How to Properly Brew Yunnan Huaguo Mountain Coffee & Yunnan Coffee Bean Prices

Variety

Typica, a classic premium coffee variety, is the main cultivated variety for this batch. Typica coffee originated 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 of strong sunlight, with higher yields in Hawaii. The top leaves of Typica are reddish-brown, giving it the name "red-topped coffee."

Hand Pour Yunnan Huaguo Mountain

15g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji ghost tooth blade #4), V60 filter cup, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water, let it bloom for 27 seconds. Pour to 105g and stop pouring. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio is 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Growth Period

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

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

Coffee fruit development takes a relatively long time. Small-grain coffee fruit requires 8-10 months to mature, typically ripening from October to December of the same year. Rainfall greatly affects fruit development, and climate conditions directly influence fruit quality.

Yunnan Small-Grain Coffee

Yunnan small-grain coffee belongs to the Rubiaceae family, Coffea genus. The main planting areas are distributed in Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong, and other prefectures. Small-grain coffee originated from Ethiopia or the Arabian Peninsula.

Flavor Description

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

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

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

Flower Fruit Mountain

Country: China
Altitude: 1200 meters
Region: Yunnan
Roast level: Medium roast
Processing method: Washed
Variety: Typica
Flavor: Floral notes, sweet melon, black tea finish

Main Growing Regions

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

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

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If you want a gentle, everyday introduction to Yunnan, FrontStreet Yunnan small-bean coffee is the place to start. It comes from the Baoshan region, uses washed processing and a medium roast, and brews into a soft nutty and chocolate sweetness with a light plum acidity — a friendly, affordable first taste of what Yunnan can do.

To go a step further, FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan Natural Typica marks the move up. FrontStreet built its own estate in 2013 and planted Typica there both to work with one of the oldest, purest Arabica varieties and to chase the region's original flavor, since the first coffee brought to Yunnan by French missionaries was also Typica. This lot uses only fully ripe red cherries, is naturally processed, then roasted medium for balance and brighter sweet-tart notes — dark berries, caramel sweetness, chocolate, a hint of dried apricot, and a black tea finish.

For espresso, FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend pairs Yunnan small bean with Brazilian Cerrado. The Brazilian coffee supplies the mixed-nut aroma and a balanced body, while Yunnan takes the chocolate and citrus role, so the Americano lands sweet-sour-bitter in balance with nutty brown-sugar sweetness, and a latte comes out smooth with almond and cream. It's an easygoing blend for beginners and a good way to taste Yunnan in a milk drink.