Introduction of Yunnan Sunshine Katim Coffee Bean characteristics, Flavor and Taste

Description of characteristics and Flavor of Yunnan Sunshine Katim Coffee beans introduction of taste varieties in producing areas

Typica and Bourbon, two classic high-quality coffee varieties, are the main coffee varieties in Yunnan. In 1991, Katimo Catimor series varieties were introduced from Kenya (with stronger anti-virus ability and higher yield). A variety of Arabian species (also known as small seed species). Because the morphology and habits of the two varieties are similar, the two varieties are mostly mixed.

Tibica coffee, native to Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan, is the most widely cultivated variety of coffee in the Western Hemisphere. The plant is stronger, but not light-tolerant, and the yield is higher in Hawaii. The top leaf of Tibika is red and copper, which is called red top coffee.

Bourbon coffee is a variety of small-grain coffee second only to Tibica. At first, the main branch and the trunk grew upward at 45 degrees, and drooped with fruit load, the lateral branches were denser, the fruit was more, and the yield was higher. But the berries are smaller and ripen more slowly. The top bud of Bobang is green, which is called green top coffee.

Yunnan Coffee Story

Many chopped beans, adzuki beans and bad beans still have a lot of defective beans after drying, so we hand-picked them on the spot and finally left 9 kilograms of qualified ones-- and most of the morning has passed, of course, if it is used to make instant coffee or general commercial beans, high-yield catimor is a good choice, but we want to find Yunnan specialty coffee. Then the old variety of iron pickup has become the first choice because of its congenital excellent gene. Therefore, this trip to Yunnan also followed the trail of the old varieties. But the reality is really cruel. Before going, Brother Zou told me that there was an old variety in his relative's house, but what he saw excitedly was a wild growing coffee forest, which belonged to his aunt. Because his aunt was too old and did not have the strength to replant and renovate-- these old varieties survived, but the aunt was unable to manage it alone, so the tree was allowed to grow naturally. When ripe to pick some fruit, the so-called new variety actually refers to catimor (Katimo), which is a hybrid of the timor species of the Roberta family and Arabica. Compared with the old variety, it lacks rich aroma and flavor, and has a relatively shallow smell of grass and soil, but it has the advantages of resistance to diseases and insect pests, easy management and high yield, and its yield per mu is up to 350kg, which is more than twice that of the old variety.

Characteristics of coffee beans in Yunnan

So when Nestl é succeeded in promoting high-yield new varieties in Pu'er in the 1990s, brown farmers in Baoshan also cut down the old varieties and changed them to new ones. With a round of coffee expansion, the new varieties of Yunnan coffee are increasing and the old varieties are decreasing day by day. Finally, today's situation: the old varieties have almost been cut down, and the little ones that survived are all "old, weak, sick and disabled." Most of the trees are more than 20 years old, they are out of control, and their yield and quality are much lower than before.