To provide the government with recommendations for the development of the coffee industry, basing on representative literature and high citation indicators, the coffee industry evaluation index system is constructed; indicators are screened through correlation tests, and the AHP-Entropy method is used to determine the weights. Based on 2010—2018 indicator data, the development index of China's coffee industry in recent years is studied. The results show that： the growing demand for coffee in the coffee market is conducivee to the development of my country’s coffee industry. Low value-added coffee exports and low-price coffee sales are important reasons hindering the development of the coffee industry. Increasing the production of coffee per unit area efficiency and improvement of coffee planting technology are issues that urgently need to be solved in our country's coffee industry. my country's coffee initial processing needs to be improved in terms of both the 'quantity' and 'quality' of coffee.