China's coffee birthplace roasts beans as consumption surges 150 percent

French missionaries planted Arabica coffee trees in Yunnan's Zhukula village over a century ago, establishing China's coffee birthplace. Today, third-generation farmer Li Jinrong hand-roasts beans in oil drums while China's coffee consumption surges 150 percent over the past decade. The remote region now produces nearly all of China's coffee despite accounting for just three percent of global consumption.

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