How's the Market for Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Beans? Which Brand is Best?

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Since Japan has consistently invested in Jamaica's coffee industry, most of today's Blue Mountain coffee is controlled by Japanese companies, and they 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 Japan. Since the rest of the world can only obtain 10% of Blue Mountain coffee, it is always in high demand regardless of price.

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

Jamaica BLUE MOUNT

• Country: Jamaica
• Altitude: 1600 meters
• Region: Saint Thomas Parish
• Roast Level: Medium roast
• Processing Method: Washed

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

All their coffee trees grow on rugged mountain slopes, making the harvesting process extremely difficult. Only local skilled female workers can handle this task properly. It's crucial to select coffee beans at just the right level of ripeness during harvesting – under-ripe or over-ripe 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 undergo washing and screening. 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%. Then they are 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 Mill: Abbey Green Farm
• Flavor: Perfect balance of sweet, acidic, and bitter notes

Identifying Authentic vs. Fake Blue Mountain Coffee

1. Appearance

The raw beans of Blue Mountain coffee are blue-green in color, very uniform in appearance, and medium to small in size with slightly raised ends. After roasting, they expand significantly in volume and appear very plump.

2. Grinding

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

3. Aroma

The aroma is very rich and dense; so-called Blue Mountain coffee blends do not have this characteristic aroma.

4. Taste

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

5. Sensation

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

Hand Pour Jamaica Blue Mountain

15g coffee grounds, medium grind (Fujima Fuji ghost tooth blade #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature. First pour with 30g water for 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half before continuing to pour. Slowly pour until reaching 225g total water. Discard the final tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio of 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie, Dongshankou, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Contact: 020-38364473
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 100g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Bean State: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Jamaica
Roast Level: 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 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. The mountain gets its name because when the weather is clear, the sun directly shines on the azure Caribbean Sea, and the peaks reflect the brilliant blue light of the seawater. 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 and has fertile volcanic soil, fresh air without pollution, a humid climate with year-round fog and rain (average rainfall of 1980mm 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

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

Perhaps Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is the most famous coffee in the world, 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 fleeing the French Revolution. The first cultivated coffee was intended to increase local French consumption before 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. To ensure Blue Mountain coffee quality, modifications were made to the "Jamaica Coffee Industry Board" to standardize processing, improve coffee quality, and equalize marketing to 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 plants 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.

The shipment volume of Blue Mountain coffee 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 production regions, with the other two being Portland and St. Thomas.

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