Chinese coffee fetches $189/lb. at auction - Page 2

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#11: Post by EspressoForge »

Pu-erh is a famous tea, and is one of the most expensive teas. But really the main reason is because it's fermented, pressed into cakes, wrapped in paper, and then aged. So older teas that have been properly stored can fetch quite high prices. It's also a popular gift for Chinese (any kind of tea really, but especially a pu-erh cake).

I'd be interested to see if other regions like the mentioned Yunnan, or maybe WuYi would start growing and making coffee available to the west. China definitely has some great soil and processing methods for tea that would likely translate to coffee well. And I think if tea survives, coffee would as well...but as to how productive it would be I'm not sure. Especially when they already have a market for likely a full planted area of heirloom tea shrubs.

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