Bao Loc Lam Dong area, gentle tea flavor); Yet Te (found from wild ancient tea trees growing on the Tay Con Linh range, bringing clear, bright yellow water color and a leisurely scent like clouds of smoke); Ta Xua (harvested from ancient trees that grow completely naturally at the top of the mountain, giving the tea a scent as subtle as the clouds in the sky); Long Dau (tea with the special characteristics of midland green tea, the scent of rice nuggets is difficult to mix with the water color in golden light); and Ham Huong (woven with scent from camellia flowers, characterized by a sweet, cold tea taste that helps clear heat) has unique flavors and different ways of processing.

It is known that the current amount of tea There are very few ancient trees left in Vietnam (about less than 4,000 trees). Each year, the amount collected is only about 20 tons of fresh tea, equivalent to 2 tons of dry tea each year, and this quantity is not enough to export abroad.

Tra Nuong performing arts for tourists

Each type of tea will have different uses and all contain caffeine to help users stay alert to work and especially help women rejuvenate their skin against aging. Tea is included in the world’s dietary menu and the tea that Dong Khuyet Dai uses is selected from ancient tea buds in the mountains of Tay Con Linh.

Based on the custom, guests will be invited to the house. tea to start the story of the daily Vietnamese tea culture show at Dong Khuyet Dai, which will introduce domestic and foreign tourists to Vietnamese tea culture as well as Vietnamese tea art, Vietnamese tea tools and Vietnamese tea industry. The tea ladies will wear traditional Nguyen Dynasty ao dai and perform tea ceremonies. This is a way to preserve and honor Vietnamese culture through something very familiar to every Vietnamese person: Tea.

Inviting guests to enjoy traditional Hue cakes

How to enjoy the incense The taste of a cup of ancient tea is as follows: first is a welcome drink including fragrant leaf water and precious cardamom used in the royal court; Next will be the Tea Enjoying performance where the tea ladies will put on the traditional ao dai of the Nguyen Dynasty and introduce the history of Vietnamese tea culture, the ritual of making tea and enjoying tea; After being brewed, the tea will be poured into a cup and traditional cakes of filtered sweet soup wrapped with roasted meat will be included for guests to enjoy.

Tea ladies introduce tea and how to enjoy it

In addition, tourists Guests will also be instructed to make Hue traditional cakes using different types of flour and baking tools. The baker will introduce the ingredients and tools. Afterwards, guests will be instructed to make cakes.

Hue cake making demonstration

Side dishes to accompany when enjoying tea to better feel the flavor of the tea

And the unique dish of sweet soup wrapped in gold-plated roasted meat only found in the ancient capital of Hue

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