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The earliest Coffee planting sites in China an introduction to the Coffee Farm production areas in Yunnan

Published: 2026-08-25 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/25, An introduction to the development of China's coffee industry the starting point of the development of China's coffee industry low coffee has not been planted in China for a short time, but Chinese people have not had a long history of drinking coffee (except Shanghai). Up to now, it is mainly instant coffee. Comparatively speaking, Chinese people almost completely lack common sense about coffee. As a result,

The development of China's coffee industry-- the starting point of the development of China's coffee industry low coffee has been planted in China for a long time, but Chinese people have not had a long history of drinking coffee (except Shanghai). Up to now, it is mainly instant coffee. Comparatively speaking, Chinese people almost completely lack common sense about coffee. As a result, there will be a lot of completely unreasonable practices in coffee shops in China. Among them, it is greatly influenced by Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, and even Europe. Few people take coffee seriously either in terms of its taste, quality or production techniques. Chinese baristas are rarely able to design a set of coffee beverage business projects on their own, almost all of them copy. Less able to design a complete set of raw materials, equipment and personnel training system work. There was once an Italian-branded coffee shop, from equipment to coffee from an Italian company with a long history. However, operators have never taken coffee production technology seriously, only importing coffee equipment and beans from Italy, and finding ordinary coffee makers to make coffee in stores in China. Perhaps they did not understand the relationship between coffee taste and production technology, which led to the failure of the coffee shop. There are many similar examples, and even many of them still do not understand the reasons for their failure. Many domestic people's basic understanding of coffee is bitter and astringent, so many people think that the more bitter it is, the more like Italian coffee.

Yunnan is located in the southwest of China, with more than 400000 mu of land in the subtropics, of which the most suitable land area for coffee growth is about 250000 mu, accounting for 21% of the province's land area. Among them, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Baoshan, Lincang, Dehong and other areas are about 6-1200 meters above sea level, the annual average temperature is 18-20 °C, the extreme minimum temperature is above 0 °C, the annual precipitation exceeds 1000mm, and the soil pH is 6-6.5. it is very suitable for the growth of Arabica small grain coffee bean (Coffea Arabica) [Green Arabica Coffee Bean]. Hainan Island is located in the tropics, with a humid climate all the year round, with a land area of 34000 square kilometers and a coastal plain of about 2 pictures. it is an ideal growing environment for coffee beans [Coffea Robusta] in Robusta.

As China becomes richer, coffee culture is springing up in the land of tea drinkers.

Coffee consumption is growing at an astonishing 15% a year, compared with the global average of 2%, according to the London-based International Coffee Organization. This partly stems from the reality that China's starting point is relatively low. The average Chinese drink only three cups of coffee a year, compared with 500 to 700 cups for Americans. However, because of the size of the Chinese market, analysts see great potential.

The rise of coffee in China is due to the spread of western coffee culture. An international brand opened its first coffee shop in China 10 years ago and now has 390. Young white-collar workers like to find a quiet place to read or hang out with friends. The manager thinks that the environment there is an ideal place to do business. "it's a good place to sit down and talk," said du Yuan, 25, who works for a consulting firm in Beijing. " He goes to the coffee shop two or three times a month.

Local entrepreneurs have also joined the competition. Qi Ming, a lecturer at a university who opened his own coffee shop two years ago, said: "many Westerners like to drink pure black coffee. But coffee lovers here are not used to the bitterness. They prefer cappuccinos and lattes. " Westerners like to drink in the morning, but many Chinese like to have a refreshing drink in the afternoon or evening. But the price of 20 to 30 yuan a cup is still higher than most Chinese can usually afford. "if you want coffee to be more popular in China, the price is a little lower," du said.

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