Another forest cafe opens in Qingpu, a flavour connection spanning 2,400 kilometres

Qingpu’s rural coffee map has gained another entry. Recently, in the thousand-acre forest of Shanghai Sun Island Resort, the coffee brand “Shijiuka” officially opened, and its beans all come from Baoshan, Yunnan — the eastern foot of the Gaoligong Mountains, in the golden coffee-growing belt at 25° north latitude.

From Baoshan to Shanghai: a cup’s 2,400-kilometre journey

Shijiuka’s origin is Dahongpo in Baoshan, Yunnan, which belongs to the same Singapore-based Yuanli Group as Shanghai Sun Island Resort. According to data released by the Baoshan Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau in June 2026, Baoshan’s coffee planting area reaches 180,600 mu, with a total industrial chain output value of 22.328 billion yuan and a specialty coffee rate raised to over 75%. The Shijiuka coffee plantation is sited on the eastern foot of the Gaoligong Mountains in the golden coffee-growing belt at 25° north latitude, with nineteen agriculture graduates rooted on the slopes, responsible for the entire process from seedling raising, tending and harvesting to processing.

The opening of the Shijiuka store in Sun Island’s thousand-acre forest means this in-group “from seed to cup” supply chain has entered the Shanghai consumer market in a retail experience format for the first time. According to the store, the coffee beans all come from Lujiangba in Baoshan, covering specialty varieties such as Typica and Bourbon, and focus on pour-over and espresso specialty coffee. From a single red cherry to a cup of coffee, every batch of beans can be traced to a specific grower, plot and processing method — something not commonly seen in Qingpu’s coffee shops. Here you can drink a good domestic coffee with a known, traceable origin.

Forest and lake views in the cup: another relaxed corner of Qingpu

The store is located in Sun Island’s thousand-acre forest and features large picture windows looking out on forest and lake. Riverside seats offer close views of the water and tree shade, and sika deer and horses can occasionally be spotted. Indoors, wood tones and warm lighting dominate, with seats arranged along the windows, creating a quiet and relaxed atmosphere positioned as “everyday coffee by the forest lake.”

From a cup of coffee to a stretch of mountain land

Shijiuka is more than a simple coffee shop: behind it is the Yuanli Group’s 5,000-mu Dahongpo project in Baoshan, covering coffee cultivation, tropical orchards, nature-based education and wellness retreats. The first Shijiuka store on Shanghai’s Sun Island serves as a “brand outpost”: letting Shanghai consumers first come to know a cup of coffee, and then the land where it grows.

According to the store, Shijiuka will subsequently enter other group projects such as the Penglai Taisheng Town and the Sun Island Golf Club, gradually forming a promotion rhythm of “grown in Baoshan — launched in Shanghai — linked across multiple locations,” aiming to bring local coffee filled with the terroir of the Nujiang River and Gaoligong Mountains to every coffee lover, achieving self-production and self-sales.

From the red cherries of the Gaoligong Mountains to a cup of pour-over on Sun Island, Shijiuka’s 2,400 kilometres are also a concrete practice of Shanghai-Yunnan cooperation in the consumer field — the Shanghai market and Yunnan’s resources connected in a single cup of coffee.

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