Yunnan Coffee Beans

When it comes to coffee, everyone yearns for coffee beans like Gesha and Honey Kiss. ​​Indeed, I am the same, because only top-quality coffee beans can give you a pleasing experience. Especially for baristas, this is a feast for the tongue. When it comes to Yunnan beans, it's more about feelings! Especially as a local barista in Yunnan, such feelings will be even deeper.

A cup of coffee, from planting and picking to processing by farmers, and then to roasting, is really not easy to come by when you think about it carefully. I am honored as a barista to be able to complete this final process of a cup of coffee, which makes me feel both fulfilled and humbled.

Yunnan beans have touched me a lot. Just like my coffee shop, it has been swaying in the society, with hardships and helplessness. Many people's first reaction to Yunnan beans is that they have poor flavor and are unstable, or even disgust and contempt. It is understandable that as a coffee lover, I also had this mentality when I first came into contact with Yunnan beans. However, when I visited many coffee planting bases and estates in Yunnan, I truly experienced the helplessness and sadness of coffee farmers.

Their frustration lies in Yunnan's geographical environment and planting and processing techniques. Although Yunnan has a long history of coffee planting, the country has not paid attention to it and the technology has not been supported. It is only in the past decade that the attention has increased and the coffee planting technology has been improved to a certain extent. What makes coffee farmers sad is that despite this, as long as a coffee bean is labeled as Yunnan, the price is always low. Even if the price of a certain award-winning Yunnan bean goes up, the flavor is always doubted and criticized.

After a period of evaluation and exploration, we found that these problems do exist, but not all of them; the reason why Yunnan beans are so criticized is that people have been wearing tinted glasses for too long and can't take them off. After struggling for a long time, I decided to take the step I had never dared to take - promoting Yunnan beans.

Why did I struggle? I was afraid that someone would say I was chasing fame and fortune, or that I was overestimating my own abilities and seeking fame. Now I dare to do it, because my master, team and I have deeply felt that Yunnan beans are not that bad after a long period of exploration and pursuit.

I often go into a review with high expectations, only to be deeply disappointed after the review; and then I get a big surprise when I come into contact with it accidentally. Going in and out of such surprises and disappointments several times is a kind of fun and also a kind of exploration.

Today I share a bean with the latest evaluation

Origin: Yunnan-Pu'er

Altitude: 1500m

Beans: Typica

Bean name: Annual ring

Processing method: natural fermentation and dense processing

Flavor: Mainly presents the aroma of citrus and nuts; in the high temperature zone, it presents the fruity aroma of dried plums and citrus, with a strong caramel sweetness in the throat. After turning to medium and low temperatures, it presents the taste of spices, and exudes a strong berry sourness in the mouth, and the sweetness decreases.

Overall, the best drinking time is medium to high temperature. According to the characteristics of the beans, in order to highlight the fruity aroma and acidity of this bean, we use light roasting; because of this, if this bean is drunk at low temperature, the overall sourness will appear bland and the flavor will become monotonous.