Yunnan Arabica Coffee Huaguoshan Baoshan Typica Premium Coffee Beans Varieties, Brand Recommendations and Estates

Baoshan Small Bean Coffee

Baoshan Small Bean Coffee is a specialty product of Baoshan, Lujiang, in Yunnan, and a national geographical indication product. It ranks among the finest coffee qualities in China and even worldwide. The beans are uniform and full, with a fresh, rich fragrance and a mellow taste. It is rich without being strong and is often compared to the world-renowned Blue Mountain Coffee. Its unique quality has earned it a global reputation: in the late 1950s it was rated first class on the London market and won the elegant name "Lujiang No. 1," and in 1980 it was recognized as "the crown of national coffee" at the national coffee conference.

Hand-Poured Yunnan Flower Fruit Mountain

15 g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji ghost-tooth burr setting 4), V60 filter cone, water at 88-89°C. Begin with a 30 g pour and a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105 g and stop. When the water level in the bed drops halfway, continue pouring slowly until the total reaches 225 g. Avoid the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, total extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Ingredients: 100% Typica
Ground to order
Shelf life: 20 days
Net content: 10 g
Packaging: Bulk
Brand: FrontStreet Coffee
Series: Flower Fruit Mountain
Organic: No
Taste: Mellow and fragrant
Coffee bean state: Roasted beans
Sugar content: Sugar-free
Origin: China
Roast level: Medium roast

Flower Fruit Mountain Coffee Details

Country: China

Altitude: 1200 meters

Region: Yunnan

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Washed

Variety: Typica

Flavor: Floral notes, melon sweetness, black tea sensation

Main Growing Regions

Small bean coffee grows well on mountain slopes at altitudes of 800-1800 meters. Too high and the taste turns sour; too low and it turns bitter. Most small bean coffee is planted in dry-hot valley areas at around 1100 meters, which yields moderate acidity, a rich fragrance and a mellow smoothness. Many parts of Yunnan offer environments uniquely suited to small bean coffee, producing an excellent quality cup.

The main planting areas are spread across Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and other prefectures. Baoshan has an average temperature of 21.5°C, peaks of up to 40.4°C and essentially no frost all year, making it widely regarded as the best origin for small bean coffee. Coffee grown here is renowned at home and abroad for being rich but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, with small, uniform beans, a full mellow aroma and fruity notes. Tasting experts from the international coffee organization have compared Yunnan coffee to Colombian wet-processed small bean coffee, ranking it among the world's high-quality coffees.

Variety

Typica is the classic high-quality variety and the main cultivar behind this batch of coffee. Typica originated in Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan and is the most widely cultivated coffee variety in the Western Hemisphere. The plants are relatively robust but do not tolerate strong light, and yields are higher in Hawaii. Typica's top leaves are reddish-brown, which is why it is also called "red-top coffee."

Growth Period

Yunnan small bean coffee typically bears fruit in 3-4 years.

Coffee is a short-day plant with repeated, concentrated flowering periods. Yunnan small bean coffee flowers from February to July, peaking from March to May. Flowering is strongly influenced by climate, especially rainfall and temperature. Coffee flowers live only 2-3 days. Small bean coffee usually begins to bloom early in the morning between 3 and 5 AM and reaches full bloom from 5 to 7 AM.

Coffee fruit takes a long time to develop. Small bean coffee fruit needs 8-10 months to mature and generally ripens from October to December of the same year. Rainfall strongly affects fruit development, and climate conditions directly shape fruit quality.

Yunnan Small Bean Coffee

Yunnan small bean coffee belongs to the Rubiaceae family, Coffea genus. Its planting areas are mainly distributed across Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna and Dehong. Small bean coffee originated in Ethiopia or on the Arabian Peninsula.

Flavor Description

Rich but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, with floral notes, melon sweetness in the middle and a black tea sensation in the finish.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Blue Mountain and this Yunnan Typica share something important: both are grown from the Typica variety. If you enjoy the balance and clean sweetness of Yunnan small bean coffee, FrontStreet Coffee's Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 is the classic expression of that lineage. It comes from the long-established Clifton Estate, where coffee has been grown and processed at an average elevation of 4,300 feet (1,310.64 meters); ample altitude, mild afternoon cloud cover, generous sunlight and mineral-rich soil give the trees ideal growing conditions and slow the ripening of the cherries.

FrontStreet Coffee roasts its Blue Mountain to a medium-dark level, which draws out the rounded body and the traditional sweet-after-bitterness character of the cup. Ground a touch coarser than a light roast and brewed at 87-88°C with a 1:15 ratio, it shows a very clean, complex and remarkably gentle profile: chocolate sweetness, strong body, a perfect balance of sweet, acidic and bitter notes, almost no bitterness and only a moderate, well-judged acidity, closing on a lasting fruit note.

When buying, authenticity matters. Genuine Blue Mountain is shipped in traditional wooden barrels of 15, 45 and 70 kilograms, each one a characteristic of the real thing, and reputable sellers can provide full export certification and origin documentation. FrontStreet Coffee's Blue Mountain No. 1 is the highest grade batch and is backed by complete origin paperwork and genuine transport barrels, so you can trace exactly where the coffee came from.