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Ladies and gentlemen, lotus is entering
its peak season and is the most worthwhile of the year. 

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And according to reporters' records,
from early morning, lotus growers were 

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present at the pond to harvest. 

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To have the best quality flowers,
farmers have to start work from when the 

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sky is not yet bright. 

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Soak in water for hours to harvest
flowers at the right time 

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Not only facing the innocent summer sun,
they also have to bear many 

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risks from erratic weather. 

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Or lotus seasons losing value 

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With Ms. Thu Thanh, a long-time lotus pond owner 

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Each lotus season is a journey full of
hardship but also contains love for the profession. 

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Those difficulties have motivated her to
persistently stick with the lotus pond. 

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Preserving and developing the family's
traditional craft for many years 

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This year's lotus season, thankfully, at
my pond, it is very early. 

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Currently, the technique we have is that
we can make lotus flowers, and in 

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February of the lunar calendar, there are already hyacinth lotus flowers. 

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Due to favorable weather as well as the
techniques of the soil makers as well as 

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the techniques of our care to ensure
that lotus plants develop 

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in the right season. 

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Well, this year my
pond bloomed very early. 

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However, because the weather is warm and
sunny early, the plant develops many 

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leaves, so the lotus flower is weaker. 

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This means that cotton production
this year will be low. 

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Currently, our pond harvests from 4 am
and at the latest at 6:30 am, it has all 

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reached the shore for small traders as
well as tea buyers to take 

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in the early morning. 

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Mainly hoping that the weather will
be less extreme. 

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Then the people will. 

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Not only lotus growers are present at
the pond very early, but lotus tea 

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artisans also take advantage of the
early morning to choose the best quality 

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lotus flowers for the virgin artisans. 

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Choosing lotus is an important step to
determine the aroma of tea. 

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And these cottons are cottons that are
used to marinate cotton tea, very standard, big 

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At the beginning of the season, the
lotus will be green like this 

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By mid-season it's flowers, this lotus
stem will gradually turn brown and gray. 

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Then these thick flower petals like
this, pale pink, have you 

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seen pale pink? 

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There, fragrance, very rich, sweet, rich
but sweet 

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Then we change the
standards, boringly rich