湖南黑茶与非洲咖啡：中非贸易中的文化使者
编者按：随着中非经贸合作的深入发展，湖南与非洲之间的文化交流日益频繁。在这其中，湖南黑茶与非洲咖啡成为连接两地人民的重要纽带。
Editor's Note: With the deepening of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, cultural exchanges between Hunan and Africa have become increasingly frequent. Among them, Hunan dark tea and African coffee have become important bonds connecting people from both regions.
她把非洲咖啡带到湖南14个市州
Bringing African Coffee to 14 Cities in Hunan
来自常德安乡的肖雍琪是湖南自贸试验区首张咖啡烘焙加工小作坊证获得者。20多年前，她在沿海城市做咖啡销售，如今回到湖南开拓咖啡市场。
Xiao Yongqi from Anxiang, Changde is the first recipient of a coffee roasting processing workshop certificate in the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone. Twenty years ago, she worked in coffee sales in coastal cities, and now she has returned to Hunan to develop the coffee market.
"十年前，高桥的精品咖啡市场是零。"肖雍琪回忆说。如今，通过湖南自贸试验区的政策优势，她可以直接从非洲进口优质咖啡豆，成本比市面同类产品低30%。
"Ten years ago, the specialty coffee market in Gaoqiao was zero," Xiao Yongqi recalled. Now, through the policy advantages of the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone, she can directly import high-quality coffee beans from Africa at 30% lower cost than similar products on the market.
安化黑茶"飘"到非洲
Anhua Dark Tea "Floats" to Africa
湖南安化的隆谷吾每年清明前后都会和当地上百名女子一起采茶。这些茶叶最终会被制作成黑茶，经过约三个月的海运，抵达非洲。
Long Guwu from Anhua, Hunan picks tea with hundreds of local women every year around Qingming Festival. These tea leaves will eventually be made into dark tea and shipped to Africa after about three months of sea transportation.
为了让非洲友人接受黑茶，安化黑茶国际馆开发了20多款文创产品，包括巧克力形状的小黑砖、数字黑茶等创新形式。近三年，已有40吨安化黑茶出口到非洲国家。
To help African friends accept dark tea, the Anhua Dark Tea International Museum has developed more than 20 cultural and creative products, including innovative forms such as small dark bricks shaped like chocolate and digital dark tea. In the past three years, 40 tons of Anhua dark tea have been exported to African countries.
贸易数据
Trade Data
• 2022年高桥大市场销售非洲咖啡豆800吨
• 2023年1-5月湖南从非洲进口咖啡豆同比增长1065.25%
• 湖南现有8100余家咖啡相关企业，全国排名第六
• Gaoqiao Market sold 800 tons of African coffee beans in 2022
• Hunan's coffee bean imports from Africa increased by 1065.25% year-on-year from January to May 2023
• Hunan currently has over 8,100 coffee-related enterprises, ranking sixth in the country
结语：从湖南黑茶到非洲咖啡，这两种饮品正成为中非文化交流的使者，见证着两地人民日益紧密的联系。
Conclusion: From Hunan dark tea to African coffee, these two beverages are becoming ambassadors of cultural exchange between China and Africa, witnessing the increasingly close ties between the people of the two regions.
