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Leading Variety grown in Yunnan is Catimor coffee

Leading Variety grown in Yunnan is Catimor coffee

Catimor is not of pure Arabica, instead it is a hybrid of Timor and Bourbon, it lacks rich aroma and taste, and has a relatively shallow grassy smell And earthy taste, but its advantages are that it is resistant to pests and diseases, easy to manage, and has a large yield. Its yield can reach up to 350KG per mu, which is 2 times higher than other Timor and bourbon yields.

Yunnan is the main coffee bean producing area in China, like Hainan. Yunnan is located in the subtropical mountain climate region south of the Tropic of Cancer. It has unique plateau red soil, fertile and loose soil, and mild climate, which is especially suitable for growing small-grained coffee. Now, Katim coffee has become the main variety in the central coffee producing area of Yunnan.

Yunnan coffee history:
Yunnan coffee beans were first introduced by French missionaries in 1902, and there are still 24 coffee trees over 90 years old in Zhukula Township, Binchuan County. In 1914, the Jingpo people from Ruili were introduced to Nongxian Village from Burma. Typica and Bourbon, two classic high-quality coffee varieties, are the main cultivars of Yunnan coffee. Because these two varieties are similar in shape and habit, they are mostly mixed cultivation. The young leaves of the top buds of Bourbon are green, which is called green top coffee; the top leaves of Tiepica are red copper, which is called red top coffee.

Why Leading Variety grown in Yunnan is Catimor coffee:
In fact, the oldest variety in Yunnan is Typica, but Typica has poor disease resistance. In order to simply increase production, coffee farmers began to cut off good-flavored varieties of coffee, planting varieties with poor flavor but very high yields. It is s288 that is resistant to leaf rust, and a higher-yielding Katim coffee bean species was introduced later. Now you will find two kinds of coffee beans in Qianjie Coffee, one is Yunnan Typica coffee beans and the other is Katim coffee beans, while in Qianjie Coffee, Yunnan Typica is marked as Yunnan Specialty Coffee, and Yunnan Coffee Tim coffee beans are marked as Yunnan small grains.

Yunnan coffee for sales:
As one part of the supply chain, many yunnan coffee are supply to coffee giants in china, like the starbucks luckin coffee.

Also some coffee roaster in Yunan set up the coffee production line with Drip coffee packing machine.

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Aug-22-2022

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