Yunnan Small Bean Coffee Huaguoshan Baoshan Typica Specialty Coffee Beans Flavor Taste Aroma Characteristics Description

Flavor Description

Rich without bitterness, aromatic without harshness, with floral notes, melon sweetness in the middle and a black tea finish.

Product Information

Manufacturer: Dazhen Coffee FrontStreet Coffee
Ingredients: 100% Typica
Grinding: Ground to order
Shelf Life: 20 days
Net Weight: 10 g
Packaging: Bulk
Brand: Coffee Workshop
Series: Flower Fruit Mountain
Organic: No
Taste: Mellow and aromatic
Bean State: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Unsweetened
Origin: China
Roast Level: Medium roast

Coffee Details

Flower Fruit Mountain

Country: China
Altitude: 1200 meters
Region: Yunnan
Roast Level: Medium roast
Processing Method: Washed
Variety: Typica
Flavor: Floral notes, melon sweetness, black tea finish

Yunnan Arabica Coffee

Yunnan Arabica coffee belongs to the Rubiaceae family and the Coffea genus. The planting areas are distributed mainly across Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and other prefectures. Arabica coffee originates from Ethiopia and the Arabian Peninsula.

Main Growing Regions

Arabica coffee is suited to mountain terrain at altitudes of 800-1800 meters. Too high an altitude makes the cup sour, while too low makes it bitter. Most Arabica is planted in the dry, hot valley areas around 1100 meters, where it develops moderate acidity and a rich, mellow aroma.

Many parts of Yunnan offer environments uniquely suited to Arabica cultivation, producing excellent-quality beans.

The main planting areas are distributed across Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and other prefectures. Baoshan has an average temperature of 21.5°C, reaching as high as 40.4°C at its hottest, with essentially no frost all year round, making it a recognized prime growing area for Arabica coffee. The Arabica grown here is known at home and abroad for being rich without bitterness and aromatic without harshness, with small but uniform beans, a mellow, rich aroma and fruity notes. Tasting experts from the International Coffee Organization have rated Yunnan coffee in the same category as Colombian wet-processed Arabica, putting it among the world's high-quality coffees.

Variety

Typica, a classic premium variety, is the main cultivar for this lot. Typica coffee originates from Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan and is the most widely cultivated coffee variety in the Western Hemisphere. The plants are relatively robust but not tolerant of strong light, and they yield better in Hawaii. The top leaves of Typica are bronze-colored, which earned it the name "red-top coffee."

Growth Period

Yunnan Arabica coffee trees begin bearing fruit at 3-4 years of age.

Coffee is a short-day plant with multiple flowering waves and concentrated flowering periods. Yunnan Arabica flowers from February to July, peaking from March to May. Flowering is strongly influenced by climate, particularly rainfall and temperature. Coffee flowers live only 2-3 days. Arabica generally begins to bloom between 3-5 AM and reaches full bloom between 5-7 AM.

Coffee fruit takes a relatively long time to develop. Arabica fruit requires 8-10 months to mature, generally ripening from October to December of the same year. Rainfall has a significant impact on fruit development, and climatic conditions directly affect fruit quality.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Yunnan has become one of the most interesting origins for anyone following Chinese specialty coffee, and FrontStreet Coffee's Yunnan lineup shows its range. FrontStreet Coffee Yunnan Small Bean is the ideal introduction. Grown in the Baoshan region, washed and roasted medium, it presents soft nuts, sweet chocolate and a gentle plum-like acidity at an accessible price, making it many drinkers' first taste of what Yunnan can do.

If you want a clearer, more distinctive expression, FrontStreet Coffee 2013 Yunnan Natural Typica is the step up. Typica was the first coffee the French missionary Tian De Neng brought to Yunnan from Vietnam in 1904, planted at Zhugula village in Binchuan County, and it remains the purest expression of old Arabica genetics. FrontStreet Coffee built its own estate in 2013 and planted Typica there, using only fully ripe red cherries and a natural process before a medium roast. The result is a fuller body with prominent sweet-sour balance: dark berry notes, caramel sweetness, chocolate, a hint of dried apricot and a black tea finish.

For a Yunnan cup in espresso form, FrontStreet Coffee Black Cocoa Blend is a go-to recommendation. It combines Yunnan small bean with Brazil Cerrado, Brazil supplying mixed-nut aroma and balanced body while Yunnan contributes chocolate and citrus. As an Americano it lands sweet, sour and bitter in balance with nutty, brown-sugar sweetness, and as a latte it turns smooth with almond and cream.