Characteristics of main coffee producing areas in Yunnan, China which brand of Yunnan small coffee beans is good and why Yunnan beans are not famous

Coffee is a proper import for China. In China, where tea culture prevails, coffee has not been able to occupy a place. Even after the reform and opening up, coffee culture has only germinated in a few cities that opened up first. Qianjie Coffee opened in Baoqian Street, Dongshan, Guangzhou in 2013, and there were few independent cafes that could be named at that time, and there were not many Starbucks. It can be seen that coffee has always been unaccustomed to local conditions in the Chinese market. In a short period of 8 years, there are cafes everywhere in Guangzhou, and Yunnan coffee, which is rarely mentioned, has gradually become a commonplace, and even more and more coffee lovers are looking for traces of Yunnan coffee beans. What earth-shaking changes have taken place in Yunnan in the past few decades?

Friends who have known about coffee cultivation should have heard of the "coffee gold belt". It is well known that coffee is suitable for growing between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer, so coffee is produced in Central and South America and Africa. However, coffee produced between late and 15 degrees north latitude is too strong and bitter, while coffee grown between 15 degrees north latitude and the Tropic of Cancer tastes better.

As we all know, the suitable growth zone of coffee lies between the Tropic of Cancer and Cancer, so it is produced in South America, Indonesia and Africa. However, the coffee produced from the equator to 15 degrees north latitude is so strong and bitter that only some people who drink coffee and do not know its taste will like it. In fact, the best coffee should be produced between 15 degrees north latitude and the Tropic of Cancer.

Coincidentally, the southern part of China's Yunnan Province (especially close to Laos) and the northern part of Yunnan Island happen to be on top of this golden zone. Although Hawaii and Saudi Arabia in the United States are in this zone, on the one hand, there are no mountains and fog in Hawaii, and on the other hand, there is no water in the sandy desert, and coffee cannot settle down. As a result, the best coffee producer in the world is in China.

Yunnan Province in China, located near the Tropic of Cancer, is also an area rich in fine coffee in China. Yunnan coffee is fragrant but not strong, strong but not bitter, which has become an indispensable producing area for coffee glutton. The main coffee producing areas in Yunnan Province of China are concentrated in the west and south of Yunnan Province.

The main coffee growing areas in Yunnan, China are: Lincang, Baoshan, Dehong and Pu'er. Coffee beans produced in these areas have long gone abroad to major coffee consuming countries such as South Korea, Japan, the United States and Europe.

[Dehong]

The birthplace of coffee in China, the area is 1000 to 1600 meters above sea level, covering an area of 2000 hectares of coffee plantations. More importantly, most coffee is grown here organically, making it one of the best in the world.

[pu'er]

As the coffee capital, in 2012, the planting area of Pu'er was 43433 hectares, the coffee harvest area was 18000 hectares, and the annual output of coffee was 36500 tons, of which 24700 tons were exported. The Pu'er coffee industry has 70 registered enterprises, 30, 000 households and a population of about 1 million. Pu'er tea, known as the "City of Millennium Tea", is an important coffee producing area in China, with the largest planting area, the highest output and the best quality, and is also an important distribution center of international coffee business.

[Baoshan]

Small Coffee, the most famous coffee in Baoshan, took the first step in the late 1950s and soon received positive feedback from London. It was recognized as "the top coffee in the country" at the National Coffee Conference in 1980. In December 2010, Baoshan small Grain Coffee obtained A-level certification and passed the process of China National Standards Administration, which is considered to reflect China's National Geographic indication products.

[Lincang]

Lincang City is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, with the Tropic of Cancer running through the south, Pu'er in the east, Dali in the north, Baoshan in the west, and Myanmar in the southwest. It is a bright pearl in the southwest of the motherland because it is close to the Lancang River. The annual average temperature in Lincang ranges from 16.8 ℃ to 17.2℃. The dry and wet season is obvious and the sunshine is sufficient. Qianjie Coffee took a fancy to this "green pearl on the border". In the early days of its establishment, Qianjie Coffee set up its own coffee farm in Lincang, one of the main coffee producing areas in Yunnan. growing the oldest Arabica variety-iron pickup.

Most of coffee lovers' understanding of Yunnan coffee begins with Yunnan small-grain coffee. It should be known that the original Yunnan small-grain coffee is the iron card variety, the iron card variety of coffee beans is too small, so it has the name "small grain".

In the 1950s and 1960s, Yunnan began to grow coffee on a large scale, but at that time the domestic people knew little about coffee, let alone drink it, so Yunnan coffee at that time was mainly used for export to Europe and the United States. Due to the superior flavor and taste of Yunnan coffee, it has been loved by a large number of coffee lovers in Europe and the United States.

In the 1980s and 1990s, some major international coffee brands settled in Yunnan, and Yunnan became the source of coffee for many brands. In order to improve the coffee yield and disease resistance as high as possible, Nestl é promoted the Katim variety in Yunnan. The output of the Katim variety is three times that of the iron pickup, and it is resistant to coffee leaf rust. Katim farmers only know how to grow coffee, but do not know the flavor. In order to gain higher profits, they cut down the elegant tin pickup coffee trees and plant Katim instead. Today, Katim has become the main variety of Yunnan coffee beans, so Yunnan small-grain coffee has been transformed into Katim variety.

Because the Katim variety carries the Robustad gene, inheriting Robusta's strong disease resistance, but also inheriting Robusta's criticized flavor, Han Huaizong once described Katim as "demon-like tail rhyme". With the development of planting technology and the improvement of varieties, the Katim flavor is becoming more and more elegant.

Of course, there are three kinds of beans from Yunnan on the bean shelf of Qianjie Coffee, which provides an excellent opportunity for everyone to compare them. Yunnan Xiaoguo Mountain, Qianjie 2013.

The Yunnan grain in Qianjie is a washed Katim, which belongs to one of the Qianjie food bean series. The existence of the rations bean series is to let coffee Xiaobai quickly find out the local conditions of each producing area, so the coffee beans in the rations are mostly treated by water washing.

Qianjie Coffee Yunnan small Coffee beans

Producing area: Baoshan, Yunnan

Altitude: 1200 m

Variety: Katim

Treatment method: washing treatment method

On the other hand, Huaguoshan is a tin card also produced in Baoshan, which is washed with Yunnan small grains, which can more obviously compare the difference between iron pickup and Katim. Huaguoshan entrance rich melon and other melon aromas, supple entrance, middle nuts, milk chocolate, tail plum lively and bright, both cheeks, good balance, full taste, citrus sour, aftertaste black tea, a little brown sugar.

Qianjie coffee Yunnan Huaguoshan coffee beans

Producing area: Baoshan, Yunnan

Altitude: 1200 m

Variety: iron pickup

Treatment method: washing treatment method

The coffee harvest season in Yunnan has come to an end, and the coffee farm in Qianjie in Yunnan has certainly ushered in the joy of a bumper harvest. When Qianjie launched its own tanning iron pickup for the first time in 2021, it won the support of many coffee lovers, and even asked when it was out of stock, what about Qianjie's own tanning iron pickup? It just started in 2022, and the tanning iron pickup on the front street is on the shelves again. The entrance of Yunnan Sun Iron pickup in front street has sour plums, main notes of chocolate, sweet taste like brown sugar and preserved fruit, and a solid taste.

Qianjie Coffee Qianjie Yunnan Sun Iron pickup Coffee beans

Producing area: Lincang, Yunnan

Manor: Qianjie Coffee Manor

Altitude: 1300 m

Variety: iron pickup

Treatment method: solarization treatment

When brewing these Yunnan coffee beans, the baristas of Qianjie Coffee will use higher water temperature and fine grinding to extract as much aroma and sweet and sour taste of the coffee as possible, considering that their roasting degree is moderate.

Filter cup: Hario V60

Water temperature: 91 degrees Celsius

Amount of powder: 15g

Ratio of powder to water: 1:15

Grinding degree: the pass rate of Chinese standard No. 20 screen is 80%.

Qianjie noticed that some friends do not have the equipment to grind coffee beans at home, and Qianjie certainly can provide the option of grinding coffee beans, but after the coffee beans are ground into powder, the exhaust will be more intense, and the flavor substances will be easily volatilized. as a result, the appreciation period is greatly shortened. Qianjie suggests that friends with grinding equipment buy whole beans and grind them now so that they can taste the better flavor of coffee.

First inject 30 grams of water for steaming for 30 seconds, inject fine water from the central point and slowly circle to 125 grams, and wait for the water level in the filter cup to drop to 225 grams around the powder bed. The beans sent to the hands of Qianjie coffee are roasted freshly within 5 days. in general, signs of bulging can be seen during the steaming stage. with the development of the steaming process, part of the carbon dioxide gas in the coffee powder is gradually discharged, bringing some stability to the later brewing process.

The tanning iron truck of Qianjie Coffee Manor has a strong sweet feeling and elegant flavor, while the Huaguo Mountain on the shelf tastes clean and refreshing.

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