Page 80 - CTI75_EN

C
Photo / Bryon Lippincott for YCT
What Roasters are Saying about

Yunnan coffee:

1 “We focus on emerging

origin so Yunnan fits the
bill. We don’t just focus on
emerging origins though: It
needs to be tasty and different. Yunnan “Back in 2017 when we start-
fills both slots! Feedback has been be- 3 ed Foreword Coffee, few
yond amazing. People love the facts it’s roasters in Singapore fea-
a new origin. [The coffee] is nutty and tured Yunnan coffee as a
chocolaty, but with hints of cherries single origin coffee and many people did
and insane sweetness.” not know that Yunnan (and China) pro-
- Rabbit Hole Roasters, Canada duced coffee. Fast forward three years
later, many other specialty roasters have
started to offer Yunnan coffees and cus-
tomers give great feedback. The chocolaty
and nutty notes of a Yunnan washed
2 “With the effects of climate consumers. We also feature a natural
[coffee] provides a safe choice for most
change threatening coffee
coffee with notes of cherry and wine
production globally, we
actively explore new oppor- which surprised many specialty coffee
tunities for producer relationships. The drinkers, and the quality is comparable to
what we can get from Ethiopia and Kenya.”
quality of coffee from Yunnan and the - Foreword Coffee, Singapore
technical support provided by Yunnan
Coffee Traders, our partners on the
ground, made it interesting for us — our 5 “We chose to buy coffee
customers have been surprised and im- from Yunnan partly due to
pressed by the sweetness, character of it being a unique and inter-
the acidity and clean cup of these cof- “We decided to go with the esting origin, not common-
fees, especially upon learning they’re 4 Yunnan coffee because it’s ly seen in specialty coffee, and we
Catimor.” a unique coffee from a very purchased Xingang specifically as it is
- Phoenix Coffee, USA special location that we produced by women. The feedback for
the Xingang has been unreal, with a
wanted to share with our customers. number of customers stating it was
But it’s especially the taste that blew their top coffee of 2019. Both wholesale
our minds, the fruity notes are very and retail customers have loved it!
distinguished…[with] dried watermel- We’ve had nothing but a positive expe-
on and cherry flavors. We actually en- rience with Yunnan coffee. We’ve en- Note:
joy it so much that head-roaster Antho- joyed learning about the area, the pro-
ny is going to use it in an upcoming cessing, and the producers. As a roaster,
coffee competition.” it’s a joy to roast such amazing quality Eager to have a cup of
Yunnan coffee? Well,
- 19Grams, Berlin coffee. I love everything about it, from you can get a list of
the aroma of the green which is candy coffee shops offering
decent Yunnan coffee
like to the way the scent of the roasted
via this link:
beans fills the air in the roastery when coffeeteaimagazine.
it’s being packed! We can’t wait for the com/yunnan-coffee
next harvest!”
- Girls Who Grind Coffee, UK

82 83