Winning Lot Fetches $189/lb at Expectation-Shattering Chinese Specialty Auction

A Chinese specialty coffee auction in January shattered all expectations and broke a world record for live auctions, with a winning lot fetching $189.32 USD per pound. The auction was the culmination of the Pu’er Green Coffee Competition, and it marked the debut of the Yunnan Coffee Exchange, a new group working to define and promote specialty coffee in the province. More importantly, it firmly established […]