About This Coffee
More than 20 years after planting her first coffee trees, Zhang clearly sees the benefits coffee production have brought to herself and the farmers in her community and she believes that coffee production in Yunnan will only continue to expand. Most importantly, she anticipates that the living standards of herself and other farmers will also continue to improve.
Zhang is a supplier of our Sucafina Original KongQue.
Cultivation
Zhang rented land from local farmers in 2012 and hired nearby farmers to cultivate and harvest cherry. The farmers who are involved in the work at Xinyu Plantation have seen impressive increases in their quality of life and livelihoods. Farming families have been able to build sturdier and more
Harvest & Post-Harvest
All cherry is selectively handpicked. Xinyu Plantation has a wet mill on site where employed farmers can deliver handpicked, red cherry. Cherry is sorted and pulped and fermented. Following fermentation, parchment is washed in clean water and laid to dry. Employees rake parchment frequently to ensure even drying.
Sucafina Yunnan
Despite not being well known for coffee production, Yunnan has the ideal conditions for specialty coffee production. We are building an increasing number of coffee projects as our presence in Yunnan increases. We see a lot of potential producer-partners who have previously sold their coffees to blenders. With some investment in training and infrastructure, a lot of hard work and a strong quality control system, we just know that coffee producers in Yunnan can shine. Learn more about our operations in Yunnan.
Coffee in China
The majority of coffee produced in China is grown in the Yunnan Province in western China. Our operations in the country are young, but through our partnerships and our Yunnan-based lab and wet & dry mills, we are able to offer a range of great value coffees that display uniformity and consistent profiles.
Sucafina has a lab, office, wet mill and dry mill in the heart of Munaihe, just outside of Pu’er. This small village is where most of the key traders and dry mills in Yunnan are based. We have a small but very experienced team who are committed to delivering coffees to the high quality and ethical standards of Sucafina.
The Yunnan team has worked to develop specific products to represent Yunnan coffees for Sucafina. These products span a quality and value range to allow for a dynamic offering to our clients. In a market where consistency has not always been a focus, we are excited by this opportunity to deliver reliable, quality coffees to our customers.
We have a strong local partnership with a company that enables our in-country financing, logistics and navigation of Chinese trade.
We also looking at China as a destination market and are working on establishing a position within China selling to domestic roasters.
Yunnan is a beautiful part of the world that offers many opportunities for coffees, both as unique offerings as well as making certain blends—such as washed milds—more robust & dynamic. We welcome anyone to come visit & explore what Yunnan has to offer.