Yunnan Coffee Harvest Season Opens as Prices Fall ~20%

Editor’s Note (coffeeyo.com): Reported by Kunming Daily, Yunnan coffee beans have entered the mature harvest season. This production season (2026–2027) has seen fresh cherries picked successively; current purchase prices of RMB 6–7 per kg are down about 20% from last season. A bumper harvest in Brazil sent futures lower, dragging down Yunnan’s fresh-cherry prices.

Yunnan coffee beans have entered the mature harvest season.

On November 2, reporters visited Yunnan’s main coffee-producing regions and learned that this production season (2026–2027) has seen fresh cherries enter the picking period successively; current purchase prices for fresh cherries stand at RMB 6–7 per kg, down 20% from the previous season.

At present, Yunnan coffee beans are in their mature harvest season. In the coffee forests of Puwen Town, Dadugang Township, and Jingne Township in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, the scene everywhere is one of a bountiful harvest.

Yunnan has grown coffee for over 130 years. Picking begins in late October, with the concentrated ripening period from late November to February of the following year. Besides Xishuangbanna, major producing areas such as Pu’er and Baoshan have also entered the picking season, and compared with the previous season, fresh-cherry purchase prices at the start of this season have fallen about 20%.

Yunnan ranks first in China in both planted area and output. Price fluctuations in Yunnan’s fresh cherries this season have drawn the attention of managers at Kunming local brand cafés such as Lotto Coffee, Xingye Specialty Coffee, and Silu Coffee.

A representative from Silu Coffee explained that Yunnan coffee prices move with international futures; this season’s bumper Brazilian harvest and the resulting futures decline have driven down Yunnan’s fresh-cherry prices.

A representative from Xingye Specialty Coffee said coffee prices are affected by multiple factors; this season coffee production capacity has recovered, with increased output in Brazil, Vietnam, and elsewhere.

A representative from Lotto Coffee argued that 2025’s high coffee prices were mainly due to a severe drought in Brazil cutting output, which pushed global Arabica futures to historic highs and lifted Yunnan’s fresh cherries along with them. This season Brazil’s coffee has reaped a bumper harvest; global supply has shifted from tight to loose and inventories are being replenished, with Arabica futures continuing to pull back. Yunnan’s commercial fresh-cherry prices are pegged to international futures, so the opening baseline price has dropped; it is expected that the gap between commercial and specialty cherries in Yunnan will gradually widen this season.

In the long run, global annual coffee output stays roughly between 9 million and 10.6 million tonnes, and global coffee prices are determined by supply-demand fundamentals — not output alone, but also consumption and inventory changes. (Reporter: Yang Guanrong)

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