{
  "id": 12128691,
  "title": "Chinese ‘Coffee Grandma’ learns brewing to save son’s cafe, inspires female independence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/chinese-coffee-grandma-learns-brewing-to-save-sons-cafe-inspires",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3369741/chinese-coffee-grandma-learns-brewing-save-sons-cafe-inspires-female-independence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An 86-year-old grandmother in China has become a social media sensation for operating a coffee shop for over a decade – a business she took over from her son in 2015, despite having no experience with coffee at the time. Zhao Qiying, affectionately known as the “Coffee Grandma,” revealed that the shop, located in downtown Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province, was nearly bankrupt due to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}