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Jamaica Blue Mountain Authentic Imported NO.1 Premium Coffee Beans: Flavor Classification, Prices and Images

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional barista discussions - follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) Since Japan has consistently invested in Jamaica's coffee industry, most of today's Blue Mountain coffee is controlled by the Japanese, who have also obtained priority purchasing rights for Blue Mountain coffee. In 1992, Jamaica sold 688 tons of Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 75 tons to the United States, and 59 tons to the United Kingdom. Now, 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is

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Global Distribution and Market

Since Japan has consistently invested in Jamaica's coffee industry, most Blue Mountain coffee is now controlled by Japanese buyers, who also have priority purchasing rights. In 1992, Jamaica sold 688 tons of Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 75 tons to the United States, and 59 tons to the United Kingdom. Currently, 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japan. Since the rest of the world can only obtain 10% of Blue Mountain coffee, it remains in short supply regardless of price.

Brewing Method

Hand-poured Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee: 15g of coffee, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth blade #4), V60 filter cup, 88-89°C water temperature. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half, then continue slow pouring until reaching 225g. Discard the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio is 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

This is the coffee bean packaging for genuine imported Blue Mountain.

Jamaica BLUE MOUNT

Country: Jamaica

Altitude: 1,600 meters

Region: Saint Thomas Parish

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Washed

The "Secret" Behind Blue Mountain Coffee's Pure Flavor

Their coffee trees all grow on rugged mountain slopes, making harvesting extremely difficult. Only skilled local women workers can handle this task. It's crucial to select coffee beans at the perfect ripeness during harvesting—underripe or overripe beans will affect coffee quality. After harvesting, coffee beans must be hulled the same day, then fermented for 12-18 hours. Subsequently, the coffee beans are washed and sorted. The next step is drying, which must be done on concrete floors or thick blankets until the coffee beans' moisture content drops to 12%-14%. They are then stored in specialized warehouses. When needed, they are taken out for roasting and ground into powder. These procedures must be strictly controlled; otherwise, coffee quality will be affected.

Variety: Typica

Processing Plant: Abbey Green Farm

Flavor: Perfect balance of sweet, sour, and bitter

Blue Mountain coffee refers to coffee brewed from coffee beans grown in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. It is categorized by grade into Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and Jamaican High Mountain coffee. The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of Jamaica. When weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the azure Caribbean Sea, and the peaks reflect the brilliant blue light of the seawater, hence the name. The highest peak of Blue Mountain reaches 2,256 meters and is the highest peak in the Caribbean region. This area is located in the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, and year-round fog and rain (average rainfall of 1,980mm, temperature around 27°C). Such climate conditions have created the world-renowned Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, as well as the world's second most expensive coffee.

Historical Background

Perhaps Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is the world's most famous coffee, but few people know its history or why its price is so high. In 1789, the first person to introduce coffee to Jamaica was a Frenchman fleeing the French Revolution. The first cultivated coffee was intended to increase local French consumption and then export. In the first 100 years, the local industry was very small. However, in 1932, the Jamaican Conference passed laws to encourage coffee cultivation to reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports. To ensure Blue Mountain coffee quality, modifications were made to the "Jamaican Coffee Industry" to standardize processing, improve coffee quality, create market equivalence, and save the fate of premium coffee. The Jamaican Industry Association took responsibility for the quality of Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee. Additionally, the abundant smaller coffee on the island also grows well, and the Jamaican Industry Association has final authority over coffee exports—all coffee must pass through the Jamaican Industry Association to be exported.

The export volume of Blue Mountain coffee is minimal. In 1717, French King Louis XV ordered coffee cultivation in Jamaica. In the mid-1720s, Jamaica's Governor Sir Nicholas Lawes imported Arabica seeds from Martinique and began promoting cultivation in the St. Andrew region. To this day, St. Andrew remains one of Jamaica's three major Blue Mountain coffee-producing regions, with the other two being the Portland region and the St. Thomas region.

Flavor Profile

Rich and mellow taste, perfect balance of sweet, sour, and bitter—completely without bitterness, only moderate and perfect acidity, with persistent fruit flavor.

How to Identify Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee

1. Appearance: Raw Blue Mountain coffee beans are bluish-green, very uniform in appearance, medium to small in size, with slightly curved ends. After roasting, they expand significantly in volume and become very full.

2. Grinding: True Blue Mountain coffee beans grow at high altitudes, giving them a relatively loose cytoplasmic structure. When ground by hand, they feel very crisp, smooth, and continuous, without any sense of resistance.

3. Aroma: The aroma is very rich and dense; so-called Blue Mountain blends do not have this characteristic aroma.

4. Taste: True Blue Mountain coffee has a balanced and rich taste, with no single flavor being prominent or lacking—this is the most critical identification point that no other coffee bean can match. Blue Mountain peaberries have a more subtle aroma but relatively stronger taste.

5. Sensation: As the world's finest coffee, Blue Mountain's classic balanced characteristics inevitably create a subconscious, indescribable sense of satisfaction when tasting.