[Latest 2026] Tea for Vietnam Travel Souvenirs! Recommended Brands and Where to Buy

If you prefer tea over coffee and want to savor a tea you can only taste in Vietnam, why not choose Vietnamese tea as a souvenir?

This article focuses mainly on the Vietnamese tea brands you can buy and where to buy them.

Let's discover the appeal of Vietnamese tea and how to find the one that suits you.

Why Vietnamese tea is chosen as a souvenir

ベトナムは茶の生産・輸出国の一つですが、「世界第6位」は対象年、茶種、生産量か輸出量かで順位が変わります。順位だけで品質を判断せず、産地・製法・包装を見て選びます。In Vietnam, there's a custom of enjoying tea daily, and it's not unusual for restaurants to serve tea in place of water.

There are three main reasons Vietnamese tea is popular as a souvenir.

• Distinctive flavor

There are many fragrant teas rarely seen in Japan, such as lotus tea and artichoke tea, making for a souvenir with a special feel.

蓮やジャスミンの香り、緑茶の渋みは好みが分かれます。「日本人なら合う」と決めつけず、香りの強さと普段飲む茶種を基準にします。

The soft, gently spreading aroma soothes the heart—perfect not only for savoring slowly on your own but also for gatherings with others.

• A wide variety

From flavored teas to health teas, the range is broad, and its appeal is that you can easily choose to match the recipient's taste.

• High quality

Another reason for its popularity is that high-quality tea—not just the cheap teas circulating on the market—is easy to obtain. Tea leaves grown in highlands like Thai Nguyen and Da Lat are highly fragrant and prized for their quality.

• Price

スーパーのティーバッグから専門店の茶葉まで価格幅があります。円換算は為替で変わるため、内容量、1包当たり、VND表示で比較してください。ばらまき用は個包装と原材料表示も確認します。

Types and features of Vietnamese tea

Lotus tea

Green tea blended with lotus flowers is one of Vietnam's signature teas. Tea made with lotus flowers harvested from Hanoi's West Lake (Tay Ho) is considered the finest, sometimes fetching 20,000 to 30,000 yen per kilogram.

The finest grade is made by repeatedly layering the "flower core (stamens)," of which only a tiny amount can be taken from each lotus flower, onto the tea leaves to transfer the aroma. It's distinguished by a unique flavor: at first you feel the firm astringency characteristic of green tea, and afterward a faint sweetness spreads.

Meanwhile, the types you can easily buy at a supermarket often have their scent cleverly enhanced, giving them a flavor that's easy to drink daily. With a soft floral aroma and a green-tea base familiar to Japanese palates, they're very well received as souvenirs.

Green tea

Vietnam's green tea is famous for the leaves produced in Thai Nguyen Province, the "holy land of tea," about an hour and a half to two hours by car from Hanoi.

Whereas Japanese green tea is made through a "steaming" process, in Vietnam the mainstream is the "pan-firing method," in which the leaves are roasted all at once in a high-temperature pan. As a result, the aroma stands out and you feel a firm bitterness and astringency.

Jasmine tea

Jasmine tea is produced in cool highland areas such as Quang Nam and Bao Loc, made by transferring the scent of jasmine flowers to fragrant tea leaves.

ジャスミン茶は香りとすっきりした後味を楽しむお茶です。胃腸改善やリラックスを医薬品のように保証する表現は避け、緑茶ベースならカフェインを含む点も確認します。クセが少なく日本人にも馴染みやすいため、日常使いしやすいお土産としても人気があります。

Artichoke

Artichoke tea (Atiso tea) is a health tea that's a specialty of Da Lat, made by drying the flowers, leaves, and stems. Distinguished by a naturally faint sweetness, it's an easy-to-drink tea.

アーティチョーク茶は香ばしさやほのかな甘みを楽しむ飲料で、商品によって花・葉・茎、砂糖や香料の有無が違います。肝機能、脂質、むくみへの治療効果を期待して飲むものではありません。服薬中、妊娠・授乳中、持病がある人への贈答は、原材料を確認して本人に判断してもらいましょう。

Recommended Vietnamese tea brands you can buy at the supermarket

Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have large supermarkets such as Lotte Mart, Win Mart, and Aeon, and the tea section carries a surprising number of varieties. The advantages of buying at a supermarket are that it's easy to drop by during your stay and there's a large selection.

Here we introduce some of the representative Vietnamese tea brands you can buy at supermarkets.

Phuc Long

Phuc Long is one of Vietnam's most trusted tea brands. Beyond selling tea-bag tea, it runs a café chain across all of Vietnam.

It uses high-quality tea leaves while keeping prices affordable, and is beloved by locals and tourists alike.You can enjoy various leaf types such as black tea and peach tea, so it's handy even as a casual souvenir for yourself.

Cozy

Cozy is a popular brand you can easily buy at supermarkets too.It has a solid lineup of tea-bag types, with various flavors including lotus tea.価格や品ぞろえは店舗と時期で変わります。VNDの店頭価格、包数、個包装の有無を確認し、相手の好みに合う場合だけ選びましょう。

Vietnamese tea you can buy at specialty shops

If you're after high-quality tea, specialty shops and select shops are recommended.

専門店でも品質は商品ごとに異なります。価格や店の雰囲気だけで決めず、産地、製造者、製造日、茶種、香料の有無、保存状態を確認します。自分へのご褒美や大切な人へのお土産として、特別感のあるお茶を選びたい場合に最適です。

[Nationwide] Lang Farm

ランファームは茶、コーヒー、ドライフルーツなどを扱うブランドです。「オーガニック」は全商品共通と決めつけず、必要なら商品ごとの認証表示を確認します。店舗数や所在地は変わるため公式情報で確認してください。It handles a wide variety of products beyond tea, such as coffee and dried fruit—a convenient shop where you can gather Vietnam's main souvenirs all in one place.

For tea it carries a lot of artichoke, and products come in various forms such as liquid types and tea bags. Tasting is often available, so if you're unsure, try before you buy.