Malipo Arabica Coffee

Malipo Arabica Coffee

　　Malipo Arabica Coffee is a specialty of Malipo County in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The coffee produced in Malipo is rich but not bitter, fragrant but not overpowering, with a slight fruity taste, making it a premium-grade coffee.

　　Malipo County has a typical subtropical monsoon climate. In tropical valley areas below 1,000 meters in elevation — such as Babo, Liuhe, Yangwan, Tianbao, and Daping — the average annual temperature ranges from 19°C to 23°C, with annual rainfall between 1,300 mm and 1,600 mm. The region is frost-free year-round, enjoys long hours of sunshine, and has abundant light, making it highly suitable for coffee cultivation. According to experts who have surveyed Malipo’s tropical natural resources, the coffee produced here is rich but not bitter, fragrant but not overpowering, with a slight fruity taste, qualifying it as a premium-grade coffee.

　　Due to the unique climatic conditions of the Babo Valley, the Arabica coffee produced there is of exceptional quality. Its product was tasted by Mr. Naoki Ishii, a renowned expert from MK Coffee Co., Ltd. in Japan, during his visit to Kunming, who deemed it the best coffee he had ever tasted in Yunnan. It is considered one of the highest-quality coffees in the world, comparable to Indonesia's Mandheling. The roasted coffee products are exported to cities such as Guangzhou, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, and Taiwan, winning high praise from domestic and international merchants and consumers. The "Babo Boka" brand of coffee enjoys a reputation both within and beyond the province.

　　Malipo County has over 8,000 mu of coffee plantations, mainly distributed in the Babo Farm and Babo Township, accounting for more than 7,000 mu; there are also plantings in Tianbao Farm and Tianbao Town, covering about 1,000 mu. The main varieties planted include Typica, Bourbon, and Catimor. By the end of 2010, the area under production exceeded 5,000 mu, accounting for 62.5% of the total. The average fresh fruit yield per mu is 500 kg, with a per-mu output value of approximately 2,000 yuan.