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Yunnan Small Bean Coffee Huaguoshan Baoshan Typica Premium Coffee Beans Flavor Profile, Origin Region and Brewing Parameters

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional barista communication - Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style). Variety: Typica, this classic premium coffee variety is the main cultivated variety for this batch of coffee. Typica coffee originates from southeastern Ethiopia and Sudan and is the most widely cultivated coffee variety in the Western Hemisphere. The plants are relatively robust but not tolerant to strong sunlight, with higher yields in Hawaii. Typica

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Variety

Typica, this classic high-quality coffee variety, is the main cultivated variety for this batch of coffee. 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 to strong light, and have higher yields in Hawaii. The top leaves of Typica are bronze-colored, earning it the name "red-topped coffee."

Growth Period

Yunnan small-bean coffee trees bear fruit at 3-4 years of age.

Coffee is a short-day plant. Coffee has the characteristic of multiple flowering periods and concentrated blooming seasons. Small-bean coffee in Yunnan flowers from February to July, with the peak flowering period from March to May. Coffee flowering is greatly influenced by climate, particularly rainfall and temperature. Coffee flowers have a short lifespan, lasting only 2-3 days. Small-bean coffee generally begins to bloom between 3-5 AM and reaches full bloom between 5-7 AM.

Coffee fruit development takes a relatively long time. Small-bean coffee fruit takes 8-10 months to mature, generally maturing from October to December of the same year. Rainfall has a significant impact on fruit development, and climatic conditions directly affect the fruit.

Yunnan Small-Bean Coffee

Yunnan small-bean coffee belongs to the Rubiaceae family and Coffea genus. The planting areas are mainly distributed in regions such as Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, and Dehong. Small-bean coffee originates from Ethiopia or the Arabian Peninsula.

Flavor description: Rich but not bitter, fragrant but not intense, with floral notes, sweet cantaloupe in the mid-palate, and a black tea finish.

Baoshan small-bean coffee, a specialty of Baoshan's Lujiang in Yunnan, is a national geographical indication product and one of the highest-quality coffees in China and even globally. The beans are uniform and full-bodied, with a fresh aroma, rich fragrance, and mellow taste. It has the characteristic of being rich but not intense, and can be compared to the world-famous Blue Mountain coffee. It enjoys global reputation for its unique excellent quality: in the late 1950s, it was rated as a first-grade product in the London market and earned the beautiful name "Lujiang No. 1." In 1980, it was recognized as "the crown of national coffee" at the national coffee conference.

Hand-poured Yunnan Flower Fruit Mountain. 15g of coffee grounds, medium grind (Fuji ghost tooth grinder setting 4), V60 filter cup, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour with 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half before continuing to pour. Slowly pour until reaching 225g total, discarding the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Flower Fruit Mountain

Country: China

Altitude: 1200 meters

Region: Yunnan

Roast level: Medium roast

Processing method: Washed

Variety: Typica

Flavor: Floral notes, sweet cantaloupe, black tea finish

Main Growing Areas

Small-bean coffee is suitable for growing on mountainous terrain at altitudes of 800-1800 meters. If the altitude is too high, the taste becomes sour; if too low, it becomes bitter. Most small-bean coffee is planted in dry, hot valley areas at around 1100 meters altitude, resulting in moderate acidity and rich, mellow aroma. Many areas in Yunnan have unique environments suitable for growing small-bean coffee, producing excellent quality small-bean coffee.

The planting areas are mainly distributed in regions such as Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, and Dehong. Baoshan has an average temperature of 21.5°C, reaching up to 40.4°C at its highest, and is basically frost-free year-round, making it recognized as the best growing area for small-bean coffee. The small-bean coffee cultivated here is famous both at home and abroad for being rich but not bitter, fragrant but not intense, with small, uniform beans and a mellow, rich aroma with fruity notes. International coffee organization tasting experts have evaluated Yunnan coffee as being in the same category as Colombian wet-processed small-bean coffee, making it among the world's high-quality coffees.