The Correct Way to Drink Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee & Blue Mountain Coffee Bean Prices

Identifying Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee

1. Appearance

Blue Mountain coffee beans are green in their raw state, with very uniform appearance and medium to small size, slightly curled at both ends. After roasting, they expand significantly in volume and become very full-bodied.

2. Grinding

True Blue Mountain coffee beans grow at high altitudes, giving them a relatively loose cellular structure. When ground by hand, they feel crisp, smooth, and consistent, without any sense of resistance.

3. Aroma

The aroma is extremely rich and dense; so-called blended Blue Mountain coffee lacks this characteristic fragrance.

4. Flavor

True Blue Mountain coffee has a balanced and rich taste, with no single flavor being overly prominent or lacking—this is the most crucial identification point that no other coffee bean can match. Blue Mountain Peaberry beans have a more subtle aroma but relatively stronger flavor profile.

5. Sensation

As the world's finest coffee, Blue Mountain's classic balanced characteristics inevitably create a subconscious, ineffable sense of satisfaction when tasted.

Pour-Over Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

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

Product Information

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

About Blue Mountain Coffee

Blue Mountain coffee refers to coffee brewed from beans grown in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. It is categorized by grade into Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and Jamaican High Mountain Coffee. The Blue Mountain Range is located in eastern Jamaica. When weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue Caribbean Sea, and the peaks reflect the brilliant blue light from the water, hence the 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 air without pollution, humid climate, and year-round fog and rainfall (average precipitation 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.

Flavor Profile

Rich and mellow taste, with perfect balance of coffee's sweet, acidic, and bitter notes. Completely without bitterness, with only moderate and perfect acidity and persistent fruit flavors.

History and Production

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 for local French consumption and export, and for 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. To ensure Blue Mountain coffee quality, 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 became responsible for the quality of Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee.

Additionally, the island's abundant smaller coffee varieties also grow well, and the association has final authority over Jamaica's coffee exports—all coffee must pass through the Jamaican Industry Association before export.

Blue Mountain coffee's shipment volume is extremely small. 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, St. Andrew remains one of Jamaica's three major Blue Mountain coffee producing regions, with the other two being Portland and St. Thomas.

Due to continuous Japanese investment in Jamaica's coffee industry, most Blue Mountain coffee is now controlled by Japanese interests, 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. Now, 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japanese buyers. Since the rest of the world can only obtain 10% of Blue Mountain production, the coffee is always in high demand regardless of price.

Authentic Product Details

This is the coffee bean packaging, authentic 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 harvesting extremely difficult. Only skilled local women workers can handle this task. It's crucial to select perfectly ripe coffee beans during harvesting, as under-ripe or over-ripe beans will affect 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%. 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 sweet, acidic, and bitter notes

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