Where do red bourbon and yellow bourbon coffee beans come from?

Introduction of boutique coffee beans

During the investigation, Pan Qizuo, a professional coffee grower, provided us with a clue that there were yellow coffee trees more than 20 years old in the area. We personally went to the scene to inspect and collect fruit samples. It is more obvious that the shape and leaf shape and color of this part of the tree are indeed different from those introduced by Yang Fakuan, and the grower's statement on the age of coffee planting was also made before 2000. This proves that there is bourbon mutated yellow coffee in the original old varieties!

Although the yellow bourbon introduced by Yang Fakuan has a good effect on planting in Dahongpo, it is also less effective in other introduction places, mainly in small particle size and high shell bean rate (some samples have a shell bean rate as high as 20%). Therefore, the suitability and specific planting management of these coffees need to be proved by new experiments.

In 2012, more than 200 kilograms of yellow bourbon introduced by Yang Fakuan were collected for taste analysis. It is found that: 1, mellow and high degree, comparable to the local old varieties of bourbon (non-yellow coffee); 2, moderate acidity; 3, mild fragrance, delicate texture; 4, long, clear and thorough.

With such a taste, it is easy to imagine such a picture: two yellow orioles singing green willows and a line of egrets flying into the blue sky; the window can see the snow of Xiling for a thousand years, and the ship moored in front of the door to Wu is loved by growers because the fruit of this variety of coffee is more balanced, the fruit is uniform, and the proportion of effective grade rice is high. Subsequently, farmers in nearby villages such as Mangliu and Manhai were also introduced one after another.

At present, the yellow coffee planted by the Dahongpo Cooperative has become a forest. Other villages are scattered into blocks.

From 2011 to 2012, in order to find out the variety of this part of the coffee, I personally went to Dahongpo to have a look. According to the collected samples and the morphological analysis of the trees, it can be determined that this part of the coffee tree introduced by Yang Fakuan is bourbon or bourbon variety Kaddura.