Why is Yunnan coffee called small grain coffee? How to distinguish the authenticity of Yunnan small grain coffee?

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Why Yunnan Coffee is also called Arabica Coffee

Q: There are three common coffee varieties:

1. of Arabica

2. Robusta

3. Liberia

Q: The Chinese agricultural department divides the three varieties into three varieties according to the size of the fruit:

Large, medium and small grains.

1. Large grains originating in Liberia, widely distributed and of poor quality

2. Medium grain origin in Africa, mainly used for instant coffee production

3. Arabica coffee was originally grown in Cameroon and Guinea Plateau, and later introduced to Latin America and Asia, and is also the best variety (Yunnan introduced this variety)

At present, Yunnan coffee varieties are Bobang, Tiepica, and Katim, but only Tiepica and Bourbon belong to pure Arabica varieties, Katim is only a hybrid offspring of medium and small grain coffee, the grain is obviously larger, inheriting the large yield of medium grain coffee and mediocre flavor. The iron pickup is a small particle coffee bean with smaller bean type, commonly known as small grain coffee, and also authentic Yunnan small grain coffee.

Common in the market are iron pickup and katim, among which iron pickup is an old variety, while katim breeds many new varieties, such as katim AA, katim round beans, katim sun, katim honey treatment all belong to katim genus. Therefore, at present, there are 5 kinds of common varieties in the "Yunnan small coffee" market. If you want to taste the real Yunnan small coffee, you still need to polish your eyes and recognize the varieties of iron pickup trucks.

Q: 5 coffee flavor profiles (for information only, not for commercial evaluation):

Q: Each of the five types of coffee has its own flavor profile:

1. Iron pickup truck: clean, round and smooth in taste, relatively balanced

2. Katim AA: balanced texture, soft and bright on the palate, slightly fruity

3. Katim small round beans: rich aroma, nuts, mellow taste

4. Katim Sunburn: balanced taste, sweet and round, black tea finish

5. Katim honey treatment: sweet and sour fruit, vanilla, lively and varied flavor

The above "flavor description map" and "flavor introduction"(overall impression of aroma, acidity, bitterness, sweetness and alcohol) of Yunnan small beans have been explained in detail, and I believe that everyone also roughly understands the different characteristics of each bean.

On the whole, the flavor of each bean is different, and each has its own characteristics:

01. Iron pickup (old variety)

Yunnan beans in the oldest varieties, close to the original varieties. High age, low yield, high bean quality, clean taste, balanced soft and smooth flavor.

02. Katim AA (large particles)

AA refers to grade, coffee bean particle size between 16-18 mesh, with weak fruit acid, texture bright.

03. Katim small round beans

Coffee beans are generally grown in twin types, and small round beans belong to single cell types. Generally speaking, the absorption of "sun and moon essence" is more than that of flat beans. All tastes are relatively mellow and rich, and the sweetness is also very good.

04. Katim Sun (Natural Drying)

Sunlight is the treatment method, also known as "natural drying method, this taste is rich, sweet, round, sweet." It is my personal preference, there is fruit sour, there is red wine fermentation flavor.

05. Katim honey treatment (high sweetness)

Katim honey treatment (honey treatment is treatment method, honey treatment is divided into red honey treatment, and black honey treatment), the use of all red fruit. The advantages of this model are high sweetness, cleanliness, rich and lively flavor.

So speaking of treatments, you might ask, what's the difference in taste?

1. Wash/WASH: emphasizes brightness, acidity and floral fragrance

2. Honey treatment/HONEY (like eating dried fruit): emphasize sweetness, fruit taste

3. Sunlight treatment/NATURAL (with the smell of sunlight): emphasize rich, sweet and sour

The above varieties and treatments are common in daily life, among which this year there is also a very unique Yunnan bean "Kadura"(new variety), planted at an altitude of up to 1600 meters. "Taste balanced, bitter acid balance, sweet back thick feeling," very similar to "Jamaica Blue Mountain" coffee

06. Kadura (new variety)

Balanced taste, balanced bitter taste, sweet taste

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