What Are the Best Recommended Specialty Coffee Beans - Yunnan Baoshan Anaerobic Natural 'Niang Hongzhuang' Micro-batch Introduction

FrontStreet Coffee - Yunnan Anaerobic Natural "Niang Hong Zhuang" Micro Batch

Besides anaerobic processing, Honglong Manor has also been experimenting with yellow honey, black honey, and other methods. Before this, it was rare to see any processing in Baoshan, Yunnan, other than washed coffee.

Today, across the whole Yunnan region, in coffee areas such as Baoshan and Pu'er, emerging estates like Honglong Manor are becoming more numerous. These specialty coffees with their own estate character are writing a more interesting and diverse Yunnan flavor profile.

"Niang Hong Zhuang" Anaerobic Natural:

Every sip is full of tropical fruit aroma

"Niang Hong Zhuang" Anaerobic Natural is Honglong Manor's most representative work of the year, and it has earned unanimous recognition from coffee subscription planner Zhao Xin and the discerning roaster Li Zhen. It is enough to change your stereotyped impression of Yunnan coffee.

The growing altitude of "Niang Hong Zhuang" reaches 1650-1750m, among the highest coffee cultivation altitudes in Yunnan. The growing period of the cherries is therefore extended by nearly a quarter. Once the cherries mature, farmers also carry out meticulous fully red cherry harvesting. The rich accumulation of organic matter makes the beans exceptionally sweet.

In terms of processing, "Niang Hong Zhuang" undergoes 48 hours of anaerobic dry fermentation and approximately 30 days of slow natural drying, producing diverse and outstanding tropical fruit aromas. The result is full, ripe fruit aromas with well-balanced acidity, rich and multi-layered. It feels like taking a bite of sweet, rich jackfruit, followed by a light bite of crisp, juicy green apple. Every sip is full of fruit aroma.

Yunnan Anaerobic Natural Niang Hong Zhuang

Region: Baoshan, Yunnan

Altitude: 1650-1750m

Variety: Catimor

Grade: Micro Batch

Processing: Anaerobic Natural

Flavor Notes: Jackfruit, Green Apple, Honey, Dark Chocolate

Knowledge Point: What truly spread coffee throughout the Yunnan land was the opening of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If you want to begin with the classic flavors of Yunnan, FrontStreet Coffee's Yunnan Xiaoli comes from the Baoshan region and uses washed processing with a medium roast, giving soft hazelnut and chocolate sweetness with a light plum acidity, an approachable price, and an easy entry into what Yunnan coffee can be.

To step up from there, FrontStreet Coffee's 2013 sun-dried Typica was planted on FrontStreet's own estate in 2013, since Typica is one of the oldest and purest Arabica varieties and was also the first variety planted in Yunnan, brought in by a French missionary. Using only fully ripe red cherries and a sun-dried process with a medium roast, it is more balanced with brighter sweet-sour notes, showing dark berry character along with caramel sweetness, chocolate, and a hint of dried apricot, finishing with a black tea aftertaste.