What arabica beans does Four Cats Coffee actually use?
Yunnan Four Cats Coffee Co., Ltd. was registered in November 2013 and runs cultivation, processing and e-commerce around Yunnan small-bean coffee. Its products use arabica beans from Lujiangba in Baoshan as raw material, giving a balanced flavor, and the company holds a 5,000-mu high-altitude base plus a processing plant in Nujiang.
Small-bean coffee grows well between 800 and 1,800 meters, and Yunnan's dry-hot river valleys sit near 1,100 meters, where acidity stays moderate and aroma is rich. The company's Tmall flagship store opened in May 2014. Its Blue Mountain coffee is a separate authenticity question: the article reviews the brand's history, origin environment and product traits rather than confirming any Blue Mountain origin claim.
Yunnan Four Cats Coffee Co., Ltd., since its establishment in 2013, has focused on the cultivation, processing, and e-commerce operations of Yunnan small-bean coffee, owning a 5,000-mu high-altitude planting base and a large processing plant in Nujiang. Its products use Arabica beans from Lujiangba, Baoshan as raw materials, with a balanced flavor. This article reviews the brand's development history, origin environment, and product characteristics, and discusses whether its Blue Mountain coffee is authentic, while also including relevant recommendations from Front Street Coffee for coffee enthusiasts' reference.
Yunnan Four Cats Coffee Co., Ltd. was officially registered in November 2013, with business scope covering coffee cultivation, processing and production, and online marketing; it is a B2C coffee enterprise.
The company is mainly dedicated to expanding Yunnan small-bean coffee in the e-commerce field, building a full-industry-chain e-commerce operation model around Yunnan small-bean coffee, compressing circulation costs by eliminating intermediate links, and lowering market prices while ensuring basic profits. Four Cats has built two coffee planting bases in Nujiang, Yunnan, with a total area of 5,000 mu, all planted with high-quality high-altitude Yunnan small-bean coffee. In 2013, the company completed a large coffee processing plant covering 100 mu, capable of simultaneously processing coffee cherries, coffee beans, and instant powder.
Direct supply of high-quality raw materials for production + manual roasting quality assurance + unique taste profile design + application of new freshness-preserving technology
From green beans to coffee in the cup, Four Cats' complex and meticulous processes always provide quality assurance!!
On May 20, 2014, the Four Cats Coffee Tmall flagship store was officially launched, with the goal of becoming the most innovative local coffee brand.
II. Product Introduction
1. Four Cats Coffee Yunnan Small-Bean Coffee
Small-bean coffee is suitable for growing in mountainous areas at altitudes of 800 to 1,800 meters; too high an altitude makes it sour, while too low makes it bitter. Small-bean coffee is mostly grown in dry-hot river valley areas at around 1,100 meters above sea level, so its acidity is moderate, its aroma is rich, and its taste is mellow. Many areas in Yunnan have unique conditions for growing small-bean coffee, and the small-bean coffee produced is of excellent quality.
The planting areas are mainly distributed in Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong, and other prefectures.
Arabica coffee beans are recognized worldwide as a high-quality coffee variety, and Yunnan small-bean coffee and Jamaican Blue Mountain both belong to the Arabica species.
Lujiangba in Baoshan, Yunnan Province, has a dry-hot river valley climate unique in Yunnan and even across the country, which is very favorable for the growth of Arabica (small-bean coffee). Lujiangba is located on the eastern foothills of the Gaoligong Mountains and along both banks of the Nujiang River, at longitude 98°44′–99°05′E and latitude 24°46′–25°33′N, with an altitude of 640–3,510 meters. The small-bean coffee planting areas are mostly between 800 and 1,200 meters above sea level, with a small portion expanded to about 1,400 meters. The raw material planting base belongs to a subtropical monsoon climate type, with an average annual temperature of 21.3°, annual sunshine hours of 2,334.5 hours, annual rainfall of 721.51–100 mm, active accumulated temperature of 7,800°C for days at or above 10°, and basically no frost throughout the year. The Lujiang planting area has a long planting history and rich cultivation experience, with more than 50 years of planting history and a yield of about 150–200 kg per mu. It is one of the world's most famous best production areas for high-quality small-bean coffee.
Front Street Coffee recommends that for daily drinking, one may choose washed or natural-processed batches of Yunnan small-bean coffee, which have a clean flavor and prominent sweetness.
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
