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Q: Is coffee grown anywhere else in China other than Yunnan?
if so how does it compare?
I can say that for a fact I have tasted coffee grown in Hainan and coffee grown in Yunnan. Taste is a personal issue but I prefer the coffee grown in Hainan over Yunnan coffee. Hainan coffee is more robust and full-bodied; Yunnan coffee is a bit like Vietnamese coffee.
In any case, they are both good types of coffee, not easy to come by in China.
nevermind:
Vietnamese coffee is vietnamese coffee because of the process of making it, it has nothing to do with the beans.
981977405:
Actually you are quite wrong here, dear nevermind. Go ask the Coffeegrowers Association about this one -- different plants of coffee produce different results. Sorry.
From wikipedia, nevermind, for your edification: Of the two main species grown, arabica coffee (from C. arabica) is generally more highly regarded than robusta coffee (from C. canephora); robusta tends to be bitter and have less flavor but better body than arabica. For these reasons, about three-quarters of coffee cultivated worldwide is C. arabica.[32] Robusta strains also contain about 40–50% more caffeine than arabica.[40] For this reason, it is used as an inexpensive substitute for arabica in many commercial coffee blends. Good quality robusta beans are used in traditional Italian espresso blends to provide a full-bodied taste and a better foam head (known as crema).[41]nevermind:
I don't see the word "Vietnam" in any of that text. Vietnamese coffee is brewed with smaller grinds and condensed milk, the "vietnamese" refers to this method of making it, not to the beans.
Yunnan and Hainan are the only places in China that I know of that grow coffee.
As for "produce" coffee, there's probably a few in the back behind your local Starbucks.
