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Published: 2026-04-12 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/04/12, Qianjie often shares with you that if you have seen a promotional picture of "Arabica" coffee online or offline, if nothing goes wrong, the coffee beans in the picture are likely to be the "iron pickup" variety. The reason why Arabica uses iron pickup trucks as an "image endorsement bean" is very simple, because

Qianjie often shares with you that if you have seen a promotional picture of "Arabica" coffee online or offline, if nothing goes wrong, the coffee beans in the picture are likely to be the "iron pickup" variety.

The reason why Arabica uses iron pickup as an "image endorsement bean" is very simple, because the iron pickup is currently recognized as the "prototype of Arabica coffee variant"! What does it mean? Even if we look back, we will find that the vast majority of coffee varieties we know evolved from iron pickups. It can be said that iron cards played an extremely important role in the history of coffee! In addition to its deepest qualifications, it also has a very excellent flavor performance and clear iconic characteristics in appearance, so it is simply not suitable to use it as an image endorsement bean for Arabica.

Speaking of which, Qianjie believes that everyone can't wait to understand all the characteristics and stories of this bean, so today Qianjie will come to share with you what is special about this iron pickup truck variety?

Iron pica/Typica is the oldest species among the Arabica species. Iron pica naturally originated in Ethiopia. Since the 9th century, Tienika has been introduced to the Arabian Peninsula from Ethiopia and became the main variety in the coffee trade for a long time. Although the coffee trade lasted for centuries, it was not until 1913 that coffee varieties began to be subdivided. "Coffea acrabica L. var. "typica Cramer" is the scientific name of Iron Pica, which is transliterated from Typica, which translates to "typical". The name Cramer wanted to express its role as a typical variety of Arabica, so he adopted the word "Typica" in the meaning of typical.

Both beans and tree species of iron pickup trucks have very distinctive characteristics. For example, the bean seeds of iron pickup trucks were introduced in the article "You can also identify the varieties of coffee beans at a glance". The bean types of iron pickup trucks are usually elliptical and slender, with round and full grains. The midline will bend in an "S" shape and the particle size will be large. Because it is quite different from Bourbon's "round" bean type, iron pickup trucks are also called "long-body beans" and can be said to be very standard. The coffee tree in Tipica is also different from most Arabica coffees. The young leaves on the top are reddish-bronze, which is very easy to identify because they are very different in color from other leaves. Because of this, it is also called "Red Top Coffee".

In addition, the tree shape of the iron pickup truck is conical, its branches will have a slight arc, the overall trunk is thin, the branches will be slender, and the distance between branches and between two nodes on the same branch will be longer., can grow higher, about 5 meters/16.5 inches. And such characteristics make the output of iron pickup trucks destined not to be too large! Because the ironpica plants are larger than most other varieties, a certain interval needs to be left between the plants when planting. The more the interval, the less the number that can be planted on the same land; and the distance between branches. Long nodes reduce the number of fruits produced by a single plant. So on the whole, the output of iron pickup trucks will be much less than that of most other Arabica species.

Not only that, Tienca coffee is also very "delicate". In addition to being difficult to resist common diseases such as leaf rust and berry disease, it also has extremely high requirements on the planting environment. For example, it needs to be planted at high altitudes without frost, and then it requires abundant rainfall, sunshine, good drainage soil, and fertile soil. From the perspective of cultivation, the geographical limitation is very high. Combined with the characteristics of low yield, iron sheet cards are not the first choice for coffee farmers to grow. Because of this, after the introduction of some "new generation" coffee varieties with high yield and high disease resistance, coffee farmers in many places have switched to new varieties.

However, there are also some places that still insist on growing iron cards, because iron cards will have a unique aroma that other varieties do not have. Therefore, even if its yield is not high and delicate and difficult to grow, there are still places to insist on planting it for its mellow flavor. For example, Front Street Coffee! The "Qianjie 2013" sold in the Qianjie Taobao Tmall flagship store is an iron pickup truck variety. It was planted by Qianjie in Lincang, Yunnan in 2013. It is also the main variety planted, so it is named Qianjie 2013.

It is sun-treated and moderately roasted. The brewed coffee has a very balanced taste, high sweetness and full taste. We can taste the flavors of berries, apricots, black tea, and yellow sugar. In addition, there is also a unique fragrance unique to iron pica, which is very good. In addition to Front Street 2013, the famous Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee No. 1 is also an iron pickup variety and is also sold in the flagship store on Front Street. It is baked in medium and deep. It has a high balance in taste, a mellow and smooth taste, and the flavor is mainly chocolate, almond, cream, and an elegant fragrance unique to iron pickup. It is very delicious!

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FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou China, selling freshly roasted beans from its own farm in Yunnan as well as dozens of carefully selected single-origin beans from around the world for both pour-over and espresso. The products deliver consistently excellent quality and great value, with shipping within 24 hours. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers, and the beans are now available online at the Tmall 。