Chinese tea farmers gulp — and switch to coffee

 
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times | Modified: January 7, 2013 at 12:35 am | Published: January 7, 2013   

PU'ER, China — This remote southwestern city near the borders of Laos and Myanmar is named after one of China's most famous teas, grown on mountain terraces painstakingly carved out of the region's rich red soil.

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But in recent years, pu'er tea has surrendered prime real estate for a more lucrative brew: coffee. Chinese farmers have taken to the new crop, which thrives in high-altitude areas of Yunnan...
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