How does Yunnan small-grain coffee taste, what are its flavor effects, and is there the best Yunnan small-grain coffee bean?

Recently, Pu'er, Yunnan, hosted the 7th Yunnan Green Coffee Bean Competition, where coffee enthusiasts from across the country showcased their skills, making the event exciting and diverse.

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The Catimor coffee bean variety previously had a poor flavor and was infamous for its "devilish aftertaste."

So, what is the flavor profile of Yunnan small-grain coffee beans? The editor recommends starting with washed and sun-dried Catimor coffee beans rather than trying anaerobic processed beans, because the latter involves post-processing methods that can undoubtedly mask some of the beans’ original flavors.

Generally, we believe that the higher the altitude at which the same variety is grown, the better the flavor.Therefore, I selected two types of Catimor coffee beans from the Baoshan production area, which has the highest altitude among all coffee-growing regions in Yunnan. The sun-dried Catimor beans come from Ludianba in Baoshan, Yunnan, at an altitude of 1450-1550 meters.Genjuqianjiekafeidebeice,Shuixikadimukafeidourukoufengfudeguoxiang,Tiangua,Zhiwucaobenxiangqi,Rukouroushun,Zhongduanjianguo,Niunaiqiaokeli,Weiduanlizisuanhuopomingliang,Liangjiashengjin,Junhengganhao,ChunhouduzhongdengbodyBaoman,Wenducongredaowenkeyiganshoudaosuantiandecengcigan,Xiantianhousuan,Xingtao,Ganjudiaodesuanzhi,Yuyunhongcha,Xiexuhongtang.However, Typica has poor resistance to pests and diseases, is prone to illness and death, yields low, and is very sensitive to climate, requiring careful care from coffee farmers.Premium large red coffee cherries are selected for sun-drying processing. This method results in a coffee with extremely high sweetness, and it is considered by Front Street as the “top performer” among Catimors.

The Yunnan coffee industry has gone through four stages of development. From becoming a source of instant coffee after the reform and opening up in the 1980s to the current upgrade of the coffee industry, striving toward specialty coffee, this journey embodies the passion and efforts of Yunnan coffee growers and even coffee enthusiasts nationwide. Let's look forward to the future path of Yunnan specialty coffee~