The "hidden rule" of Yunnan small-grain coffee was kicked out, and a treasure was sold by Katim tin card in Yunnan Province.

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Yesterday, a fan left a message that on a treasure, all the Katim of Baoshan was sold with a tin pickup truck. Katim, including Katim 7963 and P4 varieties, is the main variety composition of Yunnan coffee, generally called "Yunnan small grain coffee" if it is not clearly specified which variety, then basically can be regarded as Katim.

Iron pickup and Katim, are they Yunnan small grains of coffee? What's the difference between these two kinds of beans? Today, let's meet ~

Yunnan small grain coffee

Yunnan small-grain coffee, Rubiaceae, coffee genus, the planting area is mainly distributed in Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and other states. Small grains of coffee are native to Ethiopia or Arabian Peninsula.

Variety

Typica: the oldest native variety in Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan. All Arabikas are derived from Tibika. The flavor is elegant, but the physique is weak, the disease resistance is poor, the fruit yield is less. Excellent manor beans such as the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Manning of Sumatra and Kona of Hawaii all belong to Tibika. Tiebika top leaf is red copper, called red top coffee, Tibika belongs to Arabica.

Catimor: in 1959, the Portuguese mixed Brazilian Kaddura and Timo to develop a disease-resistant Katim / Katimo, which is now an important variety of commercial beans.

Now it seems that most of the varieties planted in Yunnan are Katim, which is a hybrid of Kaddura and Robusta, a branch of the bourbon line in the Arabica species. The reason for planting this variety is that Katim has the Robusta gene, so it is better than a single old variety in disease resistance, and the yield is good. Compared with the delicate old variety, the disease resistance is poor and the yield is low. Farmers naturally prefer to plant Katim. So now there has been a Katim wind in Yunnan.

Here is a very important point to share: although we insist that Arabica is almost synonymous with fine coffee, in reality, whether you like it or not, some merchants sell Robusta as part of fine coffee.

And Manning, so far, is the only boutique coffee in the world that justifiably provides you with Luodou and hybrid beans, which is the root cause of its heavy body. Yes, Manning varieties have Arabica tin cards, as well as a large number of varieties with Arabica crosses, Luodou hybrids, Lasuna, Kaddura, Katim … Hybrids are common, but hybrids of Luodou are not common in all producing areas. In many books, it is mentioned that the flavor of Asian boutique coffee is woody and herbal flavor. in fact, this refers to the taste spectrum of Luodou hybrid, when you carefully test the variety, altitude, treatment of tin card, bourbon, the above description is not accurate.

As we all know, in the 1970s, the coffee industry faced the impact of rust, and the global coffee industry encountered a cold winter. this is only for Arabica growers, for Robusta, it is only the beginning of spring, and this is the time when China needs to vigorously develop its foreign economy and provide raw materials for foreign countries, Nestl é in order to produce their instant coffee raw materials. Vigorously promote the development of China's coffee industry. Because Robusta is a great discovery, through the hybridization of medium and small seeds, Robusta can acquire the immunity of Luodou to iron rust in a high temperature and humidity environment, and without high growth requirements. The yield is more than double that of Arabica, and farmers are more willing to plant Robusta with higher returns, reaching the price of 40 yuan a kilogram at one point a few years ago.

No one is willing to bear the cost of time, so there is a current situation of Yunnan coffee, which does not emphasize varieties and focuses on guiding processing techniques. Historical experience tells us that this method of laziness works and is widely accepted by the market. Every year during the coffee season, a large number of coffee industry people go to the mountains of Yunnan to take Katim to the city with eyebrows and beards to let the guests seriously evaluate. Even some official institutions or professional practitioners, they recommended all Yunnan boutique beans, all Katim and excluded iron pickup, bourbon and so on from the list, because they couldn't find 100% Arabica coffee for the market to choose from. These activities are usually involved by practitioners with long experience in the boutique coffee industry and coffee reviewers who claim to be professional. Although they knew exactly what boutique coffee was, it did not hinder the performance of the emperor's new clothes.

Why is this the case in reality? there is only one answer. This is just a business.

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