A barista makes coffee at Rock Black coffee shop in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province. (People's Daily Online/Chen Jiequan)

Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is home to more than 3,000 coffee shops and over 1,200 craft beer bars, while local tea brands like Quchashan have gained widespread popularity. Together, this emerging trio of coffee, craft beer and new-style tea is reshaping the city's cultural tourism landscape.

Guiyang continues to explore how to integrate local flavors with this new trio, create new consumption scenarios, activate consumer vitality, and showcase the city's spirit of openness, innovation, and inclusiveness.

A staff member prepares a new-style tea drink using matcha from Tongren in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province. (People's Daily Online/Tu Min)

At Rock Black, a coffee shop tucked inside an old residential building in Guiyang, barista Tang Jiaxin can often be found experimenting with new flavor combinations.

"We crush fresh local Sichuan peppercorns by hand and blend them with freshly squeezed Duyun grape juice, nuts and coffee to create a flavor that melds sweet fruit with the tingling sensation of peppercorns," Tang explained. Tang's team has spent over two months refining this creation.

Editor Ⅰ: Zhang Congxiao

Editor Ⅱ: Bao Gang

Editor Ⅲ: Liu Guosong