世界顶级赛事首落西南，贵阳用一杯咖啡“闯”出“咖位”The world's top competition has won its first place in Southwest China, and Guiyang has "broken through" its "coffee spot" with a cup of coffee

7月16日，2026世界咖啡冲煮大赛中国区总决赛在贵阳正式开赛，40余位从全国9大赛区一路过关斩将的顶尖选手，将在四天时间里展开巅峰对决。这是该项顶级赛事首次落户西南地区。

世界顶级的咖啡赛事，为何偏偏选中不产一粒咖啡豆的贵阳？

先看一组数据：常住人口600多万的贵阳，坐拥超过3000家咖啡馆，平均每2000人就拥有一家店，是全国咖啡店密度最高的城市之一。今年五一假期，贵州咖啡馆服务消费同比涨了232.6%，其中贵阳和遵义就占了全省开票销售额的近九成。这不是凭空冒出来的热度，早在2000年前后，独立咖啡馆便悄然出现在贵阳街头，数十年深耕积淀，让咖啡深深扎根于城市的烟火日常之中。

光有数量远远不够。真正让贵阳脱颖而出的，是它把咖啡喝出了“独一份”的味道。依托喀斯特地貌，溶洞咖啡、悬崖咖啡、天坑咖啡在这里遍地开花。防空洞里、老厂房中、居民楼下，咖啡馆藏得越深，年轻人追得越起劲。刺梨、折耳根、木姜子，这些贵州人再熟悉不过的本地风物，被大胆融入咖啡特调，形成独树一帜的“山地风味”。一杯咖啡，喝出的是山水灵气与市井烟火的双重滋味。这种不可复制的在地性，是任何一线城市都学不来的。

更关键的是“人”。贵阳被誉为“咖啡冠军之城”，全市拥有世界咖啡锦标赛冠军6人。从乔治队长、对的咖啡等本土品牌在全国赛场屡创佳绩，到本地从业者常年保持着杯测交流、切磋技艺的浓厚行业氛围，一代代咖啡人坚守深耕、抱团前行，打磨出的专业水准早就在行业内攒下了十足口碑。去年8月，贵阳咖啡产业学院在贵阳职业技术学院正式挂牌成立，构建起全链条人才培养体系。

2026世界咖啡冲煮大赛中国区总决赛落地，本身也是贵阳主动作为的结果。采用“政府牵线搭桥、企业搭台唱戏、行业共同参与”的模式，贵阳市商务局成功牵线赛事主办方与本地商业体携手合作。在此之前，贵阳已发布两项咖啡团体标准，覆盖经营管理、服务流程和品质评价全链条。贵阳要的从来不止是一场赛事的短期流量，而是借由这堂含金量十足的“行业公开课”，搭建起全国顶尖从业者交流的高效渠道，最终一步步打造出属于自己的咖啡标准体系，向西南咖啡产业高地稳步迈进。

真正的产业竞争力，不在于你“有什么”，而在于你“怎么用” 。把喀斯特地貌变成咖啡场景，把市井烟火变成消费引力，把冠军人才变成行业底气，贵阳这座城市，用一杯咖啡泡出了属于自己的“咖位”。而这场赛事的到来，或许只是贵阳咖啡从“消费热土”迈向“产业高地”的一个开始。

AI贵阳工作室 出品

策划 汪东伟

文字、图片由AI辅助生成

On July 16th, the final of the 2026 World Coffee Brewing Competition in China officially kicked off in Guiyang. More than 40 top players from the 9 major competition areas across the country will compete at their peak in four days. This is the first time that this top-level event has settled in the Southwest region.

Why did the world's top coffee competition choose Guiyang, which does not produce a single coffee bean?

Let's take a look at a set of data: Guiyang, with a permanent population of over 6 million, has over 3000 coffee shops and an average of one shop per 2000 people, making it one of the cities with the highest density of coffee shops in the country. During this year's May Day holiday, the service consumption of coffee shops in Guizhou increased by 232.6% year-on-year, with Guiyang and Zunyi accounting for nearly 90% of the province's invoiced sales. This is not a heat that emerged out of thin air. As early as around 2000, independent coffee shops quietly appeared on the streets of Guiyang, and decades of deep cultivation and accumulation have deeply rooted coffee in the daily life of the city's fireworks.

Merely having quantity is far from enough. What truly sets Guiyang apart is its unique taste in coffee. Relying on the karst landform, cave coffee, cliff coffee, and sinkhole coffee are blooming everywhere here. The deeper the coffee shop collection is in the air raid shelter, old factory buildings, and residential buildings, the more enthusiastic young people are chasing after it. Prickly pear, folded ear root, and wood ginger, these local delicacies that Guizhou people are familiar with, have been boldly incorporated into coffee specialties, forming a unique "mountain flavor". A cup of coffee brings a dual flavor of the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers and the hustle and bustle of the city. This irreplicable locality cannot be learned by any first tier city.

More importantly, 'people'. Guiyang is known as the "City of Coffee Champions", with 6 World Coffee Championship champions in the city. From local brands such as Captain George and Right Coffee achieving excellent results on the national stage, to the strong industry atmosphere of cup testing communication and skill exchange maintained by local practitioners all year round, generations of baristas have persisted in deep cultivation and united to move forward, and the professional level polished has long accumulated a full reputation in the industry. Last August, Guiyang Coffee Industry College was officially established in Guiyang Vocational and Technical College, building a full chain talent training system.

The landing of the final of the 2026 World Coffee Brewing Competition in China was also the result of Guiyang's initiative. By adopting the model of "government matchmaking, enterprise stage singing, and industry participation", the Guiyang Municipal Bureau of Commerce successfully facilitated the cooperation between the organizers of the competition and local commercial entities. Prior to this, Guiyang had already released two coffee group standards covering the entire chain of business management, service processes, and quality evaluation. What Guiyang needs is never just the short-term traffic of a competition, but through this highly valuable "industry open course", it can build an efficient channel for top practitioners in the country to exchange ideas, and ultimately gradually build its own coffee standard system, steadily advancing towards the high ground of the Southwest coffee industry.

The true competitiveness of an industry lies not in what you have, but in how you use it. Transforming karst landforms into coffee scenes, turning everyday fireworks into consumer attraction, and turning champion talents into industry confidence, Guiyang has created its own "coffee spot" with a cup of coffee. And the arrival of this competition may just be the beginning of Guiyang Coffee's transition from a "consumer hotspot" to an "industrial highland".

Produced by AI Guiyang Studio

Planning by Wang Dongwei

Text and images are generated with AI assistance