Indie festival perks up Xi'an's interest in fine coffee

Ten coffee shops popped up under the 1,300-year-old Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, before the new year came.

This was the latest stop on the Indie Coffee Feast's journey around China, co-hosted by the Woodstock of Eating and Soloist Cafe, and taking place in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, from Dec 28 until the first day of 2019.

More than 40 boutique coffee shops from home and abroad, including 11 local bean crunchers, opened pop-up counters at the Great Tang All Day Mall in Qujiang New district, Xi'an.