Green tea is not only daily drink for Vietnamese but also at all kinds of ceremony. It can be said that green tea drink is dear to the Vietnamese as coffee is to European people.

There are tea plants that have been over 300 years old growing on high mountainous areas. The farmers have to harvest tea at right time otherwise the leaves become old so the tea is less tasty. The tea leaves have been gone through 5 steps of procession of withering, crushing, keeping warm, drying over the fire, and selection.

Green tea is not only the healthy drink but also can help Vietnamese people to express their hospitality to their friends and neighbors when chatting together by tea pot. We can see many small tea shop along narrow streets in the old town of Hanoi. People like gathering  around tea shop on the street after breakfast and lunch.