This prefecture alone accounts for about 60% of the country's coffee production.
Pu'er is Yunnan's largest coffee-producing prefecture, accounting for 60% of China's total production on its own. Menglian county, within Pu'er, is one of Yunnan's main coffee areas and the home of Mangzhang Farms, where grower Hu Xixiang was among the early adopters of dedicated specialty farming around 2009.
Field notes
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Pu'er city was called Simao from 1950 until it took the Pu'er name in 2007, and a Yunnan Coffee Exchange opened there in January 2016.
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Nestlé turned its attention to Pu'er for coffee in 1988, a University of British Columbia case study says.
Within Pu'er
Sources · 4 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-11. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Coffee production in China · Wikipedia
- Pu'er City · Wikipedia
- History and development of coffee plantations in Yunnan Province, China: an assessment · University of British Columbia (student case study)
- Exploring the Chinese coffee supply chain · Perfect Daily Grind