Description
Ancient Snow Green – Tuyet Shan Vietnamese Green Tea
High in the Tay Con Linh Mountains of Ha Giang Province in Northern Vietnam, seed-grown Tuyet Shan tea trees thrive within a naturally biodiverse mountain environment. From these remarkable trees comes Ancient Snow Green, a hand-picked Vietnamese green tea with striking golden tips and an equally distinctive character in the cup.
Tuyet Shan, often translated as “Snow Mountain,” is native to Vietnam’s northern highlands and is closely associated with the country’s traditions of old, seed-grown tea trees. Rather than the uniformity of a conventional tea plantation, these trees grow within a diverse mountain landscape where climate, elevation, surrounding vegetation, and genetics all contribute to the tea’s expression.
The hand-picked leaves are beautiful even before brewing, with golden tips standing out among the finished leaf.
In the cup, Ancient Snow Green is fresh and aromatic, with a distinctive minty-citrus brightness balanced by delicate floral sweetness. The combination creates a lively, refreshing green tea with enough complexity to reward slower, more attentive drinking.
For tea drinkers accustomed to Chinese or Japanese green teas, Tuyet Shan offers another perspective entirely. Its Vietnamese provenance, seed-grown trees, mountain environment, and indigenous cultivar create a compelling opportunity to explore a tea tradition still unfamiliar to many Western drinkers.
This is precisely the kind of tea we seek for Cultivate Taste Tea: distinctive origin, traditional tea material, and a character that comes from the leaf and where it was grown.
Cultivate Taste Tea offers pure tea—no added sugar, candy, or flavorings. Our teas are packaged with consideration for environmental impact.
Suggested Steeping
Tea: 1 teaspoon
Water: 8 oz
Temperature: 180°F
Time: 2–3 minutes
Re-steep the leaves to explore how the citrus, floral sweetness, and fresh mountain character develop through successive infusions.
