Cross-Strait Tides Rise: A Taiwan Youth Farms Coffee in Yunnan, a Cup Bridging Both Sides

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): Su Yunkai, from Taipei, grew up fond of Yunnan flavors under his grandparents’ influence and speaks Yunnan dialect. Crossing the strait to Menglian on the China-Myanmar border, he now runs a coffee plantation whose annual output has surpassed 1,700 tons in just a few years—selling Yunnan specialty coffee not only to Shanghai and Shenzhen but also to Southeast Asia via a trading company he set up in Taiwan.

Editor’s note: Tides surge across the strait, together toward the future. China News Service launched a special 10-episode micro-documentary series “Tides Rising on Both Shores,” telling the “tide-riding” stories of 10 Taiwan compatriots chasing dreams on the mainland. Riding the wind of the era, they embrace opportunity on this fertile land, forge ahead through the waves, realize their self-worth, and witness the vibrant vitality of cross-strait integrated development.

Su Yunkai, from Taipei, grew up fond of Yunnan flavors under his grandparents’ influence and speaks Yunnan dialect, an early yearning to go to Yunnan planted in his heart. Crossing the strait, he came to Menglian on the China-Myanmar border and operates a coffee plantation; in just a few years the base’s annual output surpassed 1,700 tons. Today, he not only sells coffee to Shanghai and Shenzhen but also set up a trading company in Taiwan, pushing Yunnan specialty coffee to Southeast Asia. In Su’s view, as tides rise on both shores, “Yunnan coffee” connects mountains and seas; the southern Yunnan coffee garden is not only fertile ground for his own entrepreneurship but also a broad stage for young people from both sides to chase dreams together and develop in unity.