Why are Yunnan small-grain coffee beans in the new production season in 2018? what are the varieties of Yunnan small-grain coffee?

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Native to Ethiopia or Arabian Peninsula, also known as fragrant coffee, characterized by fragrant but not strong.

Yunnan coffee is a variant of Arabian original species, which is generally called Yunnan small grain coffee after long-term cultivation and domestication. It has been cultivated for more than one hundred years.

Tibika and Bobang, two classic high-quality coffee varieties, are the main varieties of coffee in Yunnan, and the Katimo series were introduced from Kenya in 1991 (stronger anti-virus ability and higher yield). A variety of Arabian species (also known as small seed species). Because the morphology and habits of the two varieties are similar, the two varieties are mostly mixed.

Tibica coffee, native to Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan, is the most widely cultivated variety of coffee in the Western Hemisphere. The plant is stronger, but not light-tolerant, and the yield is higher in Hawaii. The top leaf of Tibika is red and copper, which is called red top coffee.

Bobang coffee is a variety of Yunnan small-grain coffee second only to Tibika. At first, the main branch and the trunk grew upward at 45 degrees, and drooped with the fruit load, the lateral branches were denser, the fruit was more, and the yield was higher. But the berries are smaller and ripen more slowly. The top bud and tender leaves of Bobang are green, called green-top coffee.

Katim is an improved variety of Tibika, with a 25% Robusta gene.

There are few real blue mountain coffee beans sold in the domestic market. Many high-priced fake blue mountain coffee beans and cheap blue mountain coffee beans are the iron cards of Yunnan, due to their unique natural environment and suitable elevation (about 1200 meters on average). At the same latitude with the Jamaican Blue Mountains (the golden latitude of coffee beans), it tastes not only full-bodied and mellow, but also a perfect match of sweet, sour and bitter taste. Therefore, the Yunnan small grain coffee tin card variety won the Eureka Gold Award at the 1993 Belgium Expo.

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