Introduction of the most popular varieties of Dehong Coffee

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Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture is a prefecture-level administrative region of Yunnan Province, located in the west of Yunnan Province, covering an area of 11500 square kilometers, including Menghe City, Ruili City, Lianghe County, Yingjiang County and Longchuan County. The east is adjacent to Baoshan City, while the north, west and south are surrounded by Myanmar, so the locals of these five county-level units are also commonly known as the "outer five counties". "Dehong" is the transliteration of the Dai language, "de" is below, and "Hong" is the Nujiang River, which means "the place in the lower reaches of the Nujiang River".

▲ Yunnan Dehong Pagoda (

■ Dehong Coffee has been planted for a hundred years. In 14 years, Dehong introduced small grains of coffee from Myanmar for cultivation. Since 1953, the local coffee has been planted on a large scale. By the end of 1960s, the planting area of Dehong coffee has reached 15000 mu, with an output of more than 4000 tons. After that, under the influence of many factors, the production of Dehong small-grain coffee went to a low ebb, and most of the coffee fields were changed to other crops. Coffee cultivation in Dehong Prefecture is mainly small-grain coffee (Arabica), with excellent varieties, high quality and delicious taste, and has created a national record for per unit yield of 363.5 kg coffee beans (the average yield of coffee beans per mu in China is about 80-100kg). Since 1998, the Yunnan provincial party committee and provincial government have listed Dehong as one of the major coffee producing areas in the province to give key support. By the end of 2010, the planting area of Dehong coffee has reached 139000 mu, with an annual output of more than 11000 tons of dried coffee beans, accounting for about 1/3 of the province's total.

A corner of ▲ Dehong Manor

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■ currently, Dehong coffee products are exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea and Europe, a total of more than 20 countries and regions, coffee has become one of Dehong's foreign trade exports. Dehong has become the main producing area with the most concentrated coffee cultivation, the largest area, the highest yield and the best quality in China. Dehong plays an important role in the coffee industry of the whole country and the province, and is a veritable "hometown of Chinese coffee".

■ now the most popular varieties of Dehong are 1200m Katim (Yunnan Hujian Crystal) and 1800m Katim sun and honey treatment (Yunnan Jiangdong jadeite), especially 1800m Katim honey treatment this year's harvest season. The mellow aftertaste, full scent of flowers and strict baking methods have been recognized by many masters in the coffee industry.

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