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Golden Flower Tea, often referred to as the 'queen' of teas, was historically reserved for royalty. Originally a wild forest plant, Golden Flower Tea from Ba Che has been revitalized as the primary crop in this area.
Golden Flower Tea from Ba Che - Nature's Miracle in Quang Ninh Mountains
In recent years, the cultivation area of Golden Flower Tea in Ba Che has expanded to nearly 200 hectares. Priced at 15 million VND per kilogram of dried flowers, this species brings in hundreds of millions of VND annually for local residents, helping them prosper.
Golden Flower Tea is a native plant, growing naturally in forests, ravines, and waterways in the mountainous district of Ba Che, Quang Ninh province. Previously, people used to dig up entire plants to sell to traders for around 1.5 - 2 million VND per plant. However, because traders bought the whole plant, the Golden Flower Tea population gradually declined.
Recognizing the significant benefits that Golden Flower Tea brings, instead of selling the plants, locals have begun to cultivate, restore, and conserve Golden Flower Tea plants. These plants prefer shade, but now they are being grown on hillsides requiring irrigation. Proper spacing is essential; if planted too densely, the plants will die.
Golden Flower Tea Ba Che is now certified as a 5-star product, certified as an OCOP product of Quang Ninh province. Not stopping there, this product is also gradually becoming a national OCOP product.
The development of growing Golden Flower Tea Ba Che is not just the story of pioneering farmers, daring to think and act, but also evidence of the correctness of the policy to transform Ba Che into a forestry and medicinal economic center.
According to researchers, Golden Flower Tea Ba Che is a precious medicinal material for health with effects on the body such as: reducing blood sugar levels, detoxifying the liver and kidneys; reducing lipid levels in serum, reducing bad cholesterol levels; it can help lower blood pressure, inhibit platelet aggregation, prevent blood clot formation causing blood vessel blockage.
In addition, the tea also has diuretic effects; prevents arterial atherosclerosis; inhibits and destroys bacteria; helps prevent cancer and inhibit tumor growth, promotes mood, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and maintains the normal state of the thyroid gland…
In addition to traditional sales channels, local people are also actively promoting and marketing Golden Flower Tea products through online sales channels, thereby increasing the number of out-of-province customers. Golden Flower Tea Ba Che is becoming more widely known.
Growing Golden Flower Tea is a new profession, still in its infancy in Quang Ninh, but experiencing unprecedented rapid development. It has become a livelihood, helping people to become wealthy and preserve unique cultural values, laying the foundation for the development of services and tourism in Ba Che mountainous district, closely linked to agriculture.
