More than 20 km from the center of Da Lat City (Lam Dong), located at an altitude of 1,650 m above sea level, on the basis of the oldest tea factory in Southeast Asia, Cau Dat Tea Museum is a special art destination for tourists visiting Da Lat.
Cau Dat Tea House was previously built by the French in 1929. Currently, the Cau Dat Tea Museum is not only a restoration of old and at-risk houses but also a place to store memories of the history and long-standing tea making experience of local people.
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The highlight of the museum is the art installation using space, sound, and light, making the museum a work of art, creating an effect on visitors.
With 6 rooms with different decorations and art displays, the space, tea making processes, craft stories and enjoy cups of tea made by the artisans here.
Rooms 1 and 3 are the display area for tea making tools.
With the mindset of always wanting to preserve all the historical values and traces of the 100 years of establishment and development of Vietnam's tea industry, all tools and production lines are almost intact and fully assembled here. Through this, a whole tea production process will appear in your head that will overwhelm you.
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The most unique is room 3 with an art installation combined with sunlight that is not only highly artistic but also inspiring. On the floor are 100 tea blocks made up of 350kg of Cau Dat Farm tea divided into separate areas, the three typical teas here are reproduced in the most vivid way.
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Room No. 2 is like a historical box. Here, the tea-making items are laid out simply but emotionally. The machines that stretch the dust of time carry their own historical story, which is a testament to the history of the brilliant development of Cau Dat - Da Lat ancient tea.
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Room 4: Tea Maker
When it was owned by the French, the tea after it was processed would be stored in this warehouse. Today, artists have reused those same windows to weave the story of the ancient tea maker: the subtlety of the fingers, the way to listen to the scent, the feeling when each tea leaf is dried,...
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Room 5: Looking out at the world
Room 5 is a special space of future stories, exploring the history of tea in the world and how Vietnamese people make a name for themselves in their national tea.
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By using art to create a lively space through films, documents, images, and artifacts, Cau Dat Tea Museum has recreated the history, people, tea processing process as well as Cau Dat tea branded products.
Photo: Cau Dat Farm
Outside the Cau Dat Museum, there is also a small tea shop for you to directly experience the taste of Da Lat specialty tea or simply a space to rest after a long tour. At Cau Dat Farm ancient tea factory, tea is the culture, the life of each person and is brewed with the enthusiasm of true artisans, full of stories, quintessence, breath of nature and history. When you come here, you must try the shop's signature black tea and green tea.
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Not only is it an interesting destination for tourists to visit and experience and learn about the history of development, tea making techniques, tea cultivation, the museum is contributing to preserving, displaying and preserving the historical values of Cau Dat tea hill.
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