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Experiencing Puerh Tea Processing

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1 - 4 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+
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Highlights

  • Opportunities to discover fantastic mountain scenery over the whole area and practice indigenous knowledge of Red Dzao, Hmong, Tay, La Chi...Tribes
  • Experience tea processing in the mountains of Baiyue tribes where tea grows "wild" and is harvested by the local people, then bring unique tea gifts back to your home,
  • A full experience Asia’s Leading Cultural Destination in a special way with Ha Giang Loop tour like trip to the paradise

Highlights

  • Opportunities to discover fantastic mountain scenery over the whole area and practice indigenous knowledge of Red Dzao, Hmong, Tay, La Chi...Tribes
  • Experience tea processing in the mountains of Baiyue tribes where tea grows "wild" and is harvested by the local people, then bring unique tea gifts back to your home,
  • A full experience Asia’s Leading Cultural Destination in a special way with Ha Giang Loop tour like trip to the paradise
  • Help with social impacts of local enterprise, make a different journey
  • Become a member of The Baiyue Tea Club and receive seasonal tea when you are back home or startup business of your own
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    Age 18+
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    About the program

    Experience the mountainous of Baiyue tribes where tea is grown "wild" and is harvested by the local people, explore and contribute to the social impact for hill tribes

    Our region is considered the homeland of Snow Shan tea, where the tea plant has its origins. There are still many mountains where tea grows "wild" and is harvested by people of the Baiyue tribes. This includes the Red Dzao, Tay, H'mong , Clao, La Chi, and Nung people. These people live in small, ...

    About the program

    Our region is considered the homeland of Snow Shan tea, where the tea plant has its origins. There are still many mountains where tea grows "wild" and is harvested by people of the Baiyue tribes. This includes the Red Dzao, Tay, H'mong , Clao, La Chi, and Nung people. These people live in small, peaceful villages in the upper mountains where they harvest and produce precious tea from generation to generation.

    Tea house of Baiyue tribes is for the collaboration of open-minded individuals. Persons in pursuit of the truth and want to learn the fascinating facts about the Baiyue tribes who are holders of indigenous wisdom of tea and unique social customs.

    • Our mission is to inspire tea lovers to become advocates for our planet’s natural resources, cultural treasures, and local communities by experiencing life on the wild ancient tea mountains of the Baiyue tribes.
    • We tackle the deep-rooted issues and some of the most complex challenges that both our tribes and tea lovers worldwide are facing through established partnerships between stakeholders.
    • We partner with ethical, responsible organizations to inspire the world to protect the ancient Shan tea trees of Baiyue tribes.

    As a participant in our program, you will have the opportunity to discover beautiful mountain sceneries and develop indigenous practices of the Baiyue tribes. In addition, you may learn all the aspects necessary for starting a business of your own.

    Typical day

    Typically, you will work 4 - 5 hours a day, four days a week.

    The design of our immersion program is to allow you an authentic, meaningful, and inspiring experience. Over the course of the program, you can experience variety of tasks according to the needs of the season like "real locals “with ...

    Typical day

    Typically, you will work 4 - 5 hours a day, four days a week.

    The design of our immersion program is to allow you an authentic, meaningful, and inspiring experience. Over the course of the program, you can experience variety of tasks according to the needs of the season like "real locals “with activities below:

    1. Picking tea from mountain ranges of ancient snow shan tea
    2. Processing smoke tea in bamboo tubes, white fairy tea, white peony tea, dragon tea, puerh tea
    3. Making hemp fabric and experiencing batik art of Hmong tribe and Hemp & Embroidery Workshop. Or help locals bring their products (tea, hemp fabric, vegetable, herbs, corn wine, piglets, goat, etc) to local market to sell it every weekend!!!!
    4. Take part in embroidery, traditional paper, incense Workshops of RedDzao tribes
    5. If possible, help organize community events and campaigns to raise awareness about local’s initiatives, helping with events for visitors and field education workshops for local youth, etc.

    Please be prepared for the level of fitness this work requires and have appropriate clothing available for such work conditions. Also note that, depending on the season, it can very cold from December to April, 

    Free-time activities

    Hiking to Holy mountain of Red Dao: Located more than two thousands meters above sea level, surrounded by terraced fields, further away were villages of Baiyue tribes.  From the peaks, you will see a sea of clouds around the mountain. At sunrise the sky seems to be closer with so many clouds to ...

    Free-time activities

    Hiking to Holy mountain of Red Dao: Located more than two thousands meters above sea level, surrounded by terraced fields, further away were villages of Baiyue tribes.  From the peaks, you will see a sea of clouds around the mountain. At sunrise the sky seems to be closer with so many clouds to nurture the imagination. Holy mountain of Red Dao with “the nine steps of cloud”. Here you can find many unique traditional cultural values of the Red Dao , Tay, H'mong, Nung people.

    Trekking terraced fields (recognized as national heritage), through the entire area you will pass huge areas of rice terraces, unspoiled nature and ethnic villages.

    Dong Van Karst Global Geopark Loop tour, designated by UNESCO as one of 77 sites with the important geological and cultural heritage. This geopark is littered with the ethereal karst formations that are nearly 400 million years old, and has two protected areas.
      Enjoy with Local Weekly Fair
      Rather than a trading post, this is more of a cultural and communal activity. The market is held every Sunday. People come here to buy groceries, but mostly, this is the place for young people to meet up and have fun.
          It looks like a festival more than a market. Therefore, boys and girls prepare to go to the market the night before in order to arrive on time. They try to look their best by putting on their most beautiful clothes. 

            Join Shamanic, Ritual Events: 

            -The “Nhay lua” (fire jumping) ceremony of the Red Dao ethnic minority people in our region has been listed as a national intangible heritage.

            - Forest worship ceremony - special cultural heritage of Hmong, Nung, La Chi people: Apart from praying for a bumper crop and wealth, the forest worship ceremony of the Hmong, Nung, La Chi people is also meant to cultivate a love for nature and the awareness of environmental protection in the community. 

            Shennong worship events: The Vietnamese have been living as descendants of the Shennong family since ancient times. In modern times we still drink fresh tea leafs as Shennong did. He also taught us about farming and is the first to perform the plowing ceremony.  And we, Vietnamese, still perform the plowing ceremony during every lunar new year festival, thank giving for finish a crop with new rice products, both in families and national levels.

            Requirements

            Requirements

            Minimum Age: 18 years

            In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

            Language Skills

            You need to speak English (fluently)

            Nationality Restrictions

            No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

            Other Skills

            -English speaking - Awareness that the tolerance has been proposed as a necessary response to the global rise in cultural and religious diversity. -To be responsible and disciplined.

            Time Commitment

            Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 13:30 - 17:30

            What's Included

            What's Included

            On-site Services

            - Meals: We provide three meals per day (

            Meals for vegetarians vs vegans is available)

            - Drinking: With many different kinds of Tea 

            - Accommodation: We are providing dormitory (with well equipped furniture, strong wifi, clean toilet, hot water by wood fire boiling )

            - Herbal bath: Restoratives are used to recuperate from illness, increase their appetite and build their resistance to disease. Local people are also very famous for their herbal bath. Drinking restoratives and having a herbal bath helps pregnant women recuperate after giving birth. The ingredients for medicines are plentiful within their natural environment and there is a great variety, including herbs in the forest

            Participants are responsible for covering all costs associated with their travel to our place, along with visa, costs.

            Accommodation

            All participants will live in shared  rôm or private room with well equipped furnitures, strong wifi, clean toilet, hot water by wood fire boiling
            Locals and participants will prepare meals daily with meat and vegetarian options. 

            Participants will be housed in a space just close the mountain from our tea house. There are two bedrooms rooms available, as well as a traditional kitchen space, and shared washing and bathing facilities. 

            You should be aware before hand that this is a rather rustic setting (Please refer to these photos to get some idea of the space). During warmer seasons you should be prepared to see bugs around the yard (because they are friends), and other various forms of wildlife have been known to pass through on occasion throughout the year. During the winter it can get quite chilly, though you will be provided with good heating units for your room. We do ask that you help by keeping the space clean during your stay.

            Food & Beverages

            Food:

            Local foods in seasonal: Vietnamese food is considered one of the healthiest cuisines in the world and this is due in part to a balance of nutrients like carbohydrates, fat, protein, minerals, and water., f I were to use one word to describe our traditional food, it would be “balance”. Balance is important in different aspects of its food like taste, nutrients, and presentation, and it does so by paying attention to five elements per aspect.

            You will be noticed this Yin and Yang in Vietnamese food when you here

            Drinks: We drink filter water not very often. We drink tea everyday, any time of the day with green tea, fresh leaves tea and for no specific reason. 

            Drinking tea is a custom in our culture, called "Tea To Talk". 

            The art of tea drinking in Việt Nam is simple but elegant, with features that are hard to find anywhere else in the world.

            Drinking tea is a daily habit of Vietnamese, we must start a new day with some cups of tea in the morning to get more power for the whole day.

            But bottles of filter water will be available if you require!

            Internet Access

            Good access at the project site
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            What's NOT included?

            What's NOT included?

            Airport Pickup at Noi Bai International Airport

            An airport pickup isn't included within the program fees either.

            Flight Tickets

            The nearest airport is Noi Bai International Airport (HAN) in Hanoi. We assist you to find cheap flights to Vietnam. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

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            Details on arrival

            Arrive in Hanoi International Airport (HAN). Take taxi or public transportation into the city of Hanoi to arrive at Hanoi bus station. Take a bus from Hanoi to Ha Giang (6 hour ride). Obtain the phone number of the bus and send it to Mr. Tri Shan. He will call the bus driver to tell them how to bring you to Tea House of Baiyue Tribes. Every bus has their phone number on the front. Take a picture and send to Mr. Tri Shan on Whatsapp. Participant will spend a first night at our tea space in Ha Giang city

            First week of Program (Orientation Term) - Ha Giang loop tour, it is a very famous loop tour for travelers, through stunning mountain ranges, valleys, peaceful villages of hill tribes

            v  Oriented tour to familiarize participates with key geological, ecological, and cultural sites.

            v  Visit important landmarks and learn about the history and significance of the Dong Van Karst Plateau UNESCO Global Geopark, 

            v  Cultural Sensitivity Training:

            v  Workshops on cultural, socio-economy awareness and effective community engagement,  about tea, crafts, 

            v  Sessions on local customs, traditions, and etiquette.

            v  Tea presentation. Learn about the tea ceremony and tea product

            v  Participants can join our program throughout the year. We manage to work with four tea seasons per year to sustain livelihood jobs with locals

            Availability
            Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

            Program Fees

            $525 per week 1 - 4 weeks Age 18 - 50+

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            Duration

            1 - 4 weeks

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            Final Payment

            You’ll agree on the final payment method with your local organization during the application process. This final payment is only due closer to the start of your trip.

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