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 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

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