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Where is the earliest coffee growing place in China? where is the first manor area introduced?

Published: 2026-08-07 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/07, Where was the first coffee growing area in China? in the mid-1950s, the coffee planting area in Yunnan once reached 4000 hectares. Unfortunately, Sino-Soviet relations broke down after the 1960s, and 4000 mu of coffee plantations were artificially shelved or replanted with other crops. Until the end of the Cultural Revolution, Yunnan could only have the roadside of Yunnan-Burma Road or the courtyard of the farmhouse.

In the mid-1950s, the planting area of coffee in Yunnan once reached 4000 hectares. Unfortunately, Sino-Soviet relations broke down after the 1960s, and 4000 mu of coffee plantations were artificially shelved or replanted with other crops.

Until the end of the "Cultural Revolution", only the Yunnan Burma Road roadside, or farm courtyard, can still see the shadow of coffee trees. In the remote village of Jugula, 24 coffee trees planted by missionaries have been preserved for geographical reasons.

The coffee saplings have been sleeping quietly, waiting for those who wake them up.

In the late 1980s, a group of multinational groups settled in Yunnan and finally revived the cultivation of coffee in Yunnan. By the end of 1997, the planting area of coffee in Yunnan had reached 7800 hectares, accounting for 83% of the country's output. During this period, China's economy developed rapidly and gradually integrated into the global economic system. The little Yunnan coffee bean is a witness.

Yunnan has a unique flavor of coffee because of its unique geographical location and excellent climatic conditions. He has achieved good results in the World Coffee tasting for many times. Coffee connoisseur's evaluation is: strong but not bitter, fragrant but not strong. Many well-known foreign enterprises have purchased coffee raw materials in Yunnan. Where was coffee first grown in China, such as Nestle, i11y in Italy, UCC in Japan, and so on? According to historical materials, in 1902, a French missionary, a priest named Tian Deneng in Chinese, introduced coffee trees into a village called Zhu Kula in Binchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Province, and successfully planted them. Since then, coffee trees have been introduced to all parts of Yunnan, and have achieved great success. Therefore, the ancestor of Chinese coffee species is in Zhukula Village, but it is a pity that the local coffee production is getting less and less. however, coffee lovers will still go on a pilgrimage to many parts of our country, which are very close to Latin America, South America, India, Indonesia and other places, with congenital conditions for growing coffee, but traditional culture and living customs have restricted the development of coffee in China. Until recent years, as more coffee has entered the lives of ordinary Chinese people, and with the impact of foreign culture and way of life, coffee cultivation has gradually developed in China. At present, there are considerable coffee planting bases in Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other provinces in China, and some world-famous coffee companies, such as Maxwell, Nestl é, Colombia and so on, have set up branches in China. They not only sell coffee products to China, but also purchase coffee beans from coffee planting bases in China, which not only promotes coffee sales in China, but also promotes the development of coffee planting industry.

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