As coffee culture is filtering into cities across China, both metropolis and lower-tier cities, coffee consumption has been rising exponentially in the country where traditionally tea is the caffeinated beverage of choice.

In Chengdu City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, a street in the Wuhou district is home to more than 30 cafes.

Ke Shouqiang, a coffee shop manager, says business is quite good.

"During the peak period, we can sell 30 to 40 cups of coffee every afternoon," said Ke.

According to China's service-focused e-commerce giant Meituan Dianping, in the second quarter of this year, orders for coffee increased by 250 percent year on year, growing faster than any other major drinks category.

"We have more than 200 coffee shops across the country with an upward growth in business. Sales of coffee drinks have surged by 30 percent from last year," said Tang Xukai, general manger of a coffee limited company in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province.

Besides freshly brewed coffee that is brewing up success in China, ready-to-drink coffee is also winning over more and more consumers.

An instant coffee producer in south China's Guangdong Province has been working at full capacity lately to meet surging demands.

"There are demands from provincial capital cities, but a larger proportion of sales come from lower-tier markets, like third to even fifth-tier cities. 

Due to the rapid growth of the market, our demand for raw materials have spiked, posting an average increase of 11 percent to 13 percent each month," said Li Jiamin, head of a coffee company.

According to the corporate information provider Tianyancha, there are more than 180,000 coffee-related companies in China. Nearly 14,800 new companies have ventured into the sector so far this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 3.79 percent.

China's coffee market is expected to reach 1 trillion yuan (around 138 billion U.S. dollars) by 2025, according to data analysis agency iiMedia Research.