1. It's made from coffee beans that have been ingested by the Asian palm civet.
2. But you cannot form viable cartels using raw cocoa, coffee beans or tea leaves.
3. It's unlikely he had any inkling these magic beans would grow to connect the tiny remote village to the country's giant coffee industry.
4. Coffee plants require the right mix of temperature, rainfall and spells of dryness for beans to ripen properly and maintain their taste.
5. Nestle - the world's largest food company by revenue - announced plans on Tuesday to introduce a coffee product made completely from Chinese coffee beans.
6. Green beans have no smell, but roasting helps decode and release the secrets of each coffee bean variety.
7. Culver said he hoped to see these beans sell in China and globally with the " Yunnan Coffee " label.
8. Coffee beans from Kenya or Jamaica are much more famous, but it takes at least one month for them to pass through China's customs.
9. It is questionable whether the Chinese market can digest the huge output of the high quality Arabica coffee beans in Yunnan.
10. They also sell dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival and they recently introduced a coffee drink called red beans latte.