What Does Jamaica Blue Mountain Taste Like and How to Brew Blue Mountain Coffee

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

The History of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

Perhaps Jamaican 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 the island of Jamaica was a Frenchman escaping the French Revolution. The first coffee cultivated was for local French consumption and then export, and 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 Blue Mountain coffee quality assurance, modifications were made to the "Jamaican Coffee Industry" to standardize processing, improve coffee quality, equalize marketing, and save the fate of premium coffee. The Jamaican Industry Association took responsibility for the quality of Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee. Additionally, the island's lush smaller coffee farms also grow well, and the Jamaican Industry Association has final authority over Jamaica's coffee exports - all coffee must pass through the Jamaican Industry Association to be exported.

Limited Production and Growing Regions

Blue Mountain coffee shipments are 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 growing regions for Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, with the other two being the Portland region and the St. Thomas region.

Global Distribution

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, Blue Mountain coffee is always in short supply regardless of price.

Coffee Bean Packaging

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

Jamaica BLUE MOUNT

Country: Jamaica

Altitude: 1600 meters

Region: St. Thomas Parish

Roast Level: Medium Roast

Processing Method: Washed

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

Their coffee trees all grow on rugged mountain slopes, making the harvesting process extremely difficult. Only local skilled female workers can handle the task. It's crucial to select properly ripe coffee beans during harvesting, as 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 beans' moisture content drops to 12%-14%. Then they are 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 Plant: Abbey Green Farm

Flavor: Perfect balance of sweetness, acidity, and bitterness

Identifying Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee

1. Appearance

Blue Mountain coffee's raw beans are blue-green in color, very uniform in appearance, medium to small in size, with slightly curved ends. After roasting, they expand significantly in volume and become very full-bodied.

2. Grinding

Real Blue Mountain coffee beans are grown at high altitudes, and their cellular 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 intense and dense; so-called blended Blue Mountain coffee does not have this type of aroma.

4. Taste

Real Blue Mountain coffee has a balanced and rich taste, with no single flavor being overpowering 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 subtle aroma and relatively stronger taste.

5. Sensation

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

Pour-over Jamaican Blue Mountain

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

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qian Street, Dongshankou, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Manufacturer Contact: 020-38364473
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 100g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Jamaica
Roast Degree: Medium roast

What is Blue Mountain Coffee?

Blue Mountain coffee refers to coffee brewed from coffee beans grown in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. It is divided into grades including Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and Jamaican High Mountain Coffee. The Blue Mountains are located in eastern Jamaica. When the weather is clear, direct sunlight hits the azure sea surface, and the mountain peaks reflect the brilliant blue light from 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 is located in the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, and 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, while also making it the second most expensive coffee in the world.

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