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Tea-picking girls of the Lahu nationality in Yunnan's main Pu'er tea producing area, Qianhai County, pick Rain Water tea. (Xinhua News Agency data photo)

Coffee grown by coffee farmers in Pu'er City, Yunnan Province. (file photo of China News Service)

The contestants of "Chinese Pu'er Coffee Cup" use siphon pots to make coffee during the competition. (Xinhua News Agency data photo)

In addition to traditional tea, coffee has made great strides into the mainland beverage market in recent years. By the end of 2016, the planting area of coffee in the mainland exceeded 1.8 million mu, with a total output of 140000 tons, accounting for 1.5 per cent of the world's total output. Coffee used to be grown mainly in Hainan Island, but now the largest growing area is in Yunnan Province, with a total output of 139000 tons, accounting for more than 99 percent of the country's total. Pu'er City, a famous producing area of Pu'er tea in Yunnan Province, has created the brand of "Pu'er Coffee".

More than 70 countries around the world produce coffee, and China is one of the 21 countries and regions that produce more than 100000 tons of coffee. In the mainland, coffee cultivation is concentrated in Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Hainan Province used to be the largest producer of coffee in the mainland, with a peak of more than 200,000 mu, but now it has less than 10,000 mu.

The first place of origin accounts for more than 99% of Lu.

Yunnan, which has replaced Hainan as the first producing area, has geographical and climatic conditions suitable for coffee growth. "the total planting area of coffee is as high as 1.8 million mu, with a total output of 139000 tons, accounting for more than 99% of the country's total." Chen Zhenjia, a doctor from the China Coffee Engineering Research Center, said that the development of "Yunka" determines the status of Chinese coffee in the world.

Among Yunnan coffee, the most famous "Simao small seed Coffee" in Pu'er City, namely "Pu'er Coffee". Pu'er coffee has a history of one hundred years. It began to be cultivated at the end of the 19th century and developed into industrialization in 1988. Now the planting area of coffee in the city has reached 767000 mu, making it the main coffee producing area and coffee trade distribution center with the largest planting area, the highest yield and the best quality in the mainland.

Pu'er Rong is known as the "coffee capital of China". In addition to becoming the main producing area of Chinese coffee, Pu'er coffee is also exported to more than 30 countries and regions, including the Americas, Europe and Asia, creating a new "black gold" market.

The siphon pot competition has achieved good results for many times.

The "Chinese Pu'er Coffee Cup" World siphon Pot Competition, which has been held for five consecutive years, just ended a few days ago. in addition to coffee practitioners, there are also many laymen, including stewardesses, teachers, students, and so on. Among them, contestant Wang Xin served as deputy leader of the Chinese team in 2016, representing China in the World siphon Pot Competition in Seoul, South Korea.

Wang Xin said that in the future, the Chinese siphon pot team must be the most powerful, "because our Pu'er coffee cup world siphon pot competition has been sowing seeds for five years, and we are not far from a breakthrough." In addition, there is the celebrity effect. Mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi praised Pu'er coffee. "I'm not exaggerating this coffee. It's the best coffee I've ever had all over the world."

Xiaoling Tong Pu'er City

Formerly known as Simao City, it was once an important post station on the "Ancient Tea-Horse Road". In 2007, with the approval of the State Council of the mainland, the Yunnan provincial government officially changed its name to Pu'er City. Affected by the subtropical monsoon climate, most areas are frost-free all the year round. It is not only one of the important producing areas of famous Pu'er tea, but also one of the largest tea-producing areas in China.