by origin
Yunnan is china's main coffee-growing province, and it produces something genuinely different from what most specialty drinkers expect. the cups lean floral and tea-like, closer to a darjeeling than a classic central american, and that alone makes it worth paying attention to.
Yunnan coffee is arabica grown in the mountainous southwest of china, primarily in areas like pu'er. it sits at real altitude, which slows cherry development and pushes the cup toward subtlety rather than intensity. it's a young origin by specialty standards, still finding its footing, but roasters are paying closer attention now.
Yunnan coffee tastes like black tea first, then honey or honeycomb, then stone fruit and red apple underneath. the tea-like quality is the thing people remember. it's not punchy or syrupy. it's delicate, a little dry on the finish, and if you drink a lot of east african coffee you'll feel the family resemblance immediately.
Yunnan matters because it proves china is a producing country, not just a consuming one. specialty roasters are now sourcing it seriously, which means farmers are getting real feedback and prices are moving. it fills a gap in the map and it tastes unlike almost anything else in the current index.
look for pu'er as a region label, it's the name you'll see most. caturra appears as a variety here, which is interesting given how far it is from its latin american home. ask roasters about processing too, because how the cherry is handled shapes whether that tea note reads clean or gets muddy.

yunnan

yunnan
by obadiah coffee roasters
yunnan

yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan · washed

panama + yunnan · anaerobic

panama + yunnan · washed

yunnan · natural

yunnan · washed

yunnan · washed
by hydrangea coffee roaster
yunnan · natural
by kitaoji roastery lab
yunnan · washed
by maze
ethiopia + rwanda + yunnan · honey

yunnan

yunnan
by coutume centre commercial parly 2 | torréfacteur | coffee shop | brunch
yunnan · natural
by libis specialty coffee
yunnan

yunnan

yunnan

yunnan · honey

yunnan

yunnan

yunnan · anaerobic

colombia + yunnan · anaerobic

kenya + yunnan · anaerobic

colombia + el salvador + yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan

yunnan

yunnan

yunnan

yunnan

yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan · natural

yunnan · honey

yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan · washed

yunnan · washed

yunnan · natural

yunnan · experimental

brazil + yunnan · natural
by coffee in common
yunnan

india + yunnan

yunnan · natural
by old quarter coffee merchants - southport
yunnan · washed

yunnan · washed
by dear deer coffee roasting bar newmarket
yunnan · washed
by dear deer coffee roasting bar ellerslie
yunnan · washed
by dear deer coffee roasting bar pakuranga
yunnan · washed
by dear deer coffee roasting bar onehunga
yunnan
by altura coffee company
yunnan

yunnan

yunnan

colombia + yunnan · anaerobic

colombia + yunnan · anaerobic

yunnan
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