The history of coffee development human beings have known coffee ever since.

About 500 AD

African shepherds found strange coffee fruits on the plateau

Human beings have known coffee ever since.

About 525-575 AD

Coffee trees began to be planted in Arabian Peninsula

And use coffee as medicinal and religious feed.

1554 AD

Coffee was introduced into Europe from Venice, Italy

The colorful European coffee culture began to be born.

1616 AD

Coffee will be transmitted from the port of Mocha to Holland.

Give the Netherlands the upper hand in the coffee trade competition

1620 AD

Coffee spread to North America from the European merchant fleet

1650 AD

The first coffee shop was born in Oxford, England.

Then the famous Lloyds Insurance Company was born in a London cafe.

1658 AD

The Dutch began to grow a variety of coffee in Ceylon in Asia.

Coffee introduced into Asia

1683 AD

The first cafe in Vienna, the music capital, was born.

1723 AD

French naval officer de Klee

Went through a lot of hard work to bring coffee saplings to Martinique in America

1727 A.D.

Coffee plantation established in Brazil

This has established Brazil's position in the world coffee industry.

1825 AD

Coffee seeds from Brazil were brought to Hawaii

That's the only real American coffee.-Kona Coffee.

1887 AD

The French established a colony in Vietnam

At the same time, a coffee plantation was established.

1888 AD

When the French were building a railway from Hanoi to Kunming, Vietnam

Also brought the cafe to China.

That's the earliest cafe in China.

Circa 1891 AD

French missionaries introduced coffee trees from Vietnam to Yunnan, China.

Coffee trees began to take root in Chinese mainland.

Later, overseas Chinese planted in Hainan, Guangdong and Guangdong.

1930 AD

Cafes appear one after another in Shanghai Shili Ocean Market.

1988 AD

Instant coffee giant Nestl é enters Chinese mainland market

And set up a factory in Dongguan for production.

Coffee is becoming popular in the mainland.

Today

Coffee is one of the three biggest drinks in the world.

People drink more than 400 billion cups of coffee every year

Chinese mainland consumes 50 million kilograms of coffee every year.

The annual consumption of the mainland is growing at a rate of 20%.

Yunnan coffee beans have entered the Starbucks purchasing system.