Lincang District of Lincang City, Yunnan Launches Five Support Policies to Promote Healthy Development of Coffee Industry

First, the seedling subsidy policy. Since 2012, upon passing acceptance inspections, the district finance department has provided coffee companies with a subsidy of 60 yuan per mu.

Second, the planting and management reward policy. The district finance department includes coffee cultivation funds in the budget at a rate of 50 yuan per mu annually, establishing a special reward fund. Rewards are distributed according to work funds at 10 yuan per mu, planting rewards at 20 yuan per mu, and cultivation management at 20 yuan per mu based on performance assessments. Among these, townships, villages, and farmers who complete coffee planting tasks according to the "Five Ones" standard in the current year receive, upon passing assessment and acceptance, one-time rewards of 5 yuan per mu for the township, 5 yuan per mu for the administrative village, and 10 yuan per mu for farmers; work funds of 10 yuan per mu are provided to townships according to planting plans. Starting from the second year of the planting plan, assessments run continuously for 2 years based on survival rate, growth rate, and third-year fruit-bearing rate; those passing receive one-time rewards of 5 yuan per mu for the township, 5 yuan per mu for the administrative village, and 10 yuan per mu for farmers.

Third, increasing investment in infrastructure construction. Coffee production roads within the project area are uniformly planned by the transportation department and the relevant townships. After village committees organize villagers to decide through "one matter, one discussion" public resolutions, the townships and villages are responsible for implementation. The standard requires roads over 3 meters wide serving a planting area of over 300 mu, with the finance department providing a subsidy of 20,000 yuan per kilometer.

Fourth, those who complete pit and pond excavation tasks according to standards before March 30, 2013, and sign land transfer lease and subcontract agreements will receive a reward of 15 yuan per mu upon passing acceptance inspections.

Fifth, farmers who use land previously planted with corn and rice in 2012, as well as inefficient tea land, to plant coffee will receive a reward of 20 yuan per mu after verification and passing acceptance inspections.

Through these policy incentives, Linxiang District has completed a total of 31,920 mu of new coffee planting and 6,371 mu of replanting and supplementation, and the district's coffee industry is developing healthily.

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Lincang is one of Yunnan's four great coffee-producing regions — alongside Baoshan, Dehong, and Pu'er — and Yunnan's entire coffee story began with small-grain coffee, the local name for Arabica. French missionary Tian De Neng carried Typica seeds from Vietnam into Yunnan in 1904 and planted the first coffee tree in Zhugula Village, Binchuan County, marking the start of Yunnan coffee. Yunnan lies squarely on the coffee belt's golden growing zone, with fertile slopes, ample sunshine, rich rainfall, and large day-night temperature differences — ideal conditions for coffee trees.

To taste what these policies are growing, FrontStreet Coffee offers two Yunnan specialty beans. The Baoshan small-grain is washed and medium-roasted, with gentle nut and chocolate sweetness, a light plum acidity, and a friendly price — the perfect first taste of Yunnan coffee. The 2013 natural Typica, grown on FrontStreet's own estate from fully ripe red cherries, is the step up: a fuller body with more pronounced sweet-and-sour notes, dark berry tones, caramel sweetness, chocolate, a hint of dried apricot, and a black-tea finish. For espresso drinkers, the barista-favorite FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend combines Yunnan small-grain with Brazil Cerrado — Brazil brings mixed nut aromas and balance, Yunnan contributes chocolate and citrus — yielding an Americano with balanced sweetness, acidity, and bitterness over nutty, brown-sugar warmth, and a latte with a smooth almond-and-cream texture.