How Much is Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Price

The production volume of Blue Mountain coffee is extremely small. In 1717, King Louis XV of France ordered coffee cultivation in Jamaica. In the mid-1720s, Sir Nicholas Lawes, the Governor of Jamaica, 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 producing regions, alongside Portland and St. Thomas.

Because of Japan's sustained investment in Jamaica's coffee industry, most Blue Mountain coffee is controlled by Japanese buyers, who also hold 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 Britain. Today, 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japan. With the rest of the world sharing only 10%, no matter the price, Blue Mountain coffee is always in short supply.

This is the packaging for the coffee beans — genuine imported Blue Mountain.

Jamaica BLUE MOUNT

Country: Jamaica

Altitude: 1600 meters

Region: St. Thomas Parish

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Washed

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

All of the coffee trees grow on rugged mountain slopes, which makes harvesting extremely difficult. Only skilled local female pickers can handle the job. Selecting perfectly ripe cherries is crucial, as underripe or overripe fruit will compromise the quality. After picking, the cherries must be hulled the same day, then fermented for 12-18 hours. The beans are then washed and sorted. Next comes drying — on concrete patios or thick blankets — until the moisture content drops to 12%-14%. The beans are then stored in special warehouses. When needed, they are taken out for roasting and ground into powder. Every one of these steps must be strictly controlled, or the coffee's quality suffers.

Variety: Typica

Processing Mill: Abbey Green Farm

Flavor: Perfect balance of sweetness, acidity, and bitterness

Identifying Genuine vs. Fake Blue Mountain

1. Appearance

Raw Blue Mountain beans are blue-green in color, very uniform in appearance, and medium to small in size with slightly upturned ends. After roasting, they expand noticeably and become very full.

2. Grinding

True Blue Mountain beans grow at high altitude, giving them a relatively loose internal structure. Ground by hand, they feel crisp, smooth, and continuous, with no sense of resistance.

3. Aroma

The aroma is rich and dense; so-called "Blue Mountain blends" simply do not have this kind of aroma.

4. Taste

Genuine Blue Mountain coffee has a balanced, rich taste in which no single flavor dominates or falls short — something no other coffee bean can replicate. This is the single most important identification point. Blue Mountain peaberries have a more reserved aroma and a relatively stronger taste.

5. Feeling

As the world's most celebrated coffee, Blue Mountain's classic balance inevitably brings a subtle, hard-to-describe satisfaction with every sip.

Hand-poured Jamaican Blue Mountain: 15g of coffee at a medium grind (small Fuji Royal ghost-tooth blade, setting #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and stop. Once the liquid level in the coffee bed drops to half, pour again — slowly, up to 225g — and discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, total extraction time 2:00.

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee | Shelf Life: 90 days | Net Content: 100g | Packaging: Bulk coffee beans | Raw/Roasted: Roasted coffee beans | Sugar Content: Sugar-free | Origin: Jamaica | Roast Level: Medium roast

About Blue Mountain Coffee

Blue Mountain coffee refers to coffee brewed from beans grown in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. It is further graded into Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and Jamaican High Mountain coffee. The Blue Mountain range sits in eastern Jamaica. On clear days, sunlight strikes the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the brilliant blue light of the water — hence the name. The range's highest peak reaches 2256 meters, the tallest in the Caribbean. The area lies squarely within the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh unpolluted air, and a humid climate of year-round fog and rain (average precipitation of 1980mm, temperatures around 27°C). These conditions created the world-renowned Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee — and the world's second most expensive coffee.

Flavor Profile

Rich and mellow, with a perfect balance of coffee's sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. Completely free from harsh bitterness, with only moderate, polished acidity and persistent fruit flavors.

History and Industry

Jamaican Blue Mountain may be the most famous coffee in the world, yet few people know its history or why it commands such a high price. In 1789, the person credited with establishing coffee in Jamaica was a Frenchman fleeing the French Revolution; the first coffee grown served local French consumption and then export. For its first 100 years, the local industry remained small. Then, in 1932, Jamaica's legislature passed a bill encouraging coffee cultivation in order to reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports.

To safeguard Blue Mountain's quality, the "Jamaica Coffee Industry" regulations were amended to standardize processing, improve coffee quality, create market parity, and rescue the fortunes of premium coffee. The Jamaica coffee industry board took responsibility for the quality of Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee. The island's many smaller coffee varieties also grow well, but the board holds final authority over Jamaica's coffee exports — every shipment must pass through it before leaving the island.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

For a certified, fully traceable taste of the legend, FrontStreet Coffee's Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 is the top-grade choice, sourced from the historic Clifton Estate — a farm that has grown and produced coffee since roughly 1750. Its growing and processing areas sit at an average of 4300 feet (1310.64 meters), where ample altitude, gentle afternoon cloud cover, generous sunshine, and mineral-rich soil extend the cherries' ripening and deepen the cup.

Authenticity matters with Blue Mountain: genuine lots carry Jamaican government certification and origin documents, ship in traditional wooden barrels (15kg, 45kg, and 70kg specifications, each barrel itself a hallmark of real Blue Mountain), and show raw beans that are plump, regular, blue-green, with slightly upturned ends. FrontStreet Coffee roasts its Blue Mountain No. 1 to a medium-dark profile within 5 days of your order, bringing out nuts, dark chocolate, cream caramel, and soft sweetness in perfect balance. For brewing, FrontStreet Coffee recommends a Kono dripper, 15g of coffee rested 4-7 days from roast date, a grind slightly coarser than light roasts (about white sugar), water at 87-88°C, a 1:15 ratio, and three pours — 30g bloom for 30 seconds, then to 120g, then to 225g — for a clean, complex, and supremely smooth cup.