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Coffee
From bean to cup, we look at all aspects of the global coffee industry, taking in crops, stocks, cafes and more.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
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Coffee is most often consumed as a drink, but coffee beans also work great as a seasoning. Here is how to use them to flavour everything from vodka to ice cream to red-eye gravy. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Coffee isn’t just a drink. How to use the beans as a seasoning

Beyond brews, coffee beans can be used to season sweet and savoury foods and even alcohol. Here’s how to use them in ganache, gravy and more.

New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from a quiet coffee shop to Yunnan cuisine

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Mouthing Off | Want the best coffee in the morning? Improve your brew from the grounds up

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Seaside and sunshine: Sai Kung offers fertile grounds for independent cafes

Sai Kung’s sleepy seaside vibe has made it a popular spot for independently run cafes serving up good coffee and a dose of community.

Arm Coffee in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, serves a delicious brunch. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

5 new Hong Kong coffee shops to snuggle down at in December 2025

From a soothing space with books and cake to a Korean-style cafe and new branches of popular hang-outs, these cafes offer coffee and comfort.

Trending in China

Cockroach coffee: China museum assures drinkers that US$6 insect brew is safe

Bug-themed venue in capital city offers visitors range of caffeine boosts laced with yellow mealworms, digestive juices of carnivorous plant.

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Yum China

KFC, Pizza Hut operator Yum China pushes rapid expansion into lower-tier cities

The initiative is expected to increase the fast-food operator’s total number of mainland China stores to 30,000 by 2030.

A Pizza Hut store in Jinan, Shandong province. Photo: Handout
Donald Trump

Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee and other foods, in inflation U-turn

The move marks a sharp reversal from the US president, who has insisted that his import duties are not fuelling higher grocery prices.

Food and Drinks

From chains to viral cafes, Shanghai is a city that loves coffee a latte

Artisanal brews, lattes in naan cups, experimental flavours – Shanghai’s coffee culture makes the city a must-explore for caffeine lovers.

Food and Drinks

5 new Hong Kong coffee shops worth a double shot in November

These 5 coffee shops offer elegance, industrial chic and minimalism – one, opened by a champion barista, has a stunning, churchlike interior.

PMQ’s Coffee Agenda will take place between October 31 and November 2, 2025, in Central on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Coffee Agenda
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Video | Inclusive philosophy brews up success for Toko Kopi Tuku

Founder’s vision to offer high-quality coffee at affordable prices and put money back into communities has resonated with Indonesians.

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New Openings

The buzziest new places in Hong Kong, from Zozzona to Bistro Hoi An

Enjoy a slice of The Controversial at Emmer Pizzeria, or grab a coffee eggnog at Hong Kong airport’s new Urban Coffee Roaster.

China-Latin America relations

China envoy vows deeper Brazil ties, denounces US ‘jungle’ law in tariff showdown

Ambassador slams ‘some major powers, obsessed with power supremacy’, and calls Beijing’s ties with Brazil ‘a model for the Global South’.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s fashion retailers look to cafes to restore chicness to their brands

Retailers from Uniqlo to Dior use cafes as a marketing tool to reconnect with young consumers.

Uniqlo started offering customers coffee last year. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

5 new Hong Kong coffee shops to visit in October, such as a pet-friendly cafe

From a pet-friendly spot in Causeway Bay to a stationery shop collab at the airport, here are some spots to get your caffeine fix this month.

Here are some spots to get your caffeine fix this month. Photo: Shutterstock
China exports

Yunnan, China’s coffee capital, grinds out exports to meet global demand

The southwestern province is logging massive coffee exports in 2025 as bean prices go up and orders come in from more than 30 countries.

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On the Menu | Hey, digital nomads – coffee shops are not your personal office

Coffee shops are great third spaces, but one filled with people on laptops nursing the dregs of a drink for hours is miserable for owners.

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Trending in China

China’s Yunnan cafe launches unique latte made from prized mushrooms for US$3 a cup

Detractors describe specially blended caffeine drink as ‘a waste of good food’ while others say it is simply ‘delicious’.

A coffee shop in China has launched a penny bun mushroom latte, made from a rare mushroom and priced at US$3 a cup. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/RedNote
China’s private sector

Imports from China account for more than 5 million Brazilian jobs, study says

Export-related jobs described as higher-paying, but imports’ impact deeper, report says.

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What’s behind Asia’s new obsession with cafe parties?

As the region’s nightlife reinvents itself in a post-pandemic world, a new wave of social events – sober and sun-drenched – has emerged.

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5 new Hong Kong coffee shops to visit in September 2025

New cafes this month include a popular chain’s branch at Hong Kong International Airport and two cult coffee shops’ relocations.

Kactus Koffee has opened its second location in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Instagram/slowmo.chi
China-Africa relations

Booming coffee class and zero-tariff policy drive China’s push for African beans

Africa’s coffee exports to China grew 70.4 per cent in the first quarter, with more deals expected to satisfy the discerning middle class.

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In China, a growing middle class has led to a boom in coffee sales. In the traditional tea-growing Puer area, in China’s southwest Yunnan province, a staff member pours coffee for guests at the Xiaowazi, or Little Hollow, coffee plantation. Photo: AFP
Brazil

China opens door to Brazilian coffee as US slaps on new tariff

Move is expected to boost Brazilian coffee shipments as Chinese demand is rising.

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Food and Drinks

5 new Hong Kong coffee shops to visit in August, from Central to Yuen Long

These new venues offer signature blends and drinks, snacks, places to relax and refuel, and one even lets you bring your pet.

Starbucks

Starbucks China attracts over 20 suitors amid 8% quarterly revenue jump

Coffee chain is working to identify a strategic partner with a like-minded vision and values to capture opportunities in China, CEO says.

People visit the Starbucks booth during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing this month. Photo: Reuters
Food and Drinks

Craving a cup of Italian coffee in Venice? Your barista may be Chinese

Cafes run by Chinese migrants have become a common sight in Italy, but behind each cup of coffee is a bittersweet story of cultural identity.

Lin Yichen (right), owner of Venice’s Bar Foscarini, and barista Sophia with cafe regular Claudio Gatta. Photo: Federico Sutera
Food and Drinks

The unlikely reinvention of Hong Kong’s cafe scene

As rents rise and work-from-home fades, the city’s cafes are transforming into creative sanctuaries for a generation craving connection.

Starbucks

Starbucks draws interest for controlling stake in China unit

Company is sifting through proposals and shortlisting a group of potential investors for a next round of bidding, sources say.

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