Lam Dong Province


Lam Dong's typical products

Tea

Tea growing and processing professions in Dalat were formed very early (from 1927) at the Cau Dat (Xuan Truong) at an altitude of 1,600m, because climate and soil conditions were suitable for tea development.

Main products were artichokes tea bags, soluble tea, powder tea; Ha Thu O herbal tea bags, Sweet Grass, Bitter Melon, Linh Chi, Noni, Seaweed, Heat of Lotus,... especially herbal tea, artichokes and coffee bags.

These products had high quality, luxurious, convenient, easy to use, in accordance with modern life and good for health. Each tea had its practical uses.


Coffee

Coffee began to be grown in Da Lat in the 1930s and then expanded in many agricultural areas. in 2006, Da Lat had about 3,500 ha of coffee concentrated in three communes Xuan Truong, Xuan Tho and Ta Nung., Da Lat was estimated to harvest about 10,000 tons of coffee beans each year.

There are many coffee roasting and grinding foundations and tea processing foundations as Ich Vinh, Song Long, Thai Bao of Quang Thai Limited Company.


Wine

Dalat wine enterprise established in 1979 was the state - owned enterprise operating in the field of beverage processing. Dalat wine enterprise produced many kinds of wine, vine wine, plum wine, strawberry wine,... the average output per year was some dozens of thousand liters.

Dalat claret wine processing factory is located at 31 Ngo Van So, Dalat City, the processing capacity is 2 million liters/year with European technology. The main products are Dalat claret wine, Dalat wine, the strong liquors, the processed products from specialty fruits in Dalat


Fresh fruit

Dalat is also well known for its various agricultural specialties. Everything from artichokes, coffee, and strawberries to tropical fruit. Along with the formation and development of Da Lat, fruit growing asserted gradually its position in the local economy. Strawberry, pink, plum, peach,... became the specialty of Dalat fruit.


Dried candied fruits

Demand of consumption for visitors were various so Da Lat people also had a new profession that was processing fruit specialties into wine, jam, syrup, candy and other products.

Besides traditional products such as strawberry jam, plum jam, peach jam, strawberry wine... currently in Dalat, about 80 households specialize in processing and producing commodities such as jam mango, tamarind, switches, white beans, tomatoes, cherry, kiwi, assorted pickled sauces, soft sweet potatoes, ginger sweet potatoes,... The package is also various, convenient, and has more artistic shows.



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