Explore the history of Chinese coffee spread

According to historical records, coffee trees were first planted in Taiwan in 1884, and coffee cultivation in mainland China began in Yunnan. In 1902, a French missionary named Tian introduced seeds from "Yingong" in Binchuan County, Yunnan Province. it was successfully planted in a place called Zhu Kula, a tributary of the Jinsha River.

The commercial cultivation of coffee in Yunnan began in 1985, but the development is slow. In 1995, the Yunnan provincial government formally put Yunnan coffee cultivation into the "18th" project, and coffee cultivation has developed rapidly, and now it has become the only raw material base for high-quality coffee in China, accounting for 95% of the country's total output.

In 1884, coffee was successfully grown in Taiwan.

In 1902, Chinese mainland successfully introduced and planted coffee in Binchuan, Yunnan Province.

In 1985, Yunnan Agricultural Reclamation began to grow coffee commercially.

In 1992, UNDP assisted China to build its first modern coffee processing plant, Yunnan Coffee Factory.

In 1995, the coffee industry was included in the innovative project of biological resources development in Yunnan.

In 2003, Yunnan became the only high-quality coffee raw material base in China.