一杯咖啡，搭起贵阳对外交流新桥梁A cup of coffee, building a new bridge for Guiyang's external exchanges
新华社北京4月17日电 《参考消息》近日刊发文章《一杯咖啡，搭起贵阳对外交流新桥梁》。全文如下：
在刚刚过去的清明节假期，当众多知名景点人潮涌动时，贵州省贵阳市的许多年轻人开辟了自己的休闲天地：在老城区的街巷中品味一杯精品咖啡的醇香。
不产一粒咖啡豆，却遍地是咖啡馆，贵阳还被誉为中国西南的“咖啡冠军之城”。一杯咖啡，搭起了贵阳对外交流的新桥梁，也洋溢着这座内陆城市的新活力。
“咖啡之城”孕育“咖啡冠军”
3公里范围内，就有20余家精品咖啡馆。外地游客走街串巷，只为寻觅藏在深巷中的咖啡店。
贵阳常住人口约600万，而贵阳市注册的咖啡馆数量已超过3000家，密度达约2000人/家，超过上海（密度约3000人/家），成为全国咖啡店密度最高的城市之一。这一数据目前仍保持稳定增长态势。
为何偏处西南的贵阳会成为“咖啡之城”？有媒体称，这与贵州人骨子里的“安逸基因”有关。《中国美好生活大调查》2023年的数据显示，在“愿意花钱取悦自己”的城市榜单中，贵阳位居全国前五。也有媒体认为，这是因为贵州人天生爱吃酸，对咖啡里的酸味有着自己的理解。
自2005年开始，贵阳诞生了“悦读时光”“土壤咖啡”等第一批精品咖啡店。有别于大宗商业咖啡，精品咖啡对咖啡豆的种植、处理、烘焙到冲煮的全流程均有着较高标准。在2012年之前，中国的咖啡消费市场以速溶和星巴克式商业咖啡为主，精品咖啡的概念尚未普及。贵阳2005年开始引入“精品咖啡”概念，算是走在了潮流最前沿。
也正是这第一批精品咖啡店，培养了许多立志于投身咖啡事业的年轻人。在2025世界咖啡冲煮大赛（WBrC）中，贵阳选手彭近洋勇夺桂冠，让中国乃至世界咖啡行业和咖啡爱好者的目光再次聚焦贵阳。
彭近洋的夺冠源于他对咖啡近乎“吹毛求疵”的专业精神，他认为细节把控是咖啡创作的“生命线”。在大赛中，彭近洋以“咖啡的温度”为核心主题，系统论证了壶嘴与壶心温度变化对咖啡风味的影响。评委认为其对细节的极致把控展现了“科学性与艺术性的高度融合”，这一创新性研究直接促成其夺冠。
不少海外网友热议贵阳“不产一粒咖啡豆却诞生世界冠军”的现象，认为多名贵阳咖啡师的夺冠证明“咖啡文化高地可脱离传统产区而存在”，并称赞中国咖啡师“以技术重塑行业规则”。
2025年6月，库迪咖啡与卢旺达农业部门在卢旺达首都基加利签署战略合作备忘录，根据备忘录，库迪咖啡将在卢旺达投资建设“中卢国际咖啡产业发展示范园区”。彭近洋夺冠恰逢中国咖啡品牌加速全球化布局，海外专家认为中国近年来咖啡冠军频出的现象“为中国咖啡供应链的国际话语权提供了文化支撑”，将推动更多国际产区与中国深化合作。
“创意咖啡”唤醒城市活力
近年来，依托优质的生态资源，贵州致力于打造“世界级旅游目的地”。现在，到贵州旅游的关键词又增加了一个：咖啡。
穿过卖着热辣滚烫小吃的“网红街”，走进街后的老旧居民楼里，一家咖啡店的温暖灯光洒满了地面。这就是贵阳社区咖啡店的代表之一“黑石咖啡”。
“黑石咖啡”主理人雷鸣，大学毕业后曾在西安教书，因读书时在贵阳的第一批精品咖啡店中喝到了“黄金曼特宁”而爱上咖啡，2014年他辞职回到家乡贵阳后，接手了“黑石咖啡”咖啡店。2017年，门店遭遇业绩下滑的危机，面对关店止损或深耕专业的抉择，雷鸣选择借钱重新装修门店，并积极参与咖啡专业培训，专注提升咖啡品质。
破釜沉舟的决心，让他的咖啡馆在2018年重获新生。重新开业后，店铺新老顾客各占一半，年轻人成为消费主力。2020年起，雷鸣开始参加专业比赛，并从2023年开始执裁咖啡赛事。2025年至今，“黑石咖啡”门店日均进店人数约134人次，旺季时单日出杯量突破300杯。
与雷鸣有着相似创业经历的，还有“横贯咖啡”的主理人刘开胜。1982年出生的他，2000年就开始接触咖啡，2009年开始为贵阳市第一代的精品咖啡店“悦读时光”担任咖啡师。
刘开胜回忆，当时“悦读时光”咖啡店平均一个月需要用近2吨成品咖啡豆，主要通过网络或供应商采购，但品控难以保证，他开始尝试自己研究生豆的烘焙技术。从租朋友场地“打游击”，到如今拥有专业的烘焙工作室，刘开胜凭借自学和钻研，在市场竞争中站稳脚跟。刘开胜说，贵阳的咖啡师能在全国打出名气，其中一个原因就是大家都聚焦主业，把注意力完全放到咖啡的品质上。
“这里的咖啡豆有一部分来自我的家乡，却在贵阳的咖啡师手中迸发出不一样的风味。”慕名前来参观“横贯咖啡”的科特迪瓦留学生陈蕊妮说，“科特迪瓦咖啡的产量位列非洲第三。很高兴家乡的咖啡豆能漂洋过海，在这里焕发新生。”
当街角面馆的辛辣与手冲咖啡的醇香交织，当社区咖啡馆与老居民楼共生共荣，贵阳正以一杯咖啡为媒，展现全新的城市活力。贵阳市文旅局数据显示，2025年，贵阳咖啡消费同比增长18%，前三季度咖啡茶饮消费同比增长52.8%，新茶饮产业已逐渐成为激发贵阳经济活力的新引擎。
众“咖”云集解锁全新业态
近年来，贵阳的精品咖啡馆呈现“百花齐放”的繁盛局面。烘焙、冲煮、拉花、意式咖啡、咖啡杯测、创意咖啡……咖啡师们在各自擅长的赛道深入研究。
每一家咖啡馆，似乎都用尽全身解数，在“咖啡之城”找到属于自己的差异化发展之路。“创意咖啡”正在成为贵阳的又一张对外“城市名片”。
“一听摇头，再喝上头。”雷鸣将折耳根融入美式咖啡时，未曾想到，这杯“黑暗料理”会成为市场爆款。2024年，“黑石咖啡”推出“一豆三喝”体验套餐，用同一款咖啡豆搭配三种贵州特色食材，单日最高售出七八套，折耳根美式更从猎奇饮品跃升为城市味觉符号。
“在马达加斯加我们没有体验过果汁或者蔬菜和咖啡的搭配，我们只有黑咖啡和奶咖，万万没想到，咖啡还能这样喝。”来自马达加斯加的留学生米歇拉在体验了贵阳咖啡的创新喝法后表示惊叹。
除了在味觉上推陈出新，咖啡师对空间与文化的创新表达，也为咖啡产业发展注入了动力。在贵阳市观山湖区，“吾界咖啡”的混凝土玻璃建筑内，咖啡植株与极简设计相映成趣。这里看着不像一家商业咖啡馆，而像一个创意社区。
“我刚到贵阳时，发现这里有很多现代又安静的咖啡馆，人们在这里喝咖啡不只是为了提神，也是为了享受生活。贵阳的咖啡更有创意，更有丰富的香味和层次，代表着现代的生活方式。”陈蕊妮说。
“好事咖啡”则在器具上下足功夫。主理人罗埝语带领团队将每一杯咖啡化作艺术载体，在社交媒体引发打卡热潮。在社交媒体上，顾客喜欢分享咖啡馆手绘的咖啡杯，每一个杯子都像是一幅小小的画布。罗埝语微笑着指向吧台后面的一个架子，上面摆满了她和团队亲手绘制的杯子。
她的咖啡馆赢得了忠实的顾客群体和良好的声誉，被网友称为“贵阳最有人情味的咖啡馆”。“咖啡馆存在于一种矛盾之中。人们既追求品质稳定，又渴望惊喜。”罗埝语说，杯子上的手绘就是我们平衡这两者的方式：一杯可靠的咖啡，加上个性化的小惊喜。
除了“咖啡+空间”“咖啡+器具”，走在贵阳的街头，“咖啡+书店”“咖啡+撸猫”“咖啡+戏剧”“咖啡+酒”等跨界融合的咖啡店也在不断涌现出新的生命力，众“咖”云集的咖啡业态正在形成。
弗朗西斯科·托比亚是贵阳交响乐团的低音提琴手，同时也是一位对咖啡有着狂热追求的意大利人，在贵阳生活的十余年中，他见证了贵阳咖啡的“迭代升级”。托比亚表示，以全国最高密度的咖啡馆为基底，凭借冠军级专业能力，贵阳重构了咖啡的文化边界：这不再是对西方生活方式的模仿，而是一场由中国西南城市发起、以本土化重新定义全球咖啡潮流的实验。（记者 欧东衢 吴思）
Beijing, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Reference News recently published an article titled "A Cup of Coffee, Building a New Bridge for Guiyang's External Exchange". The full text is as follows:
During the just passed Qingming Festival holiday, when many famous tourist attractions were crowded, many young people in Guiyang, Guizhou Province opened up their own leisure world: savoring the aroma of a cup of boutique coffee in the streets and alleys of the old city.
Without producing a single coffee bean, there are coffee shops everywhere, and Guiyang is also known as the "City of Coffee Champions" in southwestern China. A cup of coffee has built a new bridge for Guiyang's external exchanges, and is also filled with the new vitality of this inland city.
Lei Ming (right), the manager of "Blackstone Coffee", introduces a creative coffee to customers (photo by Yang Wenbin)
The 'Coffee City' nurtures the 'Coffee Champion'
Within a 3-kilometer radius, there are over 20 boutique cafes. Out of town tourists wander the streets and alleys, searching for coffee shops hidden in the deep alleys.
The permanent population of Guiyang is about 6 million, and the number of registered coffee shops in Guiyang has exceeded 3000, with a density of about 2000 people per shop, surpassing Shanghai (with a density of about 3000 people per shop) and becoming one of the cities with the highest density of coffee shops in China. This data is currently maintaining a stable growth trend.
Why has Guiyang, located in the southwest, become the "City of Coffee"? Some media outlets claim that this is related to the "comfort gene" inherent in the people of Guizhou. According to the data from the "China Better Life Survey" in 2023, Guiyang ranks among the top five cities in China in the list of "willing to spend money to please oneself". Some media also believe that this is because Guizhou people are naturally fond of sourness and have their own understanding of the sourness in coffee.
Since 2005, the first batch of boutique coffee shops such as "Joyful Reading Time" and "Soil Coffee" have emerged in Guiyang. Unlike bulk commercial coffee, specialty coffee has high standards for the entire process of coffee bean cultivation, processing, roasting, and brewing. Before 2012, the coffee consumption market in China was dominated by instant and Starbucks style commercial coffee, and the concept of specialty coffee had not yet become popular. Guiyang introduced the concept of "boutique coffee" in 2005, which can be considered as being at the forefront of the trend.
It is precisely these first batch of boutique coffee shops that have nurtured many young people who aspire to enter the coffee industry. In the 2025 World Coffee Brewing Competition (WBrC), Guiyang contestant Peng Jinyang won the championship, bringing the attention of China and even the world's coffee industry and coffee enthusiasts back to Guiyang.
Peng Jinyang's championship was due to his almost "nitpicking" professional spirit towards coffee, as he believed that attention to detail was the "lifeline" of coffee creation. In the competition, Peng Jinyang systematically demonstrated the impact of temperature changes in the spout and core of a coffee pot on its flavor, with "the temperature of coffee" as the core theme. The judges believe that its extreme control over details demonstrates a high degree of integration between science and art, and this innovative research directly contributed to its championship.
Many overseas netizens have been discussing the phenomenon of "not producing a single coffee bean but giving birth to a world champion" in Guiyang, believing that the victories of multiple Guiyang baristas prove that "the highland of coffee culture can exist outside of traditional production areas", and praising Chinese baristas for "reshaping industry rules with technology".
In June 2025, Kudi Coffee signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with the Rwandan agricultural department in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. According to the memorandum, Kudi Coffee will invest in the construction of the "Central Rwanda International Coffee Industry Development Demonstration Park" in Rwanda. Peng Jinyang's championship coincides with the accelerated globalization of Chinese coffee brands. Overseas experts believe that the frequent occurrence of coffee champions in China in recent years has provided cultural support for the international discourse power of China's coffee supply chain, which will promote more international production areas to deepen cooperation with China.
Creative coffee awakens urban vitality
In recent years, relying on high-quality ecological resources, Guizhou has been committed to building a "world-class tourist destination". Now, the keyword for traveling to Guizhou has added another one: coffee.
Passing through the "internet famous street" selling hot and spicy snacks, walking into the old residential buildings behind the street, the warm lights of a coffee shop fill the ground. This is one of the representatives of Guiyang community coffee shops, "Heishi Coffee".
Lei Ming, the manager of "Black Stone Coffee", taught in Xi'an after graduating from university. He fell in love with coffee after drinking "Golden Mantine" in the first batch of boutique coffee shops in Guiyang during his studies. In 2014, he resigned and returned to his hometown Guiyang to take over the "Black Stone Coffee" coffee shop. In 2017, the store faced a crisis of declining performance. Faced with the choice of closing the store to cut losses or deepening professional cultivation, Lei Ming chose to borrow money to renovate the store and actively participated in coffee professional training, focusing on improving coffee quality.
His determination to burn his bridges brought his coffee shop back to life in 2018. After reopening, the store will have half new and half old customers, with young people becoming the main consumers. Since 2020, Lei Ming has been participating in professional competitions and will be officiating coffee events starting from 2023. From 2025 to present, the daily average number of visitors to the "Blackstone Coffee" store is about 134, and the daily cup volume exceeds 300 during peak season.
Liu Kaisheng, the manager of Crossover Coffee, has a similar entrepreneurial experience as Lei Ming. He was born in 1982 and started working with coffee in 2000. In 2009, he became a barista for the first generation boutique coffee shop "Yuedu Time" in Guiyang.
Liu Kaisheng recalled that at that time, the "Yuedu Time" coffee shop needed an average of nearly 2 tons of finished coffee beans per month, mainly purchased through the internet or suppliers, but quality control was difficult to guarantee. He began to try his own research on roasting technology for raw beans. From renting a friend's venue to engage in guerrilla warfare, to now owning a professional baking studio, Liu Kaisheng has firmly established himself in the market competition through self-study and research. Liu Kaisheng said that one of the reasons why baristas in Guiyang can make a name for themselves nationwide is that everyone is focused on their main business and pays full attention to the quality of their coffee.
Some of the coffee beans here come from my hometown, but they burst out with a different flavor in the hands of baristas in Guiyang, "said Chen Ruini, a Ivorian international student who came to visit" Cross Island Coffee "for fame." Ivory Coast's coffee production ranks third in Africa. I am glad that the coffee beans from my hometown can cross the ocean and rejuvenate here
When the spiciness of street corner noodle shops intertwines with the mellow aroma of hand brewed coffee, and when community cafes coexist and prosper with old residential buildings, Guiyang is showcasing a brand new urban vitality through a cup of coffee. According to data from the Guiyang Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, coffee consumption in Guiyang will increase by 18% year-on-year in 2025, and coffee and tea consumption in the first three quarters will increase by 52.8% year-on-year. The new tea industry has gradually become a new engine to stimulate the economic vitality of Guiyang.
Lei Ming (right), the manager of "Blackstone Coffee", introduces a creative coffee to customers (photo by Yang Wenbin)
Gathering of celebrities unlocks new business models
In recent years, boutique cafes in Guiyang have shown a flourishing trend of "a hundred flowers blooming". Baking, brewing, latte art, Italian coffee, coffee cup testing, creative coffee... baristas delve into their respective fields of expertise.
Every coffee shop seems to have exhausted all their resources to find their own differentiated development path in the 'Coffee City'. Creative coffee is becoming another external "city card" of Guiyang.
Upon hearing this, he shook his head and drank it over his head. "As Lei Ming infused his folded ear root into American coffee, he never expected that this" dark cuisine "would become a market sensation. In 2024, "Blackstone Coffee" launched the "One Bean, Three Drinks" experience package, which uses the same coffee bean to pair with three Guizhou specialty ingredients. The highest daily sales were seven or eight sets, and the folded ear root American has risen from a novelty drink to a city taste symbol.
In Madagascar, we have never experienced the combination of fruit juice, vegetables, and coffee. We only have black coffee and milk coffee. We never expected that coffee could be drunk like this. "After experiencing the innovative drinking method of Guiyang coffee, international student Mishela from Madagascar expressed her amazement.
In addition to innovating in taste, baristas' innovative expression of space and culture has also injected momentum into the development of the coffee industry. In Guanshanhu District, Guiyang City, the concrete and glass building of "Wujie Coffee" is complemented by coffee plants and minimalist design. This doesn't look like a commercial coffee shop, but rather like a creative community.
When I first arrived in Guiyang, I found many modern and quiet coffee shops here. People drink coffee here not only to refresh themselves, but also to enjoy life. Guiyang's coffee is more creative, with rich aroma and layers, representing a modern lifestyle, "said Chen Ruini.
Good coffee "puts a lot of effort into the utensils. The organizer Luo Nianyu led the team to turn every cup of coffee into an artistic medium, sparking a check-in craze on social media. On social media, customers enjoy sharing hand drawn coffee cups from coffee shops, each cup resembling a small canvas. Luo Nianyu smiled and pointed to a shelf behind the bar, which was filled with cups that she and her team had personally drawn.
Her coffee shop has won a loyal customer base and a good reputation, and is known by netizens as the "most humane coffee shop in Guiyang". Coffee shops exist in a contradiction. People both pursue stable quality and crave surprises, "said Luo Nianyu. The hand drawn on the cup is our way of balancing the two: a reliable cup of coffee with personalized small surprises.
In addition to "coffee+space" and "coffee+utensils", walking on the streets of Guiyang, cross-border fusion coffee shops such as "coffee+bookstore", "coffee+cat petting", "coffee+drama", and "coffee+wine" are also constantly emerging with new vitality, and a coffee industry with a gathering of "coffee" is taking shape.
Francisco Tobia is a double bass player of the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra and also an Italian with a passionate pursuit of coffee. During his more than ten years living in Guiyang, he witnessed the "iteration and upgrading" of Guiyang coffee. Tobia stated that based on the highest density of coffee shops in the country and with championship level professional capabilities, Guiyang has reconstructed the cultural boundaries of coffee: this is no longer an imitation of Western lifestyles, but an experiment initiated by a southwestern Chinese city to redefine the global coffee trend through localization. (Reporter Ou Dongqu and Wu Si)