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Aini Estate's Dedication to Yunnan Coffee

Aini Estate has focused on Yunnan coffee for nearly 30 years. Whether exporting coffee to the international market or building a national brand from seed to cup at home, they have personally handled every step along the way.

Coffee Time: Promoting Coffee Culture

Coffee Time advocates a healthy and fashionable coffee lifestyle, leads coffee culture, and is committed to sharing Yunnan coffee with the world.

The Timeless Role of Coffee as a Bridge

Times may change, but coffee's role as a medium and a bridge for socializing, business negotiations and gatherings has never changed.

Famous Coffee Houses Around the World

La Closerie des Lilas, Paris

La Closerie des Lilas, opened in Paris in 1847, was a frequent haunt of Hemingway, one of the most famous novelists of the 20th century. He spent two weeks there completing "The Sun Also Rises," and to this day a corner of the cafe still preserves a "Hemingway Chair," his name engraved on a brass plate on the back.

Cafe de Flore, France

France's Cafe de Flore is a famous birthplace of existentialism. The works of philosophers Sartre and de Beauvoir, along with their famous "contractual love," left indelible marks on the cafe.

First Starbucks, Seattle

The "First Starbucks" in Seattle's Pike Place Market, built in 1971, may be decorated like a warehouse, but it still attracts tourists from around the world who are happy to stand while they drink, just to order a cup of coffee.

Aini Estate's First Flagship Store, Pu'er

Built in 2014 in Pu'er, China's coffee capital, Aini Estate's first national flagship store has a courtyard entirely surrounded by coffee trees. Just a few dozen kilometers from the plantations, local residents who have drunk Pu'er tea all their lives have begun gathering here for social salons and accepting locally grown coffee; some have even learned English here, or found love.

Coffee: A Bridge Connecting People

Coffee is a bridge that connects you and me.

You may have rested a weary soul in some city's coffee shop, closed a business deal over coffee, sparked new ideas and creativity with friends around a table, or met someone who would come to matter deeply - all in a coffee shop.

The splendor and the fatigue of the floating world alike dissolve in a cup of coffee on the street.

Aini Estate: More Than Just Coffee

All along, Aini Estate has stood for more than coffee: it is also committed to providing a gathering place for new youth and new ideas, and a platform for lifestyle and cultural exchange.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Yunnan coffee - known as Yunnan Arabica, or "small-bean" coffee - traces its roots to 1904, when the French missionary Tian Deneng brought Typica seeds from Vietnam into Yunnan and planted the first tree in Zhugula Village, Binchuan County. Yunnan sits squarely on the golden coffee belt around 25 degrees north latitude, where most areas sit at about 1000 meters with fertile slope soils, abundant sunshine and rain, and big day-night temperature swings - ideal conditions for coffee. If you want a gentle introduction to Yunnan's terroir, FrontStreet Coffee's Yunnan Arabica from Baoshan is washed-processed and medium-roasted, showing soft nut and chocolate sweetness with a light plum acidity at a friendly price. Baoshan's dry-hot river valley climate, with modest rainfall and large day-night temperature differences, gives this coffee its distinctive lingering sweetness.

For a clearer expression of Yunnan character, step up to FrontStreet Coffee's 2013 Sun-Dried Typica, grown on FrontStreet's own estate from fully ripe red cherries and processed with the most traditional natural method. Medium-roasted for balance, it offers dark berry and citrus tones with a hint of fermented winey aroma, caramel sweetness, a creamy finish and a black-tea aftertaste. And to taste Yunnan in espresso form, the FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend - Yunnan Arabica combined with Brazil Cerrado - brews a balanced Americano with nutty, brown-sugar sweetness and a latte with smooth almond and cream notes, a favorite among baristas and beginners alike.