🫐 Blueberry • 🪻 Violet • 🍂 Dried Fig

Intro

Something you won't find on many shelves: an 88-point specialty coffee from Yunnan, China. Grown high in the mountains and processed with inoculated yeast, "Blue Iris" shows how quickly Yunnan is becoming one of the most exciting origins in specialty coffee — floral, dense with sweetness and impressively precise.

Details

The Origin

Yunnan, in China's far south-west, produces the vast majority of the country's coffee. For years it was known mostly for commodity-grade Catimor, but a new generation of producers is changing that — focusing on high-altitude farms, careful picking and controlled fermentation to unlock flavours few people associated with the region.

This lot is a great example. Rather than relying on processing tricks to create exotic flavours, it uses fermentation to bring out clarity and floral complexity — letting the terroir and the Catimor variety speak.

The Process

This lot is a Yeast Natural:

• 🍒 Ripe cherry selection — Only fully ripe cherries are picked and sorted
• 🧪 Anaerobic yeast fermentation — Whole cherries ferment in sealed tanks with an inoculated yeast culture
• ☀️ Raised-bed drying — Dried slowly on raised beds for an even, clean finish

The Cup

A clearly aromatic coffee: dried fig and violet on the nose, with blueberry coming through as it cools. Sweetness is dense and syrupy, balanced by a bright, lively acidity and a silky body. A brilliant pick for pour-over, and a fun one to taste side by side with an Ethiopian natural.

Flavour Notes

🫐 Blueberry 🪻 Violet 🍂 Dried Fig Medium Acidity Silky Body