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Coffee

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
Some of the mahjong tiles in Conspiracy Chocolate’s special set for Lunar New Year. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Conspiracy Chocolate’s mahjong set brings good luck this Lunar New Year

Pandan Man co-founders Brian Kwan (right) and Caroline Yuen are among Hong Kong’s F&B power couples who share space at work and home. Photo: Handout

Word on the StrEAT: 6 F&B power couples on what love looks like after service

From celebrating love to leaving the past behind, Hong Kong’s bars have you covered this Valentine’s weekend. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong drinks guide for Valentine’s Day weekend

Kinsman’s Neen Go-Lada, exclusive to Lunar New Year 2026. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for February 21-23

Grand Majestic Sichuan in Hong Kong offers 10 new dishes for your post-Chinese New Year weekend. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for February 20-22

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Customers wait for their coffee outside a coffee shop in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Thailand

Why Thailand is cutting back the sugar in coffee and tea

With Thais averaging 21 teaspoons of sugar a day – triple WHO limits – officials urge cafes to cut syrup to lower diabetes and obesity risks.

China’s private sector

Luckin’s 30,000th store milestone adds buzz to China’s brewing coffee battle

Food and Drinks

6 new Hong Kong coffee shops to welcome the Lunar New Year in February 2026

Food and Drinks

Why are Korean-style cafes proving so popular in Hong Kong?

With immersive themes and Instagram-worthy interiors, Korean-style cafes offer comfortable ‘third places’ for Hong Kong’s busy populace.

Jasmine Mok, owner of Haus Coffee Club, is pictured at her shop in Central, Hong Kong. Korean-style coffee shops like Haus offer immersive themes and Instagram-worthy interiors that appeal to Hong Kong’s social-media-savvy customers. Photo: Edmond So
Technology

Singapore, Beijing land in top 10 of Savills’ Matcha Index of global tech cities

Even with its premium-priced matcha drinks, Singapore ranks among the world’s most ‘liveable’ cities for tech workers.

Food and Drinks

5 new Hong Kong coffee shops from which to start the new year in January 2026

A handful of new spots are worth a visit this month, from a pet-friendly place to Hong Kong’s only ice drip speciality coffee shop.

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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.

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
New Openings

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

Jija by Vicky Lau brings Yunnan province flavours to Tsim Sha Tsui, minimalist cafe Moonary serves espresso-based drinks and matcha lattes, and Carmela offers a Mediterranean touch.

Food and Drinks

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

Using the right grinder can make for more full-bodied coffee with a richer smell and more intense taste, experts say – but they’re not cheap.

Food and Drinks

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.

Book & Pillow is a multifaceted lifestyle store and cafe in Kai Tak. Photo: Instagram/@cafe.hopping
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.

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.

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.

US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House on Thursday. Photo: AFP
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.

The inside of the Starbucks Reserve Roastery along West Nanjing Road in Shanghai. The city is fast becoming the world’s most compelling coffee city. Photo: Shutterstock
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.

60 Second Inspiration

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.

A Brussels sprouts-topped creation at Emmer Pizzeria. Photo: Emmer Pizzeria
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.

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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China’s southwestern province of Yunnan is known as the country’s coffee capital, and a rise in prices is benefiting growers. Photo: Xinhua
Food and Drinks

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.

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’.

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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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hugs China’s Premier Li Qiang after a bilateral meeting ahead of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 5. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks

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.

The growth of coffee parties in Asia is fuelled by a generation of health-conscious young people seeking connection after the pandemic. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

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.

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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