Yunnan arabica coffee can be traced back to 1904, when the French missionary Tian Deneng brought coffee species (Tipica) from Vietnam to Yunnan and successfully planted it in Zhugula Village, Binchuan County, Yunnan Province. This was the beginning of Yunnan coffee, generally called arabica coffee, and domestically commonly known as Yunnan arabica coffee.
Arabica coffee refers to Arabica coffee beans, because its coffee beans have smaller particles, it is also called small fruit coffee, Robusta coffee is called medium fruit coffee, and Liberica belongs to large fruit coffee. Yunnan grows Arabica coffee, so it is also called Yunnan arabica coffee.
front streetYunnan Katim arabica coffee
Production area: Baoshan, Yunnan
Altitude: 1200 meters
Breed: Catim
Treatment method: washing treatment
Brewing flavor: melon, melon, brown sugar, plum sour, black tea flavor
At Front Street Coffee, you can see two types of Yunnan coffee beans. One is recommended Front Street Typica coffee, and the other is Yunnan small-grain Katim coffee. Both beans can be called small-grain coffee, but the flavor of Typica is cleaner, while the taste of Katim is thicker.
Yunnan planting varieties
In the past, Yunnan’s arabica coffee was mainly Katim. Katim is a combination of Arabica and Robusta. Robusta has good leaf rust resistance and rich oil, high yield, and is easy to plant. After crossing with Arabica Typica, Katim has 25% Robusta genes, which improves its ability to resist leaf rust, retains rich oil, and has the rich taste of some native Typica species. Therefore, most Yunnan manors have begun to plant Katim on a large scale.
In recent years, the Typica variety has begun to be cultivated in small groups. Since Typica has poor disease resistance and is susceptible to leaf rust, its growth must be observed anytime and anywhere, and every leaf must be carefully cared for. Therefore, Front Street joked that Typica looks like "Lin Daiyu".
Front Street Yunnan small grain Typica coffee beans
Production area: Lincang, Yunnan
Altitude: 1300 meters
Variety: Typica
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Brewing flavor: obvious toasted nuts, soft acidity, overall balanced aroma, solid dark chocolate aroma, slight brown sugar sweetness.
Where is the best place to grow coffee in Yunnan?
The planting areas are mainly distributed in Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and other regions. The average temperature in Baoshan is 21.5℃, with a maximum of 40.4℃. It is basically frost-free all year round. It is recognized as the best arabica coffee producing area. The arabica coffee cultivated here is famous both at home and abroad for its strong but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, small and well-proportioned particles, rich aroma and fruity taste. Tasting experts from the International Coffee Organization evaluated Yunnan coffee as Colombian wet-processed small-grain coffee, which is the best quality coffee in the world. The area where FrontStreet Coffee grows Typica is at the border between Baoshan and Myanmar.
The average temperature in Baoshan is 21.5℃, with a maximum of 40.4℃. It is basically frost-free all year round. It is recognized as the best arabica coffee producing area. The arabica coffee cultivated here is famous both at home and abroad for its strong but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, well-proportioned grains and facets, rich aroma and fruity taste. Baoshan arabica coffee in Yunnan has a long history of planting. Baoshan arabica coffee can be said to be a national geographical indication product.
Front Street Coffee Coffee) roaster Yangjia 800N (roasting volume 300 grams): Set the oven temperature to 200 degrees Celsius and put the pot into the pot. Open the damper 3. After 1 minute, adjust the heat to 160 degrees and the temperature return point is 1'32". Seconds, bake until 5'40'' turns yellow, the temperature is 149 degrees, the grass smell completely disappears, dehydration is completed, the firepower remains unchanged, the damper changes to 4; at the 6th minute, the firepower is adjusted to 140, at the 7th minute After 8 minutes, the heat is adjusted to 120. At 8 minutes, ugly wrinkles and black spots appear on the surface of the beans, and the smell of toast obviously changes to the aroma of coffee. It can be defined as the prelude to the first crack. At this time, you need to listen clearly to the sound of the first crack. By 8&# 39;37''Start the first explosion, adjust the firepower to 90, open the damper to 5 degrees, reduce the heat to 20 degrees at the 9th minute, develop the first explosion to 2'00', and cook at 196. degrees.
FrontStreet Coffee Brewing Suggestions
Filter cup: kono
Amount of powder: 15g powder
Water temperature: 88℃
Grinding degree: No. 20 standard screen pass rate 80%
Gouache ratio: 1:15
Front Street segmented brewing technique: Use 30 grams of water to steam for 30 seconds. When the water level drops to 125 grams, continue to pour water to 225 grams and stop pouring water. When the water level drops and the powder bed is exposed, remove the filter cup. (Steaming starts timing) The extraction time is 2'00'.
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
