When chatting with many customers, I found that everyone’s impression ofYunnan coffeeIt doesn’t seem to have its own flavor profile. It doesn’t have the bright floral and fruity sour notes like African coffee, nor the rich chocolate aroma of American coffee, nor the spicy aroma of Indonesian coffee, so no one can tell its specific characteristics.
Yunnan is one of the few areas in my country that can grow coffee. Yunnan is located in the golden belt of coffee cultivation, which is between the North and South Tropic of Cancer. Yunnan arabica coffee also has a long history. It originated from the wild coffee produced in Africa. It was later introduced to Europe through Arabia and became widely known, hence the name. In the 1890s, it was introduced to Zhukula, Binchuan County, Dali, China. Since then, it has taken root and developed in mainland China. The characteristics of Yunnan coffee beans have also become the representative of Chinese coffee, so Yunnan coffee is also called "Yunnan arabica coffee".
Although there are many Yunnan coffees with special flavors on the market, if you want to truly understand Yunnan coffee, you should start with the traditional and natural processing methods, buy washed or sun-dried coffee, and taste the flavor of Yunnan coffee itself.
Precisely because the current Yunnan coffee does not have distinctive flavor characteristics of the place of origin, the roasting process will not be too extreme, but will take a more conservative route. The industry generally believes that the taste of Yunnan coffee should have a certain caramelized aroma, as well as a certain acidity and balanced tonality, so a medium roasting degree is usually used, and it can be roughly divided into single-origin Yunnan coffee and blended Yunnan coffee.
Yunnan single-origin coffee recommendation ① Front Street Yunnan small coffee beans
Production area: Baoshan, Yunnan, China
Altitude: 1200m
Breed: Catim
Processing method: washed
Flavor: nutty, herbal, chocolate, caramel, with a hint of fruity acidity in the aftertaste
Suitable for the crowd: People who want to taste the basic flavor of Yunnan Xiaoli, can be used for hand brewing, moka pot, and cold brewing
Yunnan single-origin coffee recommendation ② Front Street 2013 Typica coffee beans
Production area: Lincang, Yunnan, China
Manor: Front Street Manor
Altitude: 1300m
Variety: Typica
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Flavor: Sour berry aroma, nutty tones, sweet brown sugar, and tea-like aftertaste.
Suitable for: People who want to taste authentic Yunnan arabica coffee, it can be used for hand brewing, moka pot, and cold brewing
Yunnan coffee blend recommendation: Front Street black cocoa blend (100% Arabica) espresso beans
Production area: Yunnan Xiaoli + Brazilian Cerato
Roast Level: Medium Dark Roast
Flavor: Mixed nuts, chocolate, caramel, slight acidity, sweetness of sugar cane.
Suitable for people: People who have a coffee machine or Moka pot at home and pursue cost-effectiveness and stable extraction.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
