Talk:Vietnamese tea

Green and White
Apparenty there is some Green and White tea on offer from Vietnam, have not tried, no more info. Someone from Vietman knows anything? Anyone tasted them? --Iateasquirrel 23:36, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

I will be editing this for an assignment for school, will reference work. (Sb11vq (talk) 03:04, 28 November 2012 (UTC)Sb11vq) My editsVietnam has the worlds oldest trees, dating back to 1000 years. [1] From: http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1159/ From: Thuong, P., Su, N., Ngoc, T., Hung, T., Dang, N., Thuan, N., & ... Oh, W. (2009). Antioxidant activity and principles of Vietnam bitter tea Ilex kudingcha. Food Chemistry, 113(1), 139-145. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem..2008.07.041 The Vietman Tea Association (VITA) was founded in July 19th 1998 and their goal is to protect and inform growers, consumers and business owners of Vietnamese teas. From http://www.vitas.org.vn/Pages/Index.asp?Lang_ID=2 Green Tea is the most popular amongst Vietnamese people. In 2011 it accounted for over 63% share of overall retail volume sales. From http://marketpublishers.com/report/consumers_goods/food_beverage/tea_vietnam.html
 * Kudingcha Tea also called bitter tea because of it's taste. Due to its antioxidant activities, this bitter tea is prescribed to patients that suffer headaches, high blood pressure, cold fever and diabetes

Vietnamese green teas had a lower content of caffeine compared to Chinese green teas but higher caffeine levels than Japanese green teas.

From Vuong, Q. V., Nguyen, V. V., Golding, J. B., & Roach, P. D. (2011). The content of bioactive constituents as a quality index for Vietnamese teas. International Food Research Journal, 18(1), 329-336