Name: Traditional sweet tea houses and modern cafes brew a vibrant scene in Xizang
Uploaded: 2026-05-18T20:48:05+08:00
Duration: 1 min
Description: Sunlight drifts over the stone lanes of old Lhasa's Barkhor Street, where ancient urban charm lingers on. Sweet tea and trendy cafes have long been an indispensable part of local life. Nowadays, Lhasa is home to 830 coffee shops, with 9.47 coffee outlets

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Sunlight drifts over the stone lanes of old Lhasa's Barkhor Street, where ancient urban charm lingers on. Sweet tea and trendy cafes have long been an indispensable part of local life. Nowadays, Lhasa is home to 830 coffee shops, with 9.47 coffee outlets per 10,000 residents. It ranks first in China in terms of coffee shop density, more than twice that of Shanghai. As Xizang's first city with a GDP exceeding 100 billion yuan ($14.72 billion), Lhasa boasts an urbanization rate of over 70% and a booming cultural tourism industry. From sweet tea to specialty coffee, from tradition to modernity, the blend of local smoke and coffee aroma paints a vibrant new look of contemporary Lhasa.

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