BBC News: 云南咖农叶萍带着她的咖啡豆走进联合国
Coffee beans produced by Ye Ping sent to UN as gift
云南咖农叶萍带着她的咖啡豆走进联合国
Ye Ping, who is from the Va ethnic group in Yunnan province, led her fellow villagers in growing coffee 12 years ago.
12年前，云南的佤族姑娘叶萍开始带领村里的姐妹种咖啡。
For the first eight years, Ye never drank coffee herself.
起初的八年，她自己从未喝过咖啡。
In order to improve the quality of Yunnan coffee, she started studying how to recognize its characteristics and tried to cultivate it further, even winning first prize in an industry competition.
后来，为提升云南咖啡的品质，她学着品鉴香气，尝试改良，还获得行业大赛第一名。
Last year, Ye's coffee beans were sent to the United Nations as a gift.
去年，叶萍的咖啡豆被当作礼物走进了联合国。
"My goal is to let the world know that China can produce its own good coffee,” she said.
叶萍表示，“我的目标是让全国、全世界的人能知道我们中国也能产出自己的好咖啡！”
In 2018, Ye took part in a training program organized by the Yunnan Coffee Exchange and the US-based Coffee Quality Institute.
2018年，她参加了一个云南国际咖啡交易中心和美国机构咖啡品质学会（CQI）组织的培训课程。
After the course, she gradually learned how to appreciate the unique characteristics of different coffee.
经过培训，她也逐渐学会了如何品鉴咖啡的香气。
In 2011, Ye Ping founded her Tianyu brand of coffee.
2011年，叶萍创立了自己的咖啡品牌：天宇。
It now has more than 200 farmers in its agricultural cooperative, and the cultivation area exceeds 134 hectares, she said.
她表示，现在该品牌的农业合作社有200多名农民，种植面积超过134公顷。
With increasingly advanced planting technologies and higher-quality local coffee beans, her company ships its product to renowned coffee chains such as Starbucks and Manner Coffee, a new Shanghai-based chain.
随着越来越先进的种植技术和更高质量的咖啡豆，她的公司开始将产品送往星巴克和上海的Manner Coffee等国内知名咖啡连锁店销售。
The coffee beans produced by Ye were sent to the Security Council of the United Nations as a gift in May 2021.
2021年5月，叶萍的咖啡豆被当作礼物赠送给联合国安理会成员国代表。
云南咖农叶萍带着她的咖啡豆走进联合国
Ye Ping, who is from the Va ethnic group in Yunnan province, led her fellow villagers in growing coffee 12 years ago.
12年前，云南的佤族姑娘叶萍开始带领村里的姐妹种咖啡。
For the first eight years, Ye never drank coffee herself.
起初的八年，她自己从未喝过咖啡。
In order to improve the quality of Yunnan coffee, she started studying how to recognize its characteristics and tried to cultivate it further, even winning first prize in an industry competition.
后来，为提升云南咖啡的品质，她学着品鉴香气，尝试改良，还获得行业大赛第一名。
Last year, Ye's coffee beans were sent to the United Nations as a gift.
去年，叶萍的咖啡豆被当作礼物走进了联合国。
"My goal is to let the world know that China can produce its own good coffee,” she said.
叶萍表示，“我的目标是让全国、全世界的人能知道我们中国也能产出自己的好咖啡！”
In 2018, Ye took part in a training program organized by the Yunnan Coffee Exchange and the US-based Coffee Quality Institute.
2018年，她参加了一个云南国际咖啡交易中心和美国机构咖啡品质学会（CQI）组织的培训课程。
After the course, she gradually learned how to appreciate the unique characteristics of different coffee.
经过培训，她也逐渐学会了如何品鉴咖啡的香气。
In 2011, Ye Ping founded her Tianyu brand of coffee.
2011年，叶萍创立了自己的咖啡品牌：天宇。
It now has more than 200 farmers in its agricultural cooperative, and the cultivation area exceeds 134 hectares, she said.
她表示，现在该品牌的农业合作社有200多名农民，种植面积超过134公顷。
With increasingly advanced planting technologies and higher-quality local coffee beans, her company ships its product to renowned coffee chains such as Starbucks and Manner Coffee, a new Shanghai-based chain.
随着越来越先进的种植技术和更高质量的咖啡豆，她的公司开始将产品送往星巴克和上海的Manner Coffee等国内知名咖啡连锁店销售。
The coffee beans produced by Ye were sent to the Security Council of the United Nations as a gift in May 2021.
2021年5月，叶萍的咖啡豆被当作礼物赠送给联合国安理会成员国代表。
