Coffee break on island time
By Mao Pengfei | China Daily | Updated: 2014-01-02 08:10
In a land famous for its tea, Hainan island has a history of coffee which its residents claim tastes of earth, wind and fire. Mao Pengfei from China Features takes a sip.
In the 1960s, when China's economy was strictly centrally planned, Hainan's thousands of hectares of coffee orchards were State owned. No one could pick coffee cherries without permission - except the birds.
The birds ate the best coffee berries and their droppings would contain coffee beans, which Liang Dingwei's uncle was happy to collect from the ground.
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