Differences, Distinctions, and Award Status of Authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain No.1 Premium Coffee Beans - Original Import

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Blue Mountain Coffee: Origin and Characteristics

Blue Mountain Coffee refers to coffee brewed from coffee beans grown in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. It is categorized by grade into Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee and Jamaica High Mountain Coffee. The Blue Mountain Range is located in the eastern part of Jamaica Island. When the weather is clear, direct sunlight hits the azure Caribbean Sea, and the mountain peaks reflect the brilliant blue light from the seawater, hence its name. The highest peak of Blue Mountain reaches 2,256 meters, making it the highest peak in the Caribbean region. This area lies within the coffee belt, featuring fertile volcanic soil, fresh and unpolluted air, humid climate with year-round fog and rain (average precipitation of 1,980 mm and temperature around 27°C). Such climate conditions have created the world-renowned Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, as well as the second most expensive coffee in the world.

Flavor Profile

The flavor is rich and mellow, with perfect balance of coffee's sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. It has no bitterness at all, only moderate and perfect acidity with persistent fruity notes.

Historical Background

Perhaps Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is the most famous coffee in the world, but actually few people know its history and why its price is so high. In 1789, the first person to introduce coffee to Jamaica Island was a Frenchman escaping the French Revolution. The first cultivated coffee was intended to increase local French consumption and then export. Moreover, in the first 100 years, the local industry was very small. However, in 1932, the Jamaican Conference passed laws encouraging coffee cultivation to reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports. For the quality assurance of Blue Mountain Coffee, modifications were made to the "Jamaica Coffee Industry" to standardize the processing process, improve coffee quality, create marketing parity, and save the fate of premium coffee. The Jamaica Industry Association took responsibility for the quality of Jamaica's Blue Mountain Coffee. Additionally, the island's abundant smaller coffee farms also grow well, and the Jamaica Industry Association has final authority over Jamaica's coffee exports - all coffee must pass through the Jamaica Industry Association before export.

Production and Distribution

The shipment volume of Blue Mountain Coffee is extremely limited. 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 area. To this day, the St. Andrew area remains one of the three major producing regions for Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, with the other two being Portland and St. Thomas regions.

Due to Japan's continuous investment in Jamaica's coffee industry, most Blue Mountain Coffee is now 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 purchased by the Japanese. Since the rest of the world can only obtain 10% of Blue Mountain Coffee, regardless of price, Blue Mountain Coffee is always in short supply.

Brewing Method

Hand-poured Jamaica Blue Mountain. 15g of grounds, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth blade grinder #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature. First pour with 30g of water for 27 seconds bloom, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio of 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

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Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Content: 100g
Packaging Method: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Jamaica
Roast Degree: Medium roast

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

Jamaica BLUE MOUNTAIN

Country: Jamaica

Altitude: 1,600 meters

Region: St. 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 the harvesting process extremely difficult. Only skilled local female workers can handle this task. It is crucial to select properly ripe coffee beans during harvesting - underripe or overripe beans will affect the coffee quality. After harvesting, coffee beans must be hulled the same day, then fermented for 12-18 hours. Afterward, 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 bean moisture content drops to 12%-14%. They are then stored in dedicated warehouses. When needed, they are taken out for roasting and then ground into powder. These procedures must be strictly controlled; otherwise, the coffee quality will be affected.

Variety: Typica

Processing Plant: Abbey Green Farm

Flavor: Perfect balance of sweetness, acidity, and bitterness

Identifying Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee

1. Appearance: The raw beans of Blue Mountain Coffee are blue-green, very uniform in appearance, medium to small in size, with slightly raised ends. After roasting, they expand significantly in volume and become very full.

2. Grinding: Genuine Blue Mountain coffee beans grow at high altitudes, and their cytoplasmic structure is relatively loose. 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 blended Blue Mountain coffee does not have this type of aroma.

4. Taste: Genuine Blue Mountain coffee has a balanced and rich taste, without any flavor being overly prominent or lacking. This is also the most critical identification point that no other coffee bean can match. The aroma of Blue Mountain Peaberry is more subtle, while the taste is relatively stronger.

5. Feeling: As the world's best coffee, Blue Mountain Coffee's classic balanced characteristics inevitably bring some subconscious and indescribable sense of satisfaction when tasting.

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