An agrarian revolution of sorts is under way in the prefecture of Pu’er, source of the world famous Pu’er tea, located in the southwestern part of Yunnan province, bordering Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
With its warm, wet and mild weather, Yunnan is one of the few ideal places in the country to grow coffee.
Coffee production in Yunnan, which amounts to 90 per cent of the total output in China, is set to boom as the local government and Starbucks signed agreements early this month to jointly develop the industry.
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