Yunnan Arabica Coffee Varieties Market – What Are the Brand Advantages of Yunnan Arabica Coffee Beans?

Yunnan Small-Bean Coffee is a well-known public brand of coffee beans in China, named for the fact that Yunnan primarily grows small-bean variety coffee.Yunnan small-bean coffee mainly consists of the Catimor variety, with small amounts of high-quality varieties like Typica and Bourbon also planted.

.The first coffee planted in Yunnan was Typica, which is recognized as a traditional high-quality small-grain variety with excellent flavor.In recent years, products labeled as "Blue Mountain black coffee" have also appeared on the market.At that time, Yunnan Typica was of very high quality, and what was called Yunnan small-bean referred to Yunnan Typica.

Qianjie Coffee's coffee plantations in Lincang, Yunnan, grow Typica and Bourbon.

In the 1980s, with the entry of international big brands such as Starbucks and Nestlé into Yunnan, they vigorously promoted higher-yield varieties to increase production, including Catimor, which contains Robusta genes.Currently, over 99.99% of coffee varieties planted in Yunnan’s coffee-growing regions are Catimor.Therefore, Catimor beans make up the majority of Yunnan coffee bean production, so when people talk about Yunnan small-grain coffee beans today, they are actually referring to Yunnan Catimor.Qianjie Coffee has also launched high-quality Yunnan Catimor beans.

Yunnan small-bean coffee brands have notable advantages and receive support from the State Council and local governments.According to experts who conducted a natural resource survey in Malipo, Yunnan-produced coffee is strong but not bitter, fragrant but not overpowering, with a slight fruity taste, making it a premium type of coffee.In the 24,000-square-kilometer region, only one-third has an elevation below 1,300 meters, and these areas are more suitable for growing high-altitude specialty coffee.

For example, when Mr. Naoki Ishii, a renowned expert from Japan’s MK Coffee Company in Kunming, tasted it, he said it was the best coffee he had tried in Yunnan and among the best in the world.

In 2006, the Specialty Coffee Association of America published the results of cupping comparisons between Pu'er coffee and Colombian coffee over three consecutive years. Pu'er coffee scored an average of 88.75, while Colombian coffee scored 85.88. In January 2012, Starbucks' chief cupping master, Jeremy Wakeford, gave Pu'er coffee a high score of 81.5 again.

Its superior quality gives Pu'er coffee products a unique competitive edge in both domestic and international markets.In addition, Yunnan coffee has gained recognition from international authoritative coffee organizations and is increasingly used as raw material by well-known coffee brands.The excellent intrinsic quality of Yunnan Pu'er coffee has been certified as a Class I product by the International Coffee Organization (ICO).The specialty coffee (Limited Edition) launched by Nestlé uses raw beans from Pu'er.