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Qianjie-brief introduction of Yunnan small Coffee

Coffee cultivation in China is concentrated in Yunnan and Hainan provinces. Dehong in Yunnan has a large output, with an annual output of about 26000 tons in recent years, accounting for 90 per cent of the national output. It is said that small grains of coffee came from the French 70 or 80 years ago. The main variety is Arabica Arabica, the so-called small seed coffee, commonly known as Yunnan Dehong small grain coffee.

Yunnan's high-quality geographical and climatic conditions provide good conditions for the growth of small-grain coffee. The planting areas are Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and other prefectures. The natural conditions of Yunnan are very similar to those of Colombia, that is, low latitude, high altitude and large temperature difference between day and night. The small grain coffee produced is mellow by cup quality analysis, and its quality and taste is similar to that of Colombian coffee.

Export and purchase of small Coffee

Due to a variety of reasons, the coffee industry in Yunnan is not developing fast. Small grains of coffee are mainly exported as raw materials, with an export volume of about 15000 tons in 2006. More than 60% of the raw materials of small-grain coffee are acquired by Nestl é and Maxwell each year, and Starbucks and Amway have joined in recent years. Due to the lack of deep processing and marketing, the popularity of small-grain coffee is low, and people locked in the mountains do not know it.

The quality of coffee depends on a variety of factors, such as the environment, climate, cultivation and management techniques. The best growing environment of small-grain coffee is low latitude, high altitude, sufficient rainfall and suitable sunshine, so the north latitude is 15. The ideal growing area for coffee is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer. However, other areas in this zone, such as Hawaii and Saudi Arabia, or low altitude or little rain in the desert, are not conducive to the growth of coffee, and only southern Yunnan, which is located in this zone, has all kinds of conditions.

According to the determination of experts, small-grain coffee should be planted in the mountains at an altitude of 800 to 1800 meters. If the altitude is too high, it will taste sour, and if it is too low, it will taste bitter. Small grains of coffee are mostly planted in dry and hot valleys at an altitude of 1100 meters above sea level, so they are moderately sour, rich and mellow. As far as climatic conditions are concerned, the long time of light in southern Yunnan is conducive to plant growth and photosynthesis, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the temperature at night is low, which is conducive to the accumulation of coffee nutrients. Therefore, Yunnan small-grain coffee contains more effective nutrients than other foreign coffee varieties.

It is believed that with the in-depth development of Yunnan coffee industry, the rising demand of domestic coffee market and the efforts of the government and enterprises, small-grain coffee will usher in a new period of development.

Knowledge expansion: most of the plants in Yunnan are now Katim, which is a hybrid of Kaddura and Robusta, a bourbon branch of Arabica species.

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