What kind of coffee does Katim coffee grow in Yunnan, China?

Catimor is not of pure Arabica pedigree, it is a hybrid of Timor and bourbon, it lacks rich aroma and flavor, and has a shallow smell of grass and soil, but it has the advantages of resistance to diseases and insect pests, easy to manage, high yield, and its yield per mu is up to 350kg, which is twice as high as that of Timor and bourbon. Now it has become the main cultivated variety in Yunnan coffee producing area.

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. Yunnan coffee beans were first introduced by French missionaries in 1902. Up to now, there are still 24 coffee trees with more than 90 years old in Zhukula Township, Binchuan County. In 1914, the border people of the Ruili Jingpo nationality were introduced from Burma to Nongxian Village. Tibika and Bobang, two classic high-quality coffee varieties, are the main cultivated varieties of coffee in Yunnan. Because the morphology and habits of the two varieties are similar, the two varieties are mostly mixed. Bobang terminal bud tender leaves are green, called green top coffee; Tiebika top leaves are red copper, called red top coffee.

In fact, the oldest variety in Yunnan is the iron pickup, but the iron pickup is not resistant to disease. in order to simply increase the yield, coffee farmers began to cut down the improved varieties with good flavor and plant varieties with poor flavor, but with very high yield. s288, which is resistant to leaf rust, was introduced at the initial stage, and more high-yielding Katim coffee beans were introduced in the later stage. Now you will find two kinds of coffee beans in Qianjie coffee, one is Yunnan iron pickup coffee beans, the other is Katim coffee beans, while in Qianjie coffee, Yunnan iron pickup cards are marked as Yunnan boutique coffee, and Yunnan Katim coffee beans are marked as Yunnan small grains.