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Travels, tastings, technical gestures: what we learn along the way, simply told.
The coffee variety atlas: 610,000 years in three dimensions
An interactive atlas of the 65 coffee varieties and species: their parentage, their dates, their arrival in Yunnan — with sources. In French, English and Chinese.
The same coffee, day and night: coffee is multisensory
The colour of the cup, its shape, the music: all of it changes what we taste. What we took away from a talk on the multisensory side of coffee.
Catimor, Yellow Bourbon, Pacamara: three Yunnan varieties
Catimor, Yellow Bourbon and Pacamara: discover the differences between three varieties grown in Yunnan and how they shape the taste of coffee.
Pu’er, Baoshan, Dehong: three terroirs of Yunnan coffee
Pu’er, Baoshan and Dehong are three major terroirs of Yunnan coffee. Discover how they differ in climate, altitude, cultivation and cup profile.
Yunnan coffee: a story that began in 1892
From the first coffee trees planted by French missionaries to the rise of specialty coffee, discover the history of coffee in Yunnan since 1892.
How to brew a great drip bag
The complete drip bag method: temperature, ratio, three pours, common mistakes. A clean cup in three minutes, with no equipment.
Why does Yunnan grow such good coffee?
Altitude, day-night temperature swing, varieties and a new generation of producers: what makes specialty coffee from Yunnan, China, so distinctive.