Yunnan Coffee: China’s Coffee Country
Coffee came to Yunnan in 1904 and the province now grows about 98 percent of China’s beans. Where to visit, what to taste, and how to buy the good lots.
Coffee came to Yunnan in 1904 and the province now grows about 98 percent of China’s beans. Where to visit, what to taste, and how to buy the good lots.
Shanghai is the world’s coffee capital by shop count. Where to drink in the French Concession and on the Bund, what to order, and what a cup costs in 2026.
The Chinese coffee roasters and chains worth knowing, from Yunnan’s farms to Luckin, Manner, Seesaw, Metal Hands, and Soloist, plus what to buy at each.
Coffee in China, explained for visitors: the chains, the independent roasters, what to order, what a cup costs, and how to pay with your phone in 2026.
Where to drink Beijing coffee, neighborhood by neighborhood: Wudaoying, Yangmeizhu Xiejie, Sanlitun, and 798, with roasters, prices, and ordering tips.
How China’s coffee culture grew from tea country to Shanghai roasters, with the best neighborhoods to sip in, what a cup costs in 2026, and where the beans grow