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Speaking of Yunnan, Ming pushed an article "South of colorful Clouds-Let change happen" a long time ago, when it was on sale in a limited edition of Yunnan Yellow Honey treatment. It was the first time that Starbucks launched Yunnan coffee beans as a selection. It is a perfect presentation of the high quality of coffee in Yunnan, China.

And this time, the elegant manor came. Like fresh herb-like forest habitat, with chocolate, malt-like tail rhyme. It makes people seem to be in the nature of Yunnan.

The western and southern parts of Yunnan Province are located between 15 °N and the Tropic of Cancer, most of which are 1000-2000 meters above sea level. The topography is dominated by mountains and slopes, with large ups and downs, fertile soil, sufficient sunshine, rich rainfall and large temperature difference between day and night. These unique natural conditions are very suitable for the growth of coffee trees, and form the particularity of Yunnan small-grain coffee taste-strong but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, slightly fruity.

The history of coffee cultivation in Yunnan can be traced back to 1892. A French missionary brought coffee to Yunnan from abroad and successfully planted it in a valley in Binchuan County, Yunnan Province. Coffee cultivation began to rise in the 1950s.

In 1989, Nestl é began coffee planting cooperation in Yunnan.

In 2008, the global financial crisis caused the price of tea and sugar cane to plummet, especially the unsalable tea brought a heavy blow to farmers. As a result, more and more of them began to switch to coffee. About the same time, Starbucks and Yunnan also began to have a wonderful connection.

In 2012, Starbucks established a grower support Center (Farmer Support Center) in Yunnan.

The quality of the varieties planted at that time was also relatively poor, and FSC initially hoped to promote varieties such as bourbon, Tibica and even Kaddura. However, the local environment is really more difficult to grow than expected, and the planting effect of the samples is not good all the time. So the method of improving the local coffee tree varieties was adopted, and the present Katim in Yunnan gradually came into being.

But this part is only a technical difficulty, and the bigger difficulty is how to get local simple farmers to give up the coffee trees they have worked so hard for so long and plant our improved varieties.

To know that it is easy to tell others an idea, but it is very difficult to change a person's opinion. You should have a deep understanding of this when you sell MSR.

At the time of the establishment of Yunnan FSC, Starbucks established Starbucks Love Coffee (Yunnan) Co., Ltd., a joint venture with local enterprises, for coffee procurement and initial processing. And all farmers who want to sell coffee beans to Starbucks need to be certified by a Starbucks coffee and grower equity specification (C.A.F.E. Practices). This certification is evaluated by third-party organizations, including quality, social responsibility and environmental protection. It ensures that coffee farmers get the return they deserve and high-quality coffee beans.

At the same time, it is Starbucks that popularizes the importance of full red fruit harvest to local coffee farmers.

At the beginning of the establishment of FSC in Yunnan, no one there knew about Starbucks. There are only 3 agronomists in the team, and only 25 people came when the first training was organized in Yunnan. Pu'er is also a winding mountain area. This has caused a greater problem for promotion, only three people visit local growers every day, in which the bitterness and suffering can not be clearly explained in a few words.

Tong Yalun, executive director of FSC, also shared the story of him and his agronomist at the opening of the baking workshop, sending samples of different varieties of coffee beans to the headquarters for five years. Every year, it is like waiting for an admission letter from a child, hoping that a sample bean will meet Starbucks' standard of ordinary coffee beans and become a coffee bean that can be accepted by Starbucks.

"my purpose is simple, I want to receive good beans, and the purpose of farmers is also very simple, they want more income." He said.

The achievements of Yunnan coffee in recent years are obvious to all.

2009

In 2009, when Chinese mainland entered its tenth year, Fengwu Xiangyun coffee beans came into being to celebrate its anniversary. At first, the combination of Fengwu Xiangyun also included Latin American beans and a touch of refreshing acidity.

2014

In 2014, something happened quietly: Fengwu Xiangyun changed its packaging! Along with the change, and its origin information, Latin America has been removed, and now Fengwu Xiangyun is a pure Asia-Pacific comprehensive bean. Of course, the taste has changed, the refreshing acidity is gone, and the soft herbal flavor is more refined. The reason is that the quality of Yunnan coffee beans has been continuously improved in the past four years, and the flavor and output have become more prominent and stable.

2016

In 2016, Yunnan was born! At that time, I had a superficial understanding of the history of this segment, and what I saw was just like the report speech on the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, only the joy of victory step by step, but did not understand the hardship and difficulty behind it.

2017

This is a Zhenxuan coffee bean from China. Baked by Shanghai Bakery, China, with a total of less than 500 bags. Unlike in the past, this coffee bean is treated with small batches of yellow honey and tastes rich in berries and dark chocolate, with a hint of flowers.

2018

Let's learn about this selected Chinese elegant manor--

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This selection was sold at the Seattle Bakery in the United States earlier, causing a great response.

Elegant manor

Elegant Manor (Pu'er elegant Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.) is located in Jiangcheng County, Yunnan Province.

In order to launch this selection, elegance has taken five years of exploration. The Starbucks grower support Center has worked very closely with it.

Instead of the usual full-water washing, they adopted a semi-washing method similar to Sumatra and Sulawesi, and used African-Kenyan net beds when drying to keep the coffee beans away from the ground and dry better.

Finally, this new era of Yunnan coffee was born.

Coffee bean information

Origin: Pu'er River City, Asia-Pacific, Yunnan, China

Altitude: 1200m

Processing method: semi-washing

Acidity: low alcohol: medium

Caption: forest smell like fresh herbs, with chocolate and malt-like tail rhymes

Brewing and sharing

1.Cupping:Ditting6.5 file

Description: soft acidity, herbs, light spices, dark chocolate, maltose

two。 Classic hand flushing (hot): Ditting5.5, 30g powder, 420g water

Description: herbs, chocolate, caramel.

3. Chemex for six people: Ditting8.5 file, 21g powder, 340g water (55g, 75g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g, 70g,

Description: obvious acidity, rich herbs, dark chocolate, maltose, lingering finish.

4.V60 (heat): Ditting6 file, 20g powder, 250g water (120g ~ 130g), steady trickle

Description: herbs, spices, chocolate, caramel, smooth taste

5.Kalita Wave (ice): Ditting6 file, 30g powder, 220g ice, 200g water, steady flow (slightly thicker than toothpicks)

Description: soft acidity, herbs, chocolate and maltose have a long tail.

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