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

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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, the St. Andrew region 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.

Due to Japan's continuous investment in Jamaica's coffee industry, most Blue Mountain coffee is now controlled by the Japanese, 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 Britain. Today, 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.

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 their coffee trees grow on rugged mountain slopes, making the harvesting process extremely difficult. Only local skilled female workers can handle this task. It's crucial to select perfectly ripe coffee beans during harvesting, as underripe or overripe beans will affect the coffee quality. After harvesting, the 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 special 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 Mill: Abbey Green Farm

Flavor: Perfect balance of sweetness, acidity, and bitterness

Identifying Genuine vs. Fake Blue Mountain

1. Appearance

Raw Blue Mountain coffee beans are blue-green in color, very uniform in appearance, and medium to small in size with slightly upturned 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 blended Blue Mountain coffee does not have this type of aroma.

4. Taste

Genuine Blue Mountain coffee has a balanced, rich taste with no single flavor being突出的 or lacking, which is also something no other coffee bean can achieve. This is the most crucial identification point. Blue Mountain peaberries have a more reserved aroma and a relatively stronger taste.

5. Feeling

As the world's best coffee, Blue Mountain's classic balanced characteristics inevitably bring some subconscious, indescribable satisfaction when tasted.

Hand-poured Jamaican Blue Mountain. 15g of coffee, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth blade #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature. First pour 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 before pouring again. Slowly pour until reaching 225g, discarding the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop | Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qian Street, Dongshankou, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou | Contact: 020-38364473 | 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 categorized by grade into Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and Jamaican High Mountain coffee. The Blue Mountain range is located in eastern Jamaica. When the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea surface, and the peaks reflect the brilliant blue light of the seawater, hence the name. The highest peak of Blue Mountain reaches 2256 meters, making it the highest peak in the Caribbean region. This area lies within the coffee belt, featuring fertile volcanic soil, fresh air without pollution, humid climate with year-round fog and rain (average precipitation of 1980mm, 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.

Flavor Profile

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

History and Industry

Perhaps Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is the world's most famous coffee, but actually 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 escaping the French Revolution. The first coffee cultivated was for increasing local French consumption and then export. Moreover, in the first 100 years, the local industry was very small. However, in 1932, Jamaican conference legislation was passed to encourage coffee cultivation to reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports.

To ensure the quality of Blue Mountain coffee, amendments were made to the "Jamaica Coffee Industry" to standardize processing, improve coffee quality, create market parity, and save the fate of premium coffee. The Jamaica Industry Association has taken responsibility for the quality of Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee. Additionally, the island's abundant smaller coffee varieties also grow well, and the association gives final authority over Jamaica's coffee exports - all coffee must pass through the Jamaica Industry Association before export.

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