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Yunnan International Coffee Trading Center, as the trading platform and service platform of Yunnan coffee, has been actively exploring the international market. On September 26th, 2018, Yunnan International Coffee Trading Center made its debut at the 15th Tokyo International Coffee Fair in Japan, witnessing the development of coffee in China together with SCAJ and many roasters. Two days, several meetings, a speech, a continuous sharing recommendation meeting, attracted a large number of international businessmen and professionals to come to understand and negotiate.

What is Yunnan small grain coffee?

Arabica coffee (Arabica), also known as small grain coffee. Derived from the wild coffee produced in Africa, it was introduced into Europe through Arabia and got its name. It was introduced into Zhu Kula, Binchuan County, Dali, China in the 1890s, and has since taken root in Chinese mainland. Yunnan has also become the representative of Chinese coffee, so Yunnan coffee is also known as "Yunnan small grain coffee".

Yunnan small grain coffee varieties

Iron pickup (typica)

Tieka 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 the iron pickup is red copper, which is called red top coffee. Iron pickup is a recognized boutique coffee variety, at present, many commercial improvements are derived from this. The taste is excellent, but the output is extremely low and vulnerable to rust, which requires more manpower management.

Bourbon (bourbon)

Bourbon originated from the iron pickup and expanded after it was planted by the French on the island of Bourbon (now known as Reunion) in 1708. Bourbon also has a beautiful aroma and rich flavor, which is higher in yield and growth than iron pickup trucks. It is suitable for planting in an area of 1200 million meters, but it is less resistant to diseases and insect pests and is more sensitive to strong winds and heavy precipitation. Bourbon coffee is a variety of small-grain coffee second only to iron pickup. The lateral branches and nodes are denser, the fruit is more, and the yield is higher. But the berries are smaller and ripen more slowly. The top bud of bourbon is green, which is called green top coffee.

Katim (catimor)

Small seed coffee Catimor is the Portuguese International Coffee Rust Research Center (CIFC) using Caturra19/IXHDT832/l (HW26) and Caturra19/IXHDT832/2 (H. 6) the general name of the hybrids cultivated has been distributed in most coffee producing countries, and further breeding and adaptability studies have been made, and many different generations of Catimor hybrids and Can-mor derived species have been introduced. Some of them showed good botanical characteristics and were resistant to known rust races, while others were only used as breeding materials. Among the coffee grown in Yunnan, Catimor is the main variety, which has a large planting scale and area.

Introduction of SL28 from Kenya

SL28 is a Kenyan hybrid bred to improve the disease resistance and yield of coffee, with a mixed pedigree of French missionaries, mochas and Yementibica. At present, SL28 varieties of coffee are also introduced into Yunnan.

Introduction of Indian S288

S288 is an excellent hybrid variety bred in India in 1946. The predecessor of S288 was named S26 after the hybrid of S288 (the first generation) and Typica, because the first generation of S288 was crossed between Arabica and Liberian Liberica and always had the fishy smell of Liberia. Indian botanists then used the first generation of S288 and Typica hybrid Kent and the second generation of S288 to become the present S795.

Other introduced or cultivated species

In addition to the above introduction, there are many varieties planted in Yunnan, either introduced or locally cultivated, including roses, Yejia and many other varieties. And, of course, the Robusta species.

Producing area of small grain coffee in Yunnan

Yunnan small grain coffee planting areas are: Pu'er City, Lincang City, Baoshan City, Dehong Prefecture, Nujiang Prefecture, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Dali Prefecture, Diqing Prefecture and other states and cities, and the planting area and area are still expanding.

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