Guangxi Coffee Explained: China’s Emerging High-Altitude Coffee Origin Beyond Yunnan
Not long ago, while scrolling through Weibo, I came across a post saying that Guangxi has started growing its own coffee . That immediately caught my attention and genuinely surprised me. Curious, I decided to dig deeper and share what I found with you. From a coffee perspective, China is actually a rather unique country. It has a complete coffee supply chain —from cultivation and roasting to distribution and consumption. China is both a coffee-producing nation and a coffee-consuming one. When people talk about Chinese coffee, Yunnan naturally comes to mind as the most well-known producing region. Over the past few years, we’ve all witnessed the remarkable transformation of Yunnan coffee. It has moved from being primarily bulk-purchased for instant coffee to embracing a mature specialty coffee path. Today, even traditionally processed Yunnan Catimor can offer a clean and pleasant cup profile, and varieties like Yunnan Geisha have also emerged, bringing greater diversity. These...