Vietnamese "jasmine" tea (new acquisition)

I've got a compound Chinese character on one of my Vietnamese boxes which I think is a locale in Vietnam. I know the locale in Vietnamese but can't absolutely be sure the two are the same.

Jim

PS I couldn't f> No idea.

However, I have a box of tea which says "JASMINE TEA" on it in English, but it says "Tra Sen Co Do Hue" in Vietnamese, and the contents are very clearly lotus tea.

There is a lot of this kind of thing showing up in the US.

--scott

Michael Plant wrote: OK, so you have answered a very important question: It is not the custom in Viet Nam to use the phrase "jasmine tea" to mean that the natural tea has a flowery aroma and taste; you use it to mean precisely that it contains jasmine flower or the essence of jasmine flower. Thanks for clarifying that.

---------- There're some misunderstands here, i think. In our country, Jasmine Tea (or Chè Nhài), Lotus Tea (Chè sen) are types of natural tea is procecced with these flowers to have specified aroma, and they are different.

------------------ Mr Scott Dorsey I have a question for you, when you read the box with label: Jasmine Tea, which type of type you will think in it, according to your custom. If there is any different between your custom and ours, i will try to notice the exporter. Some companies use english without caring the custom of the country where their products will be exported, i think. You can help us by provide the Name and Address of company in your box, i will give them a sugguest about this problem. And hope that will be appreciated to improve our export. Thank you verymuch on behalf of them.

------------------------------------------------- Vietnam Custom -

The one that I have on my desk here was imported by New Japan International at 4560 Worth Street in Los Angeles. It also says "Hu'o'ng Vi Ha~o Ha.ng'" underneath that. Sorry, I have no accents on this 1978-vintage DEC terminal.

I have seen this on a couple other boxes of tra sen, however, from other vendors. Maybe it is an attempt to get it through customs more easily?

--scott