The Rise of China’s Middle Class Takes On Coffee
There is no denying it’s the booming economy that has driven the popularity of coffee in China up with the gross domestic product (GDP) reaching a stunning $12.405 trillion in…
Coffee Culture Boom In China Started With Starbucks
Coffee drinking has been known in China for over 120 years but the local Chinese consumption was primarily maintained by foreign nationals stationed in China up until the 1980s. And…
Coffee Imports by China Still Seen As Main Growth Indicator
Total coffee imports by China rose a stunning 29 percent to 2.0 million 60-kilogram bags in the recently completed 2013-14 marketing year from 1.545 million bags in the previous crop…
Fascinating History, China Started Producing Coffee Around 1887
Coffee growing was introduced to the provinces of Yunnan and Hainan around 1887, most historical accounts agree. A French missionary is believed to have brought the first coffee seedlings into…
Coffee Production in China Seen Approaching 1.4M Bags in 2014-15
Coffee cultivation was never made a priority in China and by 1965 the total cultivated areas was believed to be around 4,000 hectares. That area would quickly go into decline…
China Arabica Beans Pick Up Demand As Quality Improves
Exact data and statistics of the break-down of different types of coffees are not available from China, but local industry sources say Arabica coffee is by far where most of…
Coffee Quality In China Started To Improve With Nestle
China’s rise on the global coffee scene was started over 25 years ago when Swiss food giant Nestle started working with local growers in Yunnan province, improving both yields and…
New Coffee Plantings in China Led by Starbucks in Puer Region
It made global headlines when Starbucks last year announced it was going to get involved in coffee production with the first farm to be set up in China and it’s…
China’s Booming Coffee Culture Set To Use All Home Grown Beans
If every one of the 1.35 billion Chinese people would drink one cup of coffee per day the world coffee market would collapse … at least so go the popular…
MARKET INSIGHT: Dec Arabica Coffee Up 0.40 Cent At $1.88/Lb Oct 31 As Prices Stabilize In New $1.80-$2/Lb Range
OCT 31 (SpillingTheBeans)–Arabica coffee prices closed higher on Friday at the ICE exchange in New York, with futures settling the last week and month of October firmly within the new…