Coffee Katim is not Yunnan Coffee Katim | characteristics of Yunnan small Coffee Katim

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Catimor, also known as Katim, its taste is easy to distinguish, bitter, sour taste is obvious, and with astringent taste. It has the advantages of strong resistance to leaf rust, large shed surface and high yield.

Cartimo is a new breed of coffee discovered and cultivated by the Portuguese in 1959. It is derived from the cross between Alapeka and Timor in Robusta, and this variety has the advantages of both Alapeka and Robusta: it has extremely strong plants, strong resistance to leaf rust and strong resistance to insect pests (coffee tiger longicorn beetles). For coffee producers, it is an ideal commercial variety in terms of yield, maturity, pest resistance and flavor. But it also has its drawbacks. Once planted at high altitudes, it is far less fragrant and mellow than the old varieties of tin tin card and bourbon, so that it is difficult for Katimer to get a good place in any authoritative competition.

After long-term improvement and breeding, some new varieties were derived from Katimo, such as CatimorCIFC7963, Catimor (p1, p2, p3, p4, pt), Catimor (T5175, T8667) and so on. At present, the Katimo series has the largest planting area in Yunnan, and coffee farmers also like to plant this series of coffee, because of their short plants, high yield and strong resistance to insect pests, so the planting area is larger.

When it comes to Asian coffee, the first impression of coffee lovers is often calm and calm. It is precisely because of the heavy nature of Asian coffee that it is very suitable to be used as a base when making Italian coffee. The raw coffee beans in Asia are generally processed by wet or semi-wet process. most of the raw beans are uniform, but the color of the beans treated by semi-wet method is darker. Asian coffee is generally characterized by thick flavor, strong sweetness and round taste, but slightly flat aroma and brightness. Asian coffee: characteristics of taste, deep flavor and strong taste.

It can be traced back to 1892 when a French missionary brought coffee to Yunnan from Vietnam and successfully planted it in a valley in Binchuan County, Yunnan Province. This is the beginning of Yunnan coffee, commonly known as small seed coffee and Yunnan small grain coffee in China.

Yunnan small grain coffee 3-year-old 4-year-old fruit tree. Coffee is a short-day plant. Coffee has the characteristics of multiple flowering and concentrated florescence. The florescence of small seed coffee in Yunnan is from February to July, and the flowering period is from March to May. The flowering of coffee is greatly affected by climate, especially rainfall and temperature. Coffee flowers have a short life span of only 2-3 days. Small seed coffee usually opens at 3: 5 in the morning and blooms from 5 to 7 o'clock.

Yunnan is the main coffee bean producing area in China. Yunnan is located in the subtropical mountain climate zone south of the Tropic of Cancer, with unique plateau red soil, fertile and loose soil and mild climate, which is especially suitable for growing small-grain coffee. Today, minibus will learn about the characteristics and flavor of Yunnan katim beans with you.

For coffee producers, it is an ideal commercial variety in terms of yield, maturity, resistance to diseases and insect pests and flavor. In the past, some people thought that the "inferiority" of Katim's pedigree determined that it could not become a high-quality coffee.

But today more people's view is that the so-called boutique coffee is more closely related to the scientific treatment of bad sections such as production, harvest, processing, production and so on. Under the guidance of this concept, there are more and more high-quality Yunnan Katim coffee with clean and flawless taste and high sweetness, which is surprising.

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