Enjoy slow life in coffee bar of Dali

A 20-year-old girl called Lao Ni from Sichuan province came to west Yunnan’s Dali Bai Prefecture in November 2020. Dali is one of most suitable cities for tourism and for life. She likes the slow life there and decided to open a coffee bar.

The concept of the bar is to tell customers to slow down and take their time to enjoy life. The bar is decorated in a “cave” shape with white theme, presenting a leisure and peaceful atmosphere.

Ni (right) and her barista Dewy (left)

“Dali is a good place to stay and it is also a good place to start the career,” said Ni. “This is a cave cafe that travels through time."

When people walk to the bar, they will feel relaxed. You can see a lot of new and old clocks are furnished in every corner of the bar, which makes people feel time has stopped and start to remember old days.

Reporting by Yang Jinming (Cultural and tourism Headlines); Photos by Yang Jinming; Trans-editing by Mo Yingyi