Why Lincang Coffee Should Go Premium Like Colombia

Published: Oct 05, 2026 Author: World Gafei Last Updated: Oct/05/2026 90 views

Colombia’s former president advised Lincang to focus on specialty coffee. Here’s why the Chinese region should follow Colombia’s high-quality model.

Lincang, a once-obscure city in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, now finds itself at a crossroads: become just another mass-market coffee grower—or aim for the premium tier. That’s the message brought by a surprising visitor: Andrés Pastrana, former President of Colombia, who spent three days in Lincang evaluating its coffee potential. His advice? Skip the low-value commodity route and build a high-end, quality-driven coffee industry.

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