22.8°N 101.0°E · 1,000–1,800 maslGrown in Pu'er and Baoshan, Yunnan

Yunnan coffee

Coffee reached Yunnan with a French missionary in the 1890s, but its specialty scene is brand new. Better processing is turning Pu'er, famous for tea, into one of coffee's origins to watch.

From the expedition filesIn the land of Pu'er tea, a mission churchyard tree started China's coffee.Still alive art: Zhukula's mission coffeeRead the China (Yunnan) file, with every source →

Region: Pu'er and Baoshan, Yunnan
Altitude: 1,000–1,800 masl
Varieties: Catimor, some Typica and Bourbon
Process: Washed, natural, honey

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