Yunnan Small Bean Coffee Huaguoshan Baoshan Typica Premium Coffee Beans Grind Size Roast Level Processing Method

Product Information: Manufacturer: Dazhen Coffee FrontStreet Coffee | Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou | Ingredients: 100% Typica | Grinding: Ground upon order | Shelf Life: 20 days | Net Weight: 10g | Packaging: Bulk | Brand: Coffee Workshop | Series: Flower Fruit Mountain | Organic: No | Flavor: Mellow and aromatic | Bean State: Roasted | Sugar Content: Sugar-free | Origin: China | Roast Level: Medium roast

Flower Fruit Mountain

Origin: China

Altitude: 1200 meters

Region: Yunnan

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Washed

Variety: Typica

Flavor Notes: Floral, melon sweetness, black tea sensation

Primary Growing Regions

Arabica coffee thrives in mountainous areas between 800 and 1800 meters. Too high and the coffee turns sour; too low and it turns bitter. Most Arabica is grown in dry, hot valleys around 1100 meters, which yields moderate acidity with a rich, mellow aroma. Many parts of Yunnan have just the kind of environment Arabica favors, producing beans of exceptional quality.

The main growing areas are spread 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, with basically no frost all year—which is why it is regarded as the best Arabica region. Coffee grown there is known at home and abroad for being rich without bitterness and aromatic without harshness, with small, uniform beans, a full mellow aroma, and fruity notes. After tasting their way through Yunnan's cultivation and primary-processing sites, International Coffee Organization experts placed Yunnan coffee in the same category as Colombian washed Arabica, ranking it among the world's finest.

Variety

Typica, this classic high-quality variety, is the main cultivar behind this batch. Typica originated in Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan and is the most widely planted coffee variety in the Western Hemisphere. The plants are fairly sturdy but cannot tolerate strong light, and they yield more heavily in Hawaii. Typica has bronze-colored young leaves, which is why it is nicknamed "red-topped coffee."

Growth Period

Yunnan Arabica bears fruit in 3–4 years.

Coffee is a short-day plant. It flowers several times, with concentrated peaks. Arabica in Yunnan flowers from February to July, peaking from March to May. Flowering is heavily influenced by climate, especially rainfall and temperature. Coffee flowers live only 2–3 days. Arabica generally begins to open between 3 and 5 a.m. and reaches full bloom from 5 to 7 a.m.

Coffee fruit takes a relatively long time to develop. Arabica fruit needs 8–10 months to mature, and typically ripens from October to December of the same year. Rainfall strongly affects fruit development, and climatic conditions directly shape fruit quality.

Yunnan Coffee Arabica

Yunnan Arabica belongs to the Rubiaceae family, Coffea genus, with growing areas mainly distributed across Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong, and other prefectures. Arabica originated in Ethiopia or on the Arabian Peninsula.

Flavor Description: Rich without bitterness, aromatic without harshness, with floral notes, melon sweetness through the middle, and a black tea sensation on the finish.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Talk about Yunnan coffee and the phrase "small bean" soon follows. Small bean is really just another name for Arabica: of the three original coffee species, it bears the smallest fruit, so it earned the nickname. The story begins in 1904, when the French missionary Tian Dengneng carried seeds—Typica—from Vietnam into Yunnan and planted the province's first coffee tree in Zhukula village, Binchuan county. Yunnan's favorable geography and climate made the crop a success. FrontStreet Coffee's Yunnan Small Bean comes from the Baoshan region, washed and medium-roasted; it pours out soft nut and chocolate sweetness with a light plum acidity, and at an approachable price it is the cup most people meet Yunnan coffee through.

To go a step deeper, FrontStreet Coffee planted its own Yunnan estate in 2013 and set out a block of Typica—partly because Typica is one of the oldest varieties, carries pure Arabica genetics, and has long been regarded as a specialty variety for its elegant, clean flavor, and partly because the very first coffee trees planted in Yunnan were also Typica, brought in by French missionaries. The house's 2013 sun-dried Typica uses fully ripe red cherries and a medium roast to keep the cup balanced and its sweet-tart quality pronounced: expect dark-berry notes, caramel sweetness, chocolate, a hint of dried apricot, and a black-tea finish. For an espresso take on Yunnan flavor, FrontStreet Coffee's Black Cocoa Blend pairs Yunnan Small Bean with Brazil Cerrado—Brazil for mixed-nut aroma and balance, Yunnan for chocolate and citrus—giving an Americano that balances sweet, sour, and bitter with nut and brown-sugar sweetness, and a latte with smooth almond and cream.

Yunnan's coffee belt runs through the province's southwest, with Baoshan, Dehong, Pu'er, and Lincang as the four main areas; Baoshan and Lincang, above 1200 meters, currently produce the best small bean. Coffee prefers warmth, tolerates heat but not cold, and favors full sun, with an ideal growing temperature of 16–21°C—and Yunnan happens to sit right on the global coffee belt at 25° north. Baoshan's growing history dates to the mid-1950s, when it was introduced by the overseas Chinese businessman Liang Jinshan. The dry-hot valley climate around Lujiangba keeps year-round temperatures steady but the day-night swing wide, and the moderate, slightly low rainfall does the rest, giving Baoshan small bean its distinctive sweet aftertaste—which the washed process, removing the pectin layer before drying, brings out cleanly in the cup.