From a bean to a well-known brand, from a green leaf to a mountain of gold and silver, Baoshan Small Grain Coffee and technology have both rushed forward, injecting strong digital intelligence into the development of the coffee industry and rural revitalization. Baoshan's deep cultivation in the coffee field has shown people that agriculture can be cool, rural areas can be beautiful, and farmers can be wealthy.
From tradition to fashion, from minimalism to nature, the cafes on the streets and alleys of Baoshan have distinct personalities. At the foot of Gaoligong Mountain, the aroma of coffee lingers in the Zhongka Academy, sunlight enters through the window, surrounded by green plants, simple tables and chairs with a warm style, and the fragrance of coffee blends with the fragrance of books and humanistic atmosphere, full of joy at first sight. Watching the guests immerse themselves in it, Yang Zhu, the person in charge of Zhongka, felt gratified and even more determined to empower coffee production with professionalism and technology, making Baoshan Xiaoli Coffee have great potential.
Baoshan Zhongka has introduced top-notch baking equipment in the industry, established a strict quality control system, and modernized the entire process of coffee bean screening, baking, and packaging automation in the baking workshop. In the experience space, coffee robots accurately complete grinding and brewing, echoing the automated production line in the workshop. This not only showcases the intelligent exploration of coffee production, but also allows the sweetness, flavor, and richness of coffee beans to better reach consumers.
Relying on the dual support of ecology and technology, Baoshan Zhongka adheres to the concept of integrated development of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, innovatively constructs the "e-commerce+factory+cooperative+base+farmers" model, and radiates and drives the high-quality development of the entire Baoshan coffee industry chain. Enterprises continue to transform technological achievements into the front line of production, allowing high-quality new varieties to take root in the mountains, advanced new technologies to be implemented in workshops, distinctive new brands to enter the market, and connecting the development chain of industry efficiency and farmers' income increase.
The coffee industry cannot move towards a higher level without the protection of technology, and the future of Baoshan Small Grain Coffee will be clearer. "Huang Jiaxiong, Senior Chief Scientist of the Coffee Innovation Team at the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that it is necessary to fully integrate scientific and technological resources, carry out the collection of coffee germplasm resources, breeding of good varieties, promotion of good methods, and green and high-quality cultivation, strengthen scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation, and create a green ecological boutique coffee base that is suitable for the region, with high-quality varieties and standardized management.
In February 2024, Baoshan Coffee Technology Institute was approved to become a national level science and technology institute. In the two years since its establishment, the small institute has focused on innovation in coffee processing technology and comprehensive utilization of by-products, breaking through key technologies such as directional fermentation, intelligent sorting, and cold extraction and freeze-drying, and has multiple provincial-level scientific research platforms. Through school enterprise collaboration, the small institute serves multiple leading enterprises, builds a deep processing pilot line to promote the transformation of achievements, and cultivates graduate students to go deep into the front line, achieving coordinated progress in scientific and technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and talent cultivation.
Nowadays, the coffee industry in Baoshan has achieved remarkable results: there are 81 coffee processing enterprises in the city, 11 leading enterprises at or above the provincial level, and Zhongka has been awarded the only national leading enterprise in the province; 21 products have been stored in the Yunnan Province "Yunpin" brand cultivation catalog, with the coffee premium rate increasing from 10% to 75% and the deep processing rate increasing from 30% to 90%; 34 coffee plantations have been built, of which 6 have been selected as provincial-level boutique coffee plantations. The coffee yield, boutique rate, deep processing rate, and number of provincial-level boutique plantations all rank first in the province.
Technology empowerment has also given birth to a new generation of coffee industry farmers. Yang Jiangchun, a returning entrepreneur born in the 1980s in Longyang District, has access to comprehensive information about coffee bases anytime and anywhere through the "Cloud Smart Agricultural Chain" platform. This platform is jointly developed by Xinjiashan Coffee Plantation, Yunnan Mobile, Baoshan University and other universities. It integrates Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence technologies to achieve precise irrigation, intelligent prevention and control, agricultural optimization, product traceability, and equip coffee planting with a "digital brain".
The Xinjiashan Coffee Base, which has achieved full coverage of 5G network and IoT devices, has significant benefits in smart planting: it saves 80% water and 60% fertilizer, the premium coffee rate has jumped from 68% to 90%, the growth cycle has been shortened by 1 to 2 years, and the yield per mu has increased by 300 kilograms, becoming a new model of smart agriculture in western Yunnan. With the model of "using coffee to promote tourism and tourism to promote coffee", it has painted a beautiful picture of rural revitalization.
Located on the mountainside of Gaoligong Mountain, Huke Coffee Manor, known as the "living room in the sky", integrates coffee planting, picking, processing, sales, cultural tourism and health preservation, and leisure vacation, achieving standardized, professional, and boutique control throughout the entire process. The estate has been awarded the titles of "Farmer Academician Science and Technology Service Station" and "Science and Technology Serving the Country Spirit Education Base". It continues to make efforts in scientific research, achievement transformation, and talent cultivation, promoting the sustainable development of the coffee industry.
The technological practice of Baoshan Small Grain Coffee has created a vivid example of the transformation of "two mountains": only by respecting nature can we reap rich economic returns; Only with prosperous industries and happy people can we protect the green mountains and clear waters. In the future, Baoshan coffee industry will steadily move forward in the harmonious coexistence of technology and economy, and its fragrance will drift towards a broader stage.
Article: Li Qiu, Zhang Shaoxin, Liu Ziming
Image: Fan Nandan
Source: Baoshan Release