Xiuwen cafe unlocks new business format

Built around Xiuwen's rare natural sinkholes and karst cave landforms, Dolpit Coffee pioneers an innovative business model of "natural landscape + specialty coffee + rural vacation".

Constructed entirely from local timber, field stone, and indigenous glass, the building avoids damaging the mountain caves and fully preserves the natural features, including the sinkhole dome, deep caverns, and cliff faces.

Dolpit Coffee is built inside a karst cave in Xiuwen. [Photo/website of Xiuwen county]

A complete rural cultural-tourism product system has taken shape, centered on the cafe. Visitors who make purchases can enjoy a 20‑percent discount on guest rooms at homestays in Damu village by presenting their consumption receipts, while guests staying at homestays in the village are entitled to a 20‑percent discount on all coffee items at Dolpit Coffee by showing their accommodation vouchers.

The cafe breaks conventional rural tourism models and delivers a one-of-a-kind local cultural tourism experience, filling gaps in Xiuwen's mountain tourism offerings and emerging as a new benchmark for local cultural and tourism development.

Parking lots are available near the cafe, and tourists are advised to avoid peak periods on weekends and public holidays.