Is Yunnan Catimor Washed Bean Acid Bright? Which is More Preferred: Catimor Blend or Single Origin

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Over 99% of Yunnan's coffee is of the Catimor variety. This variety contains a small amount of Robusta genes, making it highly resistant to pests and diseases, though its flavor is slightly inferior to Arabica beans. Yunnan small-bean coffee has a smooth, rich, and full-bodied taste with gentle acidity, sweet aroma, and subtle notes of tea, floral and fruity notes, along with chocolate fragrance.

In 1980, at the National Coffee Conference, Yunnan's Baoshan small-bean coffee was hailed as "the crown of national coffee"; in 1992, at the first China Agricultural Expo, Baoshan small-bean coffee was awarded the highest silver medal; in 1993, at the 42nd Brussels Eureka Expo in Belgium, it won the Eureka Gold Award... Last year, Pu'er City's coffee cultivation area reached 650,000 mu, becoming China's largest coffee production area with the highest output and best quality, as well as a major distribution center for coffee trade.

The beans are processed using the washed method: coffee cherry selection - pulp removal - fermentation - washing - drying - hulling.

Farmers use depulpers to separate most of the pulp from the coffee beans, then guide the parchment beans to a clean water tank, soaking them in water for fermentation to completely remove the residual pulp layer. Through the washed processing method, the coffee exhibits distinct fruit acidity and a cleaner taste.

Asian coffee is known for its heavy characteristics, making it very suitable as a base when making espresso blends. Asian coffee beans are generally processed using wet or semi-wet methods. The raw beans are mostly uniform in size, though semi-wet processed beans have a darker color. The general characteristics of Asian coffee include heavy flavor, strong and rounded sweetness, but the aroma and brightness are somewhat plain. Asian coffee: characterized by deep flavor and rich body.

Typica

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. The top leaves of Typica are bronze-colored, earning it the name "red-topped coffee." Typica is recognized as a premium coffee variety, and many current commercial improved varieties originate from this type. It demonstrates excellent flavor expression but has extremely low yields and is susceptible to rust disease, requiring more intensive human management.

This coffee variety is used as single-origin coffee, with its pleasant aroma and charming flavor making it a rare choice for single-origin coffee.

Knowledge point: Coffee is a short-day plant. Coffee has the characteristics of multiple flowering phenomena and concentrated flowering periods.

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