Coffee festival, creative market held at Yunnan University

Yunnan University, or YNU – located in Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province – hosted its first Coffee Festival & Creative Market on June 6-8, featuring 16 coffee startup teams and more than 50 student creative product sales stands.

During the festival, the coffee startup teams showed off their great coffee-making techniques.

Visitors lap up the cups of coffee at the festival. [Photo/WeChat account of Yunnan University]

Team members of The Coffee Science Backyard, from YNU's School of Agriculture, offered their coffee brand Swag.

The team is understood to be dedicated to research including the applications of coffee by-products.

Through industry-academia collaboration, its aim is to protect the environment, help coffee farmers increase their incomes and promote the healthy development of Yunnan's coffee industry.

Elsewhere, the Beans and Cups project team from YNU's School of International Relations participated in the festival. Over two years, it's conducted extensive research across all eight coffee-producing areas in Yunnan, as well as those in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries. The team's aim is said to be to create an open and inclusive cultural space for young people.

The Beans and Cups project team opens for business at the event. [Photo/WeChat account of Yunnan University]

Additionally, at the Creative Market, stands displayed and sold various fun products, including neckties featuring design elements of Yunnan University and lacquer fans.

Neckties with design motifs of Yunnan University go on sale at the market. [Photo/WeChat account of Yunnan University]

Lacquer fans prove to be a hit with buyers at the market. [Photo/WeChat account of Yunnan University]