Xinzhai, Lujiangba: drink Baoshan coffee where it grows, harvest Nov–Mar
Xinzhai village, Lujiang town, Longyang District, in the Nujiang valley
Xinzhai, on the warm floor of the Nujiang (Salween) valley below Gaoligong, is known as China's first coffee village: about 13,600 mu (some 900 hectares), nearly all its farmland, is planted with small-bean arabica, and some families are on their third generation of growers. Estates and farmhouses serve pour-overs of their own beans, and Huke estate, at the village's highest point, looks out over the coffee slopes to the Nujiang gorge. From about November to March the cherries turn red and estates run picking sessions; the rest of the year you can still taste, roast and brew.
What locals sayRegulars suggest choosing one or two estates rather than trying to see them all, since the cafés are spread far apart across the slope.
- Cost
- No village ticket; picking and brewing sessions extra
- Time
- Half a day · November–March for the harvest
- In Chinese
- 潞江镇 新寨村 咖啡
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Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.
