The College of Tropical Crops at Yunnan Agricultural University welcomed its first batch of students majoring in China’s first-ever coffee science and engineering program this September. ☕⁠ ⁠ A total of 100 students reportedly enrolled in the course, which opened in Pu’er City, where the first coffee seeds were introduced approximately 130 years ago. ⁠ ⁠ The four-year curriculum, approved by China’s Ministry of Education in March, includes foundational courses in food science and engineering, along with specialized classes in coffee flavor chemistry, processing, roasting and cupping. ⁠ ⁠ This new program comes as China emerges as East Asia’s fastest-growing coffee consumption market, with per person consumption increasing fourfold between 2010 and 2022.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🤳Comment “email” to sign up to our daily newsletter.⁠ ⁠ 📰Follow us for the latest Asian News NextShark⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #news #china #college #coffee #collegeprogram #coffeemarket