In Great Leaps, Colin Flahive explores China's rural-urban migration against the backdrop of his own transition from Colorado to southwest China. There he opened a café that became much more than an outpost of Western cuisine in a far-flung corner of the world.

Salvador's Coffee House became home to more than 50 young women from mountain villages. Most knew nothing about coffee, but they moved to the city to work at Salvador's and earn their independence.