Yunnan Coffee·Search for Zhu Kula

Note: as part of the coffee footprint of Xiumen, although the trip has passed for a long time, it is temporarily archived.

1. Brief introduction of itinerary

2010.12.20 Kunming-Binchuan County, Dali

(mode of transportation: Kunming-Binchuan, Kunming West passenger Station)

2010.12.21 Binchuan County-- Pingchuan Town, Binchuan County-- location of Zhukula Village Committee in Pingchuan Town

(mode of transportation: Binchuan short-distance city passenger station county seat-Pingchuan minibus; rent a car or hitchhike or drive an off-road vehicle into the village in Pingchuan county)

2010.12.22 the location of Zhukula Village Committee-- Zhukula Village

(mode of transportation: self-driving or car rental or hitchhiking)

2. The name of Zhu Kula

I have heard a lot about the name of Zhu Kula.

It is said that at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, French missionaries brought coffee seedlings when they came to preach in Zhukula, making it the earliest recorded coffee cultivation in Yunnan. It is said that the coffee seedlings brought by the priest can be traced back to the seedlings in the imperial garden of the French emperors (it is not the same clan as the coffee trees in Central and South America, but if it is true, all the coffee is still from Ethiopia), and the variety is the precious Typica species, which is now commonly known as the "old variety" in Yunnan.

Wearing the halo of "the oldest coffee forest in Yunnan", compared with other coffee producing areas in Yunnan, Zhu Kula has a sense of historical weight and mystery. Therefore, one of the goals of the trip to Yunnan is to visit Zhu Kula and visit Yunnan's oldest coffee producing area.

3. Zhu Kula saw and heard.

A small village surrounded by mountains.

A quiet mountain village.

The villages are built according to the mountains and are scattered between high and low.

The eye-catching stone tablet of "the Source of the back Valley" at the entrance of Zhu Kula Village.

In a sense, Zhu Kula's fame is the result of Hougu marketing.

The green between the monument and the village is the oldest coffee forest in the legend.

The first coffee tree close to Zhu Kula.

There is a sign on the coffee tree.

Zhu Kula's identity as the ancestor of coffee in Yunnan was explored and maintained by Hougu, which, in a sense, is also a kind of monopoly management of resources.

Hougu assisted the villagers in the management and protection of the old coffee trees, and numbered the old trees in the village, which is said to have reached more than 1000.

No matter what the purpose, Hougu should be praised in terms of the protection of ancient coffee trees.

If you come across a villager by chance, how popular coffee is in the village now. Just look at the fact that the villagers even use coffee bags to hold sundries.

It is said that before Hougu bought Zhukula Coffee, the ancient coffee trees in Zhukula Village were not popular with the villagers, and many of them were cut down. With the intervention of Hougu, the villagers began to realize that the original coffee trees were still helpful. The cultivation of coffee trees is gradually valued by the villagers.

Unlike Baoshan, Yingjiang and other producing areas have ushered in the harvest season, most of the coffee beans in the mountains are still in the green fruit stage.

Come from afar, naturally can not miss the opportunity to taste the authentic Zhukula coffee.

Coffee powder is ground in advance and close to medium grinding.

It's the oldest way to make coffee.

The coffee is ready\ (≧▽≦) /

Delicious can not be missed, quickly enjoy the taste of the most authentic old coffee in the mountain village.

Even the little doll drank, although for caffeine, children are not suitable for drinking coffee, but the mountain village does not seem to be so fastidious, on the contrary, children seem to like the taste of their own coffee, even happier than adults.

Coffee saplings in the oldest coffee forest.

In recent years, the cultivation of coffee has been gradually promoted locally, and with the help of the existing fame, the local people have found a new way to increase their income.

In Zhu Kula's time, what I saw most were these hopeful and lush saplings.

I hope that next time, if I have a chance, I can witness what these coffee seedlings will look like when they grow up.

4. Tips for Zhu Kula's visit

Compared with other producing areas in Yunnan, the harvest season in the mountains will be delayed, and the harvest season will begin in mid-January.

There are two ways to enter Zhu Kula, one is through Binchuan County, Dali Prefecture-- Pingchuan Town, Binchuan County-- Pingchuan Town, Binchuan County, Dali Prefecture, and the other is through Yubojiang-Zhukula Village, Tiesuo Township, Chuxiong Prefecture. Locals recommend Binchuan, Dali, to enter the village. By the way, Zhu Kula belongs to Pingchuan Town, Binchuan County, Dali Prefecture.

There is a big temperature difference in the mountains in the morning and evening. Pay attention to the cold and keep warm. It is very warm at noon.

Road conditions are relatively poor, even self-driving off-road vehicles also need very good driving skills, because the road surface is non-hardened, earth-stone structure, and the slope is extremely large, often more than 60 degrees of sand and gravel road, if carrying the motorcycle of the local fellow-townsman, it is also best to prepare psychologically in advance and accumulate enough courage.

The local villagers are very simple, as long as they are sincere, they are happy to help.