China - Kaku
China - Kaku
Kaku is located in Paliang, the largest coffee producing area in Menglian County, Yunnan. The family run farm and washing station is led by Mr Li, processing coffee grown by surrounding villages of smallholders as well as their own land. Alongside coffee, the farm grows a variety of trees such as camphor tree (used as an essential oil), Tianzhugui (used in traditional Chinese medicine), with Huanghuali (a type of rosewood) grown to provide shade.
Mr Li and his family have been growing and processing commercial grade coffee for over 20 years, typically selling to Nestle, Starbucks and Taiwan. His commitment to quality combined with higher than average elevation means it is producing some excellent washed lots. The family are very well respected in the local community, helping many villagers with education and healthcare, which is highly valued in this remote area.
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It’s not quite as fanciful as Ethiopia’s origin claim over coffee, but French missionaries first brought coffee plants to China in the late 1800s, predominately planting in Yunnan, the most southwestern province (which benefits from the Tropic of Cancer running though the south). China’s coffee growth didn’t cause much of a stir until the 90s when big companies, such as Nestlé and Starbucks, began investing. Today, coffee is cultivated across 120,000 hectares – still small-talk when you consider tea’s claim to over 3 million hectares of land.
But the direction of coffee production and consumption is changing. 400 million millennials have opened-up the demand for coffee in China – long viewed as a luxury, rather than a daily ritual – with this mid 80s-early noughties generation influenced by the larger coffee landscape, looking to drink out or takeaway from a cafe, rather than a cup of instant at home. Enter, the burgeoning speciality coffee scene, and the world stage.

Tasting Notes
Lime, Granny smith apple, milk chocolate
Origin Data
SCA SCORE: 86
VARIETY: Catimor (P3/P4)
FARM: Kaku Farm
FARMER: Mr. Li
PROCESS: Washed
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