......On July 23, the 8th China-South Asia Expo opened in Kunming, Yunnan, and the Coffee Industry Pavilion debuted as a single product professional pavilion at the South China Expo, with more than 160 exhibitors. In the exhibition area of more than 4,000 square meters, there are not only intelligent robots that automatically make latte art coffee, fashion items made of coffee grounds and textile yarns, but also coffee distribution booths from major coffee producing areas in Yunnan and the world's main coffee producing areas, where visitors can taste high-quality coffee from all over the world and appreciate the unique charm of coffee culture.
Yunnan coffee is not to see the world, but to see yourself
Walking into Hall 13, the rich aroma of coffee wafted in, all kinds of coffee brands are dazzling, as the largest "star pavilion" of this South China Expo, some of the debut coffee products, such as: Ganoderma lucidum coffee, black truffle coffee, coffee boiled brown sugar eggs, etc., have attracted countless audiences to watch and taste. Among them, the most popular is the specialty delicacy - boiled eggs in coffee.
"This is the first time we have made a coffee boiled egg at the South China Expo, and everyone is very curious, and more than 100 visitors came to taste it at the end of the day, and the feedback is not bad." Lv Wenmin, the relevant person in charge of Yunnan Lichun Freeze-Dried Food Co., Ltd., introduced that coffee boiled eggs can be made in a variety of ways, including coffee egg custard, coffee stewed eggs and Yunnan's characteristic "egg coffee". Among them, egg coffee is a unique cooking method for Dai residents. Green coffee beans are sautéed, hand-ground into powder, hand-strained and then placed in a pot and boiled with an egg. Finally, put fresh walnuts and brown sugar in a bowl, and pour the boiled coffee poached eggs to perfectly combine the mellow aroma of coffee, the silkiness of eggs, and the sweetness of brown sugar. Lu Wenmin said that this delicacy has been in the Dai culture for 45 years, and he hopes that through the platform of the South China Expo, people can learn more about the traditional culture of coffee, and also hope to attract more people to pay attention to Yunnan coffee through the traditional culture of traditional characteristics.
In recent years, Yunnan has promoted the large-scale and high-end development of the coffee industry and enhanced the competitiveness of the "Yunnan Coffee" brand by improving industrial innovation, coffee quality rate, optimizing planting technology and promoting the integration of culture and tourism. As the main coffee producing area in China, many local enterprises have expressed their hope to take the platform of the South China Expo to show the charm of Yunnan coffee to the world.
"We came this time with four different coffee varieties. On the one hand, I hope to make some new friends, and on the other hand, I want to feel the atmosphere of Yunnan coffee. Of course, as a member of Baoshan, I also hope that this visit can represent the quality of Baoshan and let everyone feel the charm of Baoshan coffee. ”
Wang Dayong, general manager of Baoshan Peak No. 1 Manor Co., Ltd., told reporters that the coffee industry hall of the South China Expo could really feel the leap of Yunnan's coffee industry in recent years. "Yunnan coffee is not to see the world, but to see yourself, because Yunnan coffee is a scarce commodity and has an absolute advantage." Wang Dayong said that Yunnan coffee will definitely become an international scarce thing. First of all, in terms of variety, although Yunnan coffee is on the same starting line as the world, Yunnan has a unique climatic advantage; Secondly, Yunnan is backed by the world's largest and fastest growing Chinese market, and the proportion of Yunnan coffee in the Chinese market will not exceed 15%, which means that Yunnan coffee will become more and more scarce, and the high-end beans of Yunnan coffee will definitely become the first choice of coffee beans in international auctions.
In addition, as a provincial agricultural industrialization leading enterprise in Yunnan Province, Baoshan Zhongka Food Co., Ltd. also appeared at the South China Expo. Baoshan Zhongka Food Co., Ltd. is a full-chain comprehensive coffee enterprise from coffee planting to primary processing to terminal sales. The company has been involved in e-commerce sales channels for 16 years, and achieved sales of more than 200 million yuan last year, becoming the largest coffee bean e-commerce sales enterprise in China.
Yang Zhu, chairman of Baoshan Zhongka Food Co., Ltd., said: "We are from building an industrial development platform, to guaranteeing the elements, to leading enterprises to participate in competitions, to help enterprises publicize, in the development process of enterprises, Baoshan City has given great support. We hope that with the help of the platform of the South China Expo, the country's first small-grain coffee variety Yunka No. 1, as well as our industry's first nitrogen lock fresh coffee, will be promoted to the majority of merchants and consumers. ”
Discarded coffee grounds are integrated into intangible cultural heritage and become fashionable items in seconds
The popularity is bursting, and "wearing coffee on the body" is the only one in the brocade clothing exhibition area of Ximeng Wa Autonomous County. Chen Tao, the first secretary of Banmu Village, Ximeng County, was in full swing in the exhibition area, showing everyone the Wa cow head ornaments, brocade ties, scarves and other decorations with unique textures.
Chen Tao said Versailles: "I'm so surprised, I didn't expect it to be so hot." Within three hours we had already sold more than 600 orders, most of them pre-orders, and I'm not worried about not selling, but about not being able to supply them. Chen Tao introduced that these are used to decorate and tailor suits and ties, women's skirts and barista aprons, etc., and their textile raw materials are taken from coffee grounds, which are made into yarn by recycling coffee grounds from Yunnan small grains of coffee, and finally woven into Wa brocade.
Coffee grounds are most commonly disposed of as waste in landfills, which produce methane and contaminate soil and water sources. However, converting coffee grounds into yarn not only reduces coffee grounds pollution, but also makes coffee yarn with the characteristics of moisture absorption and perspiration, antibacterial, breathable, warm, lightweight, etc., and can be widely used in clothing, shoes, bedding, curtains, pillows, etc. At present, two farmer cooperatives in Ximeng County have developed Wa brocade made of coffee yarn into Wa brocade suit ties, women's formal wear, coffee aprons, scarves, shawls, dolls, pendants and other products.
"This morning, buyers in Beijing and Shanghai bought half of our barista apron inventory, and several other companies are interested in clothing and have reached a cooperation agreement with us." Chen Tao said that the local government cooperated with two companies in Shanghai and Jiangsu to extract effective substances from coffee grounds recovered in Yunnan through technology, and added a specific proportion of textile fibers to make yarns with the characteristics of moisture absorption, perspiration and breathability.
In addition, during the exhibition, Yan Xiangtai, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Yunnan Province, Na Yi and Na Ying, the representative inheritors of Pu'er City, also brought wonderful Wa song and dance performances on the spot, so that domestic and foreign audiences can experience the most original national cultural charm of Yunnan Wa Mountain while wearing coffee.
Coffee Robot Precision Production plans to provide at least 20,000 cups of coffee
In addition to coffee, the coffee machine with a sense of technology is also particularly eye-catching. Among them, at the booth of Yiding Coffee, a fully automatic coffee robot's flexible robotic arm quickly swings to accurately customize latte art styles and coffee categories for visitors.
Ding Zhi, the founder of Yiding Coffee, told reporters that through the multi-language operation interface on the touch screen, this robot can make 10 kinds of coffee such as American classics and espresso, and supports 7 kinds of latte art patterns such as customized swans, which can be done in less than 1 minute. He said that after tens of thousands of trainings, the key to the accurate production of latte art by the coffee robot lies in the domestic 8-axis precision mechanical arm it is equipped with. "At last year's Summer Universiade in Chengdu, this machine alone served nearly 100,000 cups of coffee to athletes and spectators. In this South China Expo, we plan to provide at least 20,000 cups of coffee. Ding Zhi said.
Yiding Coffee Manor will be selected as a specialty coffee estate in Yunnan Province in 2023, and the manor is located in Bingmour Village, Longyang District, Baoshan City. For 16 years, the founder, Ding Zhi, has focused on promoting Yunnan small grain coffee, and his dream is to bring specialty coffee at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain to the world. He said that the concept of Chinese coffee, from vague to concrete, although it will take a long time, but through the continuous cultivation of industrial soil, the construction and improvement of our own humanistic core, with the help of unique production areas, climate and variety advantages, through the efforts of several generations of coffee people, we will inevitably usher in a glorious era beyond history.
Source: Metropolis Times
All-media reporter: Zheng Rongxing
Intern: Yang Conghui
Editor: Jiang Lei
Review: Wang Haitao
Second trial: Zhong Ling
Final review: Peng Deguang