1. The study assessed wild tea resources found growing in forests in Hongsa Tea Mountain in Sayaboury Province, Laos. 2. Field surveys estimated about 30 hectares of tea resources in Ban Nam Kean village and 13 hectares in Ban Pakhouyang village. 3. A black tea processing trial was conducted in Ban Pakhouyang in October 2010 using autumn-picked tea leaves. The processed tea samples received positive feedback from cuppers but were considered inferior to tea processed from the spring pick due to lower leaf quality after drying.

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Hongsa Tea Mountain Study Report
Dr. Damronq Phomdouangsy
Mr SoLksadachan Souvanasn
February 2011
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2. Basen oD the May 2010
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sayabou y was rscsed by cuppers as th€ forn tea sample wth rhe qrealesr poretrl'a; Tll s sahp.
was preparcd ar a shade dried tea o ir a nldy orthe t€a Gsoure
n tbs arpa rid addito.a prftersinq tils rve.€ undeftaken. Ihis Epod slmmarGei nromratiol
gathcred ftom these pro.6ses.
neria adivty a$o.aled llth tea in llie sLudy arcai t€a is vild
trlhinv aqerore5lareas and is used to a nited eitent ror the prcdrction olnenq, a.b.wnq rda.
Given ths the study focu$ed on obla i nq a better appre.aton of a) the type or tea pdent, b) Ure
d C the qua iy or tea rolnd w rr!tr the area. rh r srudy is th0s
a. T* rsm.es found in the area rre t) mai.y fu y wrd round n mrrtpe smr po.kets raiqrq
in sze rrom a Tew hundred meters up to several ha's, 2) imired s.m dDmenicuon on od
b. Tobi ter areas $ere eslhaLcd to be about 30 ha n Ban Nam Kean and about r3 ha h Natr
Palhouyanq The curieit fresh
year lvh .h is .ur.nuy u5ed to produced I'lieng.
. rhe t* resourccs withn tris arca ar€ hadly u[:ed wirh sqni
co e.lion aid.u tivaron possibre
d wh e most Lca s wid llith n vr aqe forest ar€ar, eme parerns of,osfe6h D,arc rresent wth
rore5t ,esources adF.ert b rarmer lpand fieds aM gardens be ig .
hcrc menq is more wdey pronued.
protedlon of ther tea rcsourcei, but most Jre rou,d h rateEhed
varon is strcn9 y proh bled
J tere rrs b.er some ririted dooeni.ation tor nie g prcdtrdo
interEt in elpatuJino.utvation and errnnq iew tedrnques for rea ode$n(] 10 ake lea
prcd!.lion a more siqfir.adl iurc of in.ome.

3. Tre tea nounlan ntrdy
'i Hongsa yras uideftkef d r€.lry as a rc
samplesltasoEp€ienl5anareawheretea5notcurienttronm?r.rtyprodu.€dAssuchtljc
obre.t ve5 of the stldy n rronq5a llere rinit d to
a An asse$nrenl or the wird tea n pJkholyaiq i Hongsa
d strd .ove i9 rsource des$ptioi and quantir.atioi, i.ud nq octoi, eiieit of
rcsourcei dens ty of La rees and.onmu ry ac.cas.
b A$e5snrent or potental benefi.aries or tei se.ior deyetopmed
weath ptulle and tbe fit oT tea prcdudion srr elst q irctjhmd systems and qender
.. Ase$ment olany rormr
d. Und.tukiiqr bra.k t€a prc.es nq ra
Fo.us qoup dis.usois, and n deplh inteniew aDproa.hds wer
hctory and demoqrapby or viriaqe, povety sbtus/ tea resource
nanao€nent and contr., aid fam e eadeEhir aid tane6 Tra
forcst aid .utivation.reas arc eme r0 km ftom the Bai Nam Kca
Fuftrer data w3s qathered n these Lwo v aqes when rhe ldssibirty and de5qn 5rudy manager
undetook the bark tca pro@$ dq tria rhe.. in eary o.tober 2010 Durnq th5 time additona
iteNFws were held nith viraqc h?3ds and rurttEr roren t€J i te5 vis ted n Bai pdkhouyanq vrhe.e
trre spriis pi.k ofsampre 121was orsina y bJ'e5red
Iea.uppinq L?as.ondlded by bly Apr 2010 Tlr5 retu red n
sanpe12l prD.e$eda5arcuqhwhir.teathrouqhsradedrying benq dentifedashaviqhiqh
rotentia Th s t.a wJs des.ribed as
sna tr reaf, tendinq toward natrtra od.e'ed whir. ter tmk. but some ltokenj.
cDden, anrber to toasr brcrvn tD bi.L
Fowc./, fru ry, $veel son, wirh a h or mst tsr5 a uQri'0 r! omino a.d
very innEsrnq, rppeaE to have good pot.rtarfor sDe.ia ry t€a, good ba ar.e, wth
Ercllenll]eilLhy'kafirftie6ti.,DunD
cuppss rufrhs ndicte.ltrral lrl app.ared to have poteiriatror prc.es nq nto a ba.k rea. Assu.h,
forrowiiq rhe Aprr.uprirq add:lioir :;ipas @e qatherc. durnq the autlmn p,.k, aid a trand
proG$ed b a.ri t€ empes made at tlrc I te br one of rhe veiq:aidnr.t pro.e$ors.
Tbese altuDn pi.k sanpl.s Lverc then prov ded to a ranqe or 5pe.a srr va the pnsr ror cupp nq ard
reedback n6ub ol lhese.uppin aid in.tude borh postive aid
.oirment and r€rercn.cs s .onsdered reasoiaby iorma wth n
rl Bla.( t€a snpes verc rnder ordtred,
b) r,roELurc.ontentafterdry.grcmaiiedhshreltnqnarapddeterio€ronor.upquatityi
atier issues, r s vorth notnq that nre Apr 2010.trppnq was hed wirrir l
week of sanpl. pr..cs nq.nd.o om'nents beow werc bas€d on

4. 2.09 N, tolc 20 23 E in lhe nodh eastern .orner oT sayabolry
Prdjre hd s bod&ed b the no h and east by ihe Mekono. rhe dsvd E home to 41 ; aqe;
pea !G, s.sme, lobs tBE, Daper
The rLldy Llas undcftkei in
Kumbai. Th s Kunrban.ont.iis thrc. otherv a9.s 3rn ooie
with Pakho!yanq the fui(hen fron
r,rar, Btrn Nofg Ludnqi 3nd Bar r,taponq
h4 d i 6ra. tor15 dFi!;ru
fro'n Hoioja town Ac..ss to b.tr vitaqcj noosibev.
rluft b[ is more probenati. to pakhouyanq dmi.q the
wet season due to poor road ondions
Ndm Krne v aqe was estabrished in 1969 and 3s of 2ot0
.oisisG of 101 holsehods with popuston or 569 (235
rema€) pspe rhe vitaee homes ro lhr?e dstnd ethn.
qroups Khnu (47%), Prai{43oir, and La. Lolm rhe pra
iPd n Ban ua n, Ndn proln.e n
Iha and beto e refdlno
domeslrct.n of !v d rea llpes s
tftduona y p€dsed by the P.r .ooNns thmudh
pto.e$ nq ro a.h.winq tea or Meinn lrhdr has sin;e
been adopt.d by o0rer.thnc qrcups ii tbe
'iraqe
3botrr 25 km f0rurer ftom Nail
K€an, 2 houE drve drinq wer s
dr vldgeE m.vFd
houswdlJftmrtl]eg4t5te
Curcd , thc ! lrqp L home i^ 9c lolsehDds 564 peop.
r.d dPf.irfor some mont|E€acri y
(33%), and Lao viraqe rand rid
.omnun ty Torcsl was alo.ared wrh a rota and of20,r1o
lra beiiq a o.ated orwh.h 15,000 ha is rDre{ castr c6ps plantPd I Lrr!
'rqe
dbo r.0 dor o"do. t',o I
TEA REsouRcE assEssMENr
' o9" D, 'too od" " o' D
uprand rclds.6ven then r m eatshapeand5?e,thesewdand
'lone{.ated teas aG .dns dered rhesamevariehl
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' '"' id'. opp '' d", '0
"o .P. d lt
round n loose nan,i oT brtyJeen a f€w hundrcd Lo over d
ihou5andtreerp$ste Tea lrees do not donrinate thess ersaid

5. 5roundmredrvithothertreely)eswithnsma va ey noo6{thii fi,st class !6t€6hed aieas. Fed
3ve mu.h oLler den5it witb ony a 5 nq e tree or e$ The treet
pur. rbese lea rcso0rces are distributed aoig a nlmbe, of diffcrcf,
round be nq some 2-3 hr in etent oGred r0 rm froor the villaqe s re. A further site nas Tound 50ne
tca (thin this area t trnk orn Lo
dtea tlott of therr .a, be Lurd it ti.lr /m ant Hotr trpL"ns n llers d) aLad J, aI' ba tteet
in each. ollet ,aret IEE abot 1,a0a ta t4t in ar aretage .l I ha per z.re" rlr Tho rgsouk,
!d foudd n upind nerds urcd for ri.e or.ther.op pmdu.liof
these t€ trees are 6senta y prcse ed d0in9 th€ bush.0ttiq proce$ trlh no other management
uidertaken In 8ai Pakho0yaiq the stlatior s rin & with forest tea growirc along sma va ey
LaEer t?a tees are typ.ally mlltistemired, and arc sone 7 10 meter hiqh sased on chinese
ane at Gneltk tatEnts tfiet
rh5 tea M5 ve./ larqe leaves with t,e thrd ear beinq 5ome 1s cm
Ith n of erf enqth blt e not pro
or .olered i fiie hans.

6. REsouRcEAccEssAND CoNrRoL
Nhane zone abnut l0 Kn rion
tre v aqe stu In rafther areas, te er fore* tyDes n the valeys of
Lrte6hed
"reas
wthn whch shiftnq .utvatioi or rolqinq s noi permired co {roi of NIFP!
n.uding rea rv lhin the5e are3s is perm tted ird (nn
e arcas of tr d tea have r..entr b
!pand rie dr aid wth privatel ndrv
.orrect of riqhts then fo owod.ln other arcisr rnd p ol5 a oGted to indlvidG lruserrods ar updnd
fedr aso contair tea res.Lrces yritrr it benq oc y a..epred tha. adrer househod shourd ask
Dermssion tom the.wner beTorc.o e.lng fion su.h t&s lhese oc ly deveoped and a..eoted
se buyeEduftqthe pu efi boom o€idr
s io ndividua aamr €s fL th n rhe ra
occuired. owieBrr p s mtr.h.rearcr wher€ hDu5eholds have qathered seed or sead ings fton th.
fo,est and enabtsred a sma tea qa.don. wirhin 33n PakhDlyanq owneEh )remanstu yommura
an'l land a oaron Iras yer ro o..ur
Cha enqei to oG owneEhio rcma n tr rh perhaps th. mo{ sqn r'..nt threat be nq the rc oGtion ol
ronqsa qnite mne site ro Napoio v age, ttu.cnra
(urbai. This is elp4red to resu t he Klmbar arca with obvlous
implction5 for aid acce$ and potent a ry increased fdr<and forBn
over time, if the d tbat furtber mode5 for
.ommunity manaqen€fr of onrership noud d.ve op. ccl wo*inq n Nyot 0! D stri.i rero(iq th.r
nd vdua tree ownefh o has novJ deveoped at community eves The
AL^.k TEA PRo.FssrNG TRrar
A b:.k lea pro.e$inq tia fis mdetakeu in eJry November 2010 fion t,e autunn pi.k ed by a
ter processor fionr 8an (an! vi age Vienqray distid, HoGphai p
and sae scomdon.Thelria rvas3srD owrl
r Villaqers picked the tea eaves drhemodiiglnt eary n the aFrernooni
2 Fresh ba leave5 wereqraded, otrly l brd 2 eaves trere selerl€d, tlEsewere Lhe sDrcadii
a s iqre ay.ron upturned brmbm ba5kets,
forth ona banrboo bask€t for about 10 to 15 n nutes rvith med un o,e$u,e;
5 Ro led lea'es were t€d if a pa5ti. baq ror d lrercit time reiodr lor fen'entatioi to (.ur.
Three different tta 5 trere uideftaken rsi.q d Trercit fei,.eitation oerode of 40 ninules, s0 miiules,
.ed b€*quaity surdredn,ao.hasamDleswe€asom.denoil
rresh ear so!,ced rrcn both v aqe
rcslltng in rna I sanples oiy beiio
abe to be ptudu.ed there ra ged
frn 100300 qns or rinished tea
eacli. Famed{erc terested in tlre
tal Drc.e*, adiley paft.ioated a
.!ppcEshoWthJtthefermenhtonperiodsUscd

7. iked the stronq tane
consumption/sa.cpo$br..Th.slEded edimples prcduceddid not r.cve poslvefeedba.kin
d rcd codLrst lo the same rype of tea p,onlced tom the sprinq p.k. ThE is .oud lre be.alse or
PRODUCTION AND PRICE
.om, ch nese tradeF cme to Brn Nanrean and Pakholvanq n
Napoiq a€a ai{i panned to tea.h rd make siiroe 5undd.d rclqh
lea or raqur,g ,,.dna. Not lonq aft
ns had bee danaqed by a foren t e. Ter r.sou(es tr the area
lhe for6ttea feasb tlandd6qistudy nApr 2010.
Nam Kaie v aqere co e.t nesr te d o.tober Tor pro.e$ nq nlo
/r/€/19 Both younq aid od leale5 rrom the tea b.aidi.! aG p u.ked wth a P'ererci.e ror oder
thod rame6.rtniate a da y pi.k orsoire 20 kqs or rfe eaf is
village benq perhaos 2,000 Kqs cqu!aeit 10
pe aps 400kqs of pro.e$€d ka
Durng the ba.r Lea prc.en ig lla oiy shooland h{o top reJves werc requened non viaqe/s
rorerl lea Based oi thiscole.ton €
Ha! ir s esrnat€d tlrat poteitarf n is some 675 kq5 n B3n Nan
r,leaiand293kq5hPrkhouyriqwitha.onvsEon6Le.is:lriomte5heafiopro.e$edtea,tbs
a vollde of so'ne 135 kqs and 53 rqs r.rpe.lvey Be@use or
ths reoular picktrg, nroot pronu.tion is Lin, ted vr'ith r?qular pi.k ng Lesh eaf pmdudion !
eslmated lo be abe to rcach some 1,915 kqs pe, yca,, equvaent to r37 kqs puessed tea lf
ome uss 2,r2: Ihe.urcnt pi.k n
(l) rea eavesaM shoors arc mt r ole.tonlytomaker'leng
atrd th s iftequ ary.
(r) Farmef pckonl/ om the shorter, yD!nq., bushes rire,e the nunbP. of shootr:trd ei@.
(r) rEtola r€EredoBbysmal
'!ilh
a o'! d€is ty or tea trees in some zodes.
The oitiGlfa.tor for rhe e.ouomic or te. p6d!.lion at ho0sehold ev. s the Pi.kdq rate o. how
mary kLoli can be p.k€d pcr pcEon wo,kday. Plckiq €tes a,e Epodcd lo Gnge lrcm 3 20 kqsor
fre5h ear p.r day wrh rie+i la(e eaf p .es (ror oernq) with n the virage,epoden at [p 10,000/kg
This is sub*a alyhoherthanlrcsh€afprcespadinPhonqiy(rip2,0004,000)by.onnedal
t.3 proce$o6 and rclre.G llE substanta ly qfeiter abour Equndd fo, Tor€n tea.o Pdion
Tea vo utnes aid Di.klrq .oud b€ rapdY 3nd tubslanla y ncrcased thrcush lhe folo! rq
a trces an{r tlro5e dome*.nt€d thrctqh ainualprun iq,
b. ln lil pantiq or natlra y o.nrrnq s..d inqs vJith n loresl tea zores and ihe mdnageneni of
nevilaqeand mprov.dmanaqementof nr.rt'ees
9Eh approa.hB wor d, n th s o.aiio , have lhe added beiprt or r.d!. n9.on5 a{o.ited tth r.a
.o ..tion fd mienq as we o unier ror tea pe. se
6e tradtiona methods fo.

8. s approx. Kp 70,000 per day. Howevs denand s hqhly lnLed rdurinq lhe atEdven.s DrthE
rhe,e arc thrc. wsys ii wh.h tea or
buynq the frcsh eaves ror lo,ooo kiDs
mieiq by bamblo tube, with one rube
bas! (100!m)at oc viiaqe 5hops for
OPFOATUNITIES IND CHII I FNGF'
Mienq oroduced in Ban Nan Kean in Boiqsa d ndct
mierc E sod; 1) rhc hadeE .om
per kq oi 1,000 KDs pq bund€; or z) se ii<J the pde$ed
Fnhe d kp 10,000 d t rera hq
n Nap.nq area ln Honqsa disirict is largey lnkdolvn aid there ir potenla lo
ncr€se production signii-canty ir.car and reasDnaby 5tabe ma*ets were present village6 are
nterested to lean how to pmce$ oGl ma*et ses ard in exDandinq tea
.utivatiou r5upport vJas provided. rhe curenlabsen.e or a d.ar m
prinary reason why farmers rrrve not inc.eased rea dom€stication whie the prcrtr rron hieng
appea,good, the voumes taded ouEide Df the v laqe remain smalland are un k€ly to be abe to be
ThertrsVJlety
prod!.ed intercdnq, unu5ua and qood
'rua
ty
Ine a,ea has hgh evos or b'odveEity and
sone kiowedge dn tea domsti.aton er sc.
Fore{ tea wrde y d 5trrbuted but folnd maii y
substantia ea5 for .u tivation exat
w d tea has a stronq i.he w lh n the mao.b3
.ou d enable qe
have mited iy€lhood
not beei abe to reprodu.c rhe hth qla ty shade
tided sampes Dtia y qathered.
vo umes of wid o reded tea is very mited aid
.urenty nrufficienr
hdeaj i0 p.pudtci density
Hongsa ligi lf nino resefrlenent
oAFO is nterested i. suppod,ng the prote.tion or w d tea re5olrces not ea5t rs
the protected forest area ftey report bei g wi nq lo slppo/r a domesti.aton
bothv laqe5 LandsuitabiltymappnqG€ebeow)rortea.rrtivaton ndGtesthat

9. coidtons suitab e for ie:
.ftvaronrithth€vsitedv aqeswrhinthiizoneand
rcpresentiqthe bef aRas for tea culrivatod.
3a5ed on rcsurts rrom prce$ing tras and cuppinq!,
the intr nsi. qua ry of wird tea in thG area k orobabty
be{ d€r bed as of h qh potent al b
Prcd!.lion volunes a.€ curcntly v€ry dw maknq ful
do
'dqj
D o. a.r n o'0,
wthhoBehordsdqelyrelrntuponuplandshftns.ultivatoi.Quesrionsoverthequalityofrheroc
va ety are perhaps ben m tqated throush the panting or proven qood qua iry Lao typs as r€ta,
the o€ one.Ihemea appeaE wellsuited.b tea cuttivation.
Ir rinancinq were avairabe to devetop rh€ sector h th s area as a poved] redu.ton strategy the
followinq 4rateq ie! wo utd be recom mend ed l
q
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D' ."fo"r-o'or..1
d d a" "gc,c o-. .r Dtd ri,o d1o o^. p r
Barance this use of o.a hrerier wth rhe e;tab +mst or smaf houeehord tea qardere us ne 4omdq r'h,r'a d"G, o'do' t"eo.te,gom I per,o.",o,,,/
pa, rd cL Fd.e. n9o*1p'.o.qdl .L'.aro,,4iod. I
By 6iiq a mitme or bour ocl varieri.r, qood qua ty yunnan varetak atrd an.ient.ultivrted Lao
varierars rhe rsls a$ociat€d vrirh inr nsi. vartetat quatty wu be m ntmised. Ba$d !n resuts
ach eved, in rater yea6 focus on one or more of rheie type5 .an then be deve oped
li the +ort term trainins +ou d be providod t raD€re in shpte home proce$ n9 nerhods ror
prcduction of bla.k, qreen and ro son b enabe this.houtd a$
The develophentof buyn nkages is e$entiatbut ahead dr meannqtutand conneraly attractve
volums is diffi.u t to achieve.
Iniual, loGr saes of home prc.e$ed teas in Hdnqsa town and po$by sayabouly stroutd be
samp 5 of diff€rent ter5 produced and .ar nfomation on the witd source of sirh teas sholtd b€
Po,id.d to bL," .
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