Vietnamese tea from my experience can be marked almost anything. I have yet
to taste one that would be worth detailed investigation.
I like very much Chinese Lotus tea with actual lotus flowers but couple of
Vietnamese ones I bought were to perfumy for me.

Sasha.


"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
> Okay, I have a package of lotus tea. It's marked in big letters
> on the front "DAN TRA HOA SEN" which does mean Hoa Sen brand
> lotus tea, and it has a picture of a lotus on the front.
>
> It also has some analytical info on the bottom that I cannot
> read:
> Chi tieu chat luong TCNV 1455-93
> Ham luong chat tan >= 34%
> Ham luong tanin >= 20%
> Do am <= 7.5%
>
> According to the package, it's sold by www.hoasentea.com in tran phu.
>
> BUT, the interesting part comes with the English ingredients again:
>
> INGREDIENTS: Green tea, Jasmine Flavor, Gandy, Natural again,
> Natural Herb flavor.
>
> Does anyone have any explanation for all of these different lotus teas
> being sold as "Jasmine" in the US?
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."