I’ve spent this week touring to Chongqing, China, which is the house of TECNO. And I’ve discovered fairly a bit in regards to the firm, although I already knew fairly a bit. However there was one factor that I didn’t see coming. And that’s TECNO’s personal Espresso Manufacturing unit.

Sure, you heard that proper. TECNO has its personal espresso manufacturing unit at its headquarters. That may sound odd, however when you concentrate on it, it actually does make a ton of sense. Chongqing is the place TECNO assembles and assessments its merchandise, so evidently, there are a ton of workers there. And which means they doubtless undergo a number of espresso. Whereas I don’t know the precise variety of workers that TECNO and its mother or father firm, Transsion, have in Chongqing, it’s a reasonably large HQ.

Together with our excursions of the meeting line and R&D labs, TECNO additionally took us on a tour of the Espresso Manufacturing unit, which is correct subsequent to their foyer. It’s fairly spectacular, as TECNO makes use of Ethiopian espresso beans, that are top quality, however maybe extra importantly, it’s one in every of their larger markets.

You’ll be able to take a look at the tour of the espresso manufacturing unit beneath. It’s executed in Mandarin after which translated to English.

Why does TECNO concentrate on Ethiopian espresso beans?

It’s due to the distinctive benefit that TECNO has in Ethiopia. As talked about, TECNO is fairly giant in Ethiopia and Africa as an entire. The truth is, at MWC Barcelona again in February, TECNO introduced that they’d develop into primary in Africa. Which is kind of a powerful feat in simply a few years.

It’s fairly distinctive for a smartphone firm to have a espresso manufacturing unit on their campus. After we visited Samsung’s HQ in Korea final 12 months, the corporate didn’t have a espresso manufacturing unit, nevertheless it did have a pretty big eating corridor for all of its workers.