Comparison of flavor and price between Yunnan Pu'er coffee and Yunnan Baoshan coffee

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Coffee beans have a price and a market, and even Pu'er in Yunnan, which is famous for growing tea in the mainland, has begun to mass produce coffee, driving China's coffee production to more than 140000 tons, accounting for 1.5 per cent of the global output. By the end of 2016, the planting area of coffee in the mainland exceeded 1.8 million mu. Coffee was originally planted mainly in Hainan Island, mainly Robusta; now the largest growing area is in Yunnan Province, where Arabica is mainly planted, with a total output of 139000 tons, accounting for more than 99% of the country.

Yunnan borders Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, with an average elevation of more than 2000 meters. Yunnan has the climate and altitude to grow high-quality coffee.

Among the coffee beans in Yunnan, the most famous "Simao small seed Coffee" in Pu'er City, namely "Pu'er Coffee". Pu'er coffee has a history of one hundred years. It began to be cultivated at the end of the 19th century and developed in industrialization in 1988. now the planting area of coffee in the city has reached 767000 mu, making it the main coffee producing area and coffee trade distribution center with the largest planting area, the highest yield and the best quality in the mainland.

In the early days, the quality of coffee in Yunnan was not stable, and coffee beans were mostly sold to international groups at low prices. In recent years, the Yunnan government and coffee farmers have actively invested in improving planting and production technology, hoping to enter the international boutique coffee market.

How does Pu'er coffee taste? Wouter DeSmet, director of agricultural services for Nestle Coffee in China, said Pu'er coffee has a mild taste and aroma, similar to coffee beans from Honduras and Guatemala.

More than 70 countries around the world produce coffee, and China is one of the 21 countries and regions that produce more than 100000 tons of coffee. In mainland China, coffee cultivation is concentrated in Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Hainan Province used to be the largest producing area of coffee cultivation in the mainland, with a peak of more than 200,000 mu, but now it has less than 10,000 mu left.

Needless to say, some people in Hong Kong have tried to plant coffee trees. A few years ago, the coffee trees in the greenhouse of Admiralty Hong Kong Park once bore fruit, but they did not make coffee. The garden even pointed out that the climate and altitude of Hong Kong were not the best places to grow coffee. Some coffee lovers grow their own coffee beans and then process and roast them, while according to some growers, coffee beans grown in Hong Kong taste more nutty or like bitter chocolate.

Yunnan coffee bean brand recommendation

Yunnan coffee beans roasted in Qianjie are fully guaranteed in brand and quality. And more importantly, the performance-to-price ratio is extremely high, a pack of half a pound 227 grams, the price is only about 69 yuan. According to the calculation of 15 grams of powder per cup of coffee, a bag of coffee can make 15 cups of coffee, which costs less than 5 yuan per cup, which is recommended by conscience compared to the price of tens of yuan a cup sold in a coffee shop.

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