缅甸精品咖啡“圈粉”中国市场Myanmar's premium coffee "Circle Powder" in the Chinese market

中新社昆明6月16日电 (罗婕)正在云南昆明举办的第10届中国—南亚博览会(南博会)上，缅甸贸易中心展位咖香四溢。来自缅甸掸邦伊瓦岸产区的精品咖啡引来众多采购商和观众品尝。29岁中缅混血女孩杨紫荆忙着冲煮咖啡、介绍风味，不时与客商交换联系方式。

“以前很多咖啡从业者不知道缅甸也产精品咖啡，现在主动来寻豆的人越来越多。”杨紫荆说。

6月13日，在第10届中国-南亚博览会缅甸贸易中心展位上，杨紫荆(左一)向客商介绍缅甸咖啡。　中新社记者 刘冉阳 摄

杨紫荆出生在一个中缅结合家庭，童年在缅甸和云南两地度过。在她记忆中，咖啡是缅甸人生活的一部分。“我奶奶也有每天喝一杯咖啡的习惯。”

2020年，从英国高校毕业后，她回到云南帮母亲打理一片闲置咖啡地，由此进入咖啡行业。6年间，她辗转于缅甸和中国各地，并在缅甸伊瓦岸和云南德宏盈江经营咖啡庄园，共种植800余亩咖啡，业务逐渐延伸至种植、加工、生豆贸易和熟豆销售，并将缅甸咖啡销往加拿大、日本、澳大利亚、泰国等地。

在全球咖啡版图中，缅甸属“小众产区”。近几年，杨紫荆带缅甸咖啡参加上海国际咖啡文化节、广东中山缅甸专场杯测会等活动，明显感受到“小众产区”正慢慢走进中国咖啡行业的视野。

南博会期间，保山市咖啡产业协会与一家滇缅跨境贸易企业签订合作协议。除开展咖啡豆采购外，双方还计划共赴缅甸考察产区，在种植、加工和市场开发等领域拓展合作。

在杨紫荆看来，云南与缅甸同处世界咖啡黄金种植带，中缅咖啡合作从云南起步，有天然优势。云南拥有成熟的产业链和种植加工经验，缅甸则凭借独特风味在精品咖啡领域崭露头角，两地产区并非竞争关系，而是各有所长、优势互补，可以共同拓展全球市场。此外，缅甸开放人民币结算、在仰光推广咖啡种植计划等政策措施落地，将为中缅咖啡合作打开新空间。

南博会即将落幕，而杨紫荆步履不停。考察完中国咖啡设备企业后，她计划采购烘焙机、包装设备等运往缅甸，用于当地咖啡加工。

“我会中文、缅甸语和英语，也熟悉中缅双方市场。”杨紫荆说，希望让更多人通过一杯咖啡认识云南、认识缅甸，共同见证中缅咖啡合作的新故事。(完)

Kunming, June 16 (Xinhua) -- At the 10th China South Asia Expo (South Expo) being held in Kunming, Yunnan, the booth at the Myanmar Trade Center was filled with the fragrance of coffee. The premium coffee from the Iwa An production area in Shan State, Myanmar, has attracted numerous buyers and visitors to taste. Yang Zijing, a 29 year old Chinese Burmese mixed race girl, is busy brewing coffee, introducing flavors, and occasionally exchanging contact information with merchants.

Many coffee practitioners used to be unaware that Myanmar also produces specialty coffee, but now more and more people are actively seeking beans, "said Yang Zijing.

On June 13th, at the booth of the 10th China South Asia Expo Myanmar Trade Center, Yang Zijing (first from the left) introduced Myanmar coffee to the merchants. Photo by Liu Ranyang, reporter from China News Service

Yang Zijing was born into a Sino Burmese family and spent her childhood in both Myanmar and Yunnan. In her memory, coffee was a part of Burmese life. My grandmother also has the habit of drinking a cup of coffee every day

In 2020, after graduating from a university in the UK, she returned to Yunnan to help her mother manage an idle coffee field, thus entering the coffee industry. Over the course of 6 years, she traveled between Myanmar and various parts of China, and operated coffee plantations in Iva Bank, Myanmar and Yingjiang, Dehong, Yunnan, planting more than 800 acres of coffee. Her business gradually expanded to include planting, processing, trading of green beans, and sales of ripe beans, and sold Burmese coffee to Canada, Japan, Australia, Thailand, and other places.

In the global coffee landscape, Myanmar belongs to a "niche production area". In recent years, Yang Zijing has taken Burmese coffee to participate in events such as the Shanghai International Coffee Culture Festival and the Guangdong Zhongshan Burma Cup Testing Conference, clearly feeling that "niche production areas" are slowly entering the vision of the Chinese coffee industry.

During the South China International Fair, the Baoshan Coffee Industry Association signed a cooperation agreement with a cross-border trade enterprise between Yunnan and Myanmar. In addition to conducting coffee bean procurement, both parties also plan to jointly visit production areas in Myanmar to expand cooperation in areas such as planting, processing, and market development.

In Yang Zijing's view, Yunnan and Myanmar are both located in the world's golden coffee planting belt, and the cooperation between China and Myanmar in coffee started from Yunnan, which has a natural advantage. Yunnan has a mature industrial chain and experience in planting and processing, while Myanmar has emerged in the field of specialty coffee with its unique flavor. The two production areas are not in a competitive relationship, but have their own strengths and complementary advantages, which can jointly expand the global market. In addition, the implementation of policy measures such as Myanmar's opening of RMB settlement and the promotion of coffee planting plans in Yangon will open up new space for coffee cooperation between China and Myanmar.

The South China International Fair is coming to an end, and Yang Zijing is walking steadily. After inspecting Chinese coffee equipment companies, she plans to purchase roasting machines, packaging equipment, etc. to be shipped to Myanmar for local coffee processing.

I am proficient in Chinese, Burmese, and English, and am also familiar with the markets of China and Myanmar, "said Yang Zijing, hoping to let more people get to know Yunnan and Myanmar through a cup of coffee, and witness the new story of coffee cooperation between China and Myanmar together. (End)