A COFFEE BOOM IN YUNNAN

Beijing Review recently went to the city of pu’er in southwest China’s Yunnan province and a coffee plantation in the mountains nearby for a close-up look at China’s fast-developing coffee industry. Below are more photos of that trip:

COFFEE TREE LADDER: Coffee trees are planted in the terraced fields

STACKING THEM UP: A worker delivers goods at an Aini Coffee storage facility

(All photos by Wei Yao)

MAGIC BEANS: A coffee farmer holds ripe coffee beans in his hands in Pu’er

VISITORS: A local family shops for roasted coffee at an Aini compound

BEANS ON DISPLAY: Different types of roasted coffee beans are on display in a factory belonging to Yunnan-based Aini Coffee