Yunnan village where French missionaries planted China's first coffee trees
In the remote mountain village of Zhukula, coffee trees planted over a century ago have made it the recognised birthplace of China's coffee cultivation.
In the remote mountain village of Zhukula in south-west China's Yunnan province, bamboo trays of red coffee cherries dry in courtyards and on rooftops, harvested from trees planted more than a century ago by French missionaries. The village's coffee trees are now recognised as the oldest in the country, making Zhukula the birthplace of China's coffee cultivation.