How Much Does Authentic Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee Cost? How to Make Americano with Blue Mountain Blend Coffee Beans?

Jamaica Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee is a legendary beverage that almost everyone has heard of. It is one of the most popular coffees in the world. Jamaica Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee is renowned for its unique flavor and excellent quality, making it a gem in the specialty coffee market.

Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee beans are expensive, a fact etched in the memory of a generation, especially with long-standing stories like "all Blue Mountain coffee was bought by the Japanese" and "there's no real Blue Mountain in China." Today, FrontStreet Coffee will reveal the truth about these matters one by one.

It's true that Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee beans are rare and expensive, but not outrageously so. Based on FrontStreet Coffee's roasted bean prices, 100g costs 158 yuan. Some top-tier Geisha coffee beans are already more expensive than this. Therefore, Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee is not as expensive as imagined.

Regarding the claims that "all Blue Mountain coffee was bought by the Japanese" and "there's no real Blue Mountain in China," these were indeed true through legitimate channels in earlier years. When Japan assisted with Jamaica's coffee cultivation program, Jamaica's CIB granted Japan priority purchasing rights, so 90% of Blue Mountain coffee beans went to Japan. However, this priority expired in 2011, meaning the Japanese no longer had a monopoly on Blue Mountain coffee bean trade after 2011.

"There's no real Blue Mountain in China" originally came from a CCTV program in 2010, but in 2011, Lou Boyin, then Secretary-General of the Hangzhou Western Restaurant Association, ordered 70 tons of Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans on behalf of the association—actually 20 tons, with the first delivery being 1.6 tons. This means that since then, authentic Blue Mountain coffee beans have been imported through legitimate channels in China.

Regarding "good fake Blue Mountain on the market," we need to analyze this. Blue Mountain is so famous that many merchants use its name to sell other coffee beans. We typically call this riding the hype, and it's relatively easy to identify. On packaging, the words "Blue Mountain" will be particularly prominent, followed by terms like "blend," "flavor," or "taste." Products with these words are not genuine Blue Mountain, and Blue Mountain would never appear in instant form.

Another type is "hanging a sheep's head while selling dog meat"—the packaging says Blue Mountain coffee, but what's inside isn't. This falls under "selling fake goods" and can be reported directly by calling 12315.

How Does Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee Taste?

FrontStreet Coffee can honestly say that Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee's performance is the most balanced coffee in the world,堪称 a standard black coffee. If you want to know what classic black coffee tastes like, FrontStreet Coffee recommends you must try authentic Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee once. Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee comes from Jamaica's Clifton Farm, which is one of the earliest areas in the Blue Mountain region to grow and produce Blue Mountain coffee, and one of the first sources of Blue Mountain coffee imported to China. Its green bean quality is very high, with uniform and plump beans. FrontStreet Coffee acquired the highest grade—Frontsteet Blue Mountain No. 1—processed using traditional washed methods.

FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Frontsteet Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee Beans
Region: Jamaica Blue Mountain
Altitude: 1310m
Processing: Washed
Variety: Typica
Flavor: Chocolate, Nuts, Cream, Cocoa

FrontStreet Coffee used cupping evaluation, with all samples roasted to medium-dark and cupped simultaneously 8 hours after roasting. The entry reveals dark chocolate and nut flavors, with high clarity, very bright acidity, good body, and balanced sweet-sour-bitter profile.

How to Brew Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee for Best Taste?

FrontStreet Coffee recommends using pour-over brewing to best showcase Frontsteet Blue Mountain Coffee's clean and balanced flavors.

FrontStreet Coffee suggests using freshly roasted coffee beans for brewing to fully experience the coffee's rich flavors. All coffee beans shipped by FrontStreet Coffee are roasted within 5 days because FrontStreet Coffee understands that bean freshness greatly affects flavor. FrontStreet Coffee's roasting philosophy is "freshly roasted good coffee," ensuring every customer who places an order receives the freshest coffee possible. The coffee's resting period is about 4-7 days, so when customers receive it, it's at peak flavor and ready for immediate brewing.

Parameters:
Coffee powder: 15g
Powder-to-water ratio: 1:15
Water temperature: 88°C
Grind size: 70% pass-through rate on No. 20 standard sieve
Dripper: KONO dripper

The brewing method uses three-stage pour-over. Dividing into three stages can better express Frontsteet Golden Mandheling coffee's rich body and caramel sweetness. The first bloom stage uses 30ml water to fully wet the coffee grounds and allow degassing for better flavor extraction in subsequent stages. The second stage injects 100ml, mainly to bring out Mandheling's golden foam and raise the powder bed. The final stage gently injects 95ml at the center. Wait for all coffee liquid to filter through, then remove the dripper and gently stir the coffee in the pot.

Can High-Quality Frontsteet Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee Be Used to Make Americano Black Coffee?

If we want to make café-style Americano at home, FrontStreet Coffee recommends using medium-dark roasted or aromatic single-origin coffee beans to avoid strong, stimulating flavors caused by roasting factors. For example, Frontsteet Brazil Queen's Estate Coffee beans, using medium-dark roast, produce Americano with chocolate, roasted hazelnut, cream flavors, and sugarcane-like sweet aftertaste; Frontsteet Costa Rica Mozart Coffee beans, processed with raisin honey method, produce Americano with preserved fruit, tropical fruit, and light floral notes. Authentic Frontsteet Blue Mountain No. 1 not only has dense and full aroma, rich mouthfeel, and long aftertaste, but besides pour-over, it's also suitable for espresso machine extraction.

Frontsteet Blue Mountain No. 1 Americano Brewing Parameters:
Coffee beans: Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1
Coffee powder amount: 20g
Coffee liquid amount: 40g
Powder-to-liquid ratio: 1:2
Extraction time: 26-32 seconds
Grind setting: Galileo 2.0 scale
Brewing ratio: 1:4.5 (40g coffee liquid + 180ml hot water)

FrontStreet Coffee uses a double basket capacity, requiring 20g of coffee powder each time, with a powder-to-liquid extraction ratio of 1:2, meaning extracting 40g of coffee liquid within a reasonable time. Extraction time relates to the coffee powder's flow rate. Single extraction times are generally controlled between 20-35 seconds. If less than 20 seconds, the coffee taste tends to be thin and weak; if over 35 seconds, it's easy to over-extract, causing burnt and bitter flavors. Therefore, FrontStreet Coffee controls espresso extraction time within the 26-32 second range.

Before extraction, we need to first wipe the portafilter dry, turn on the grinder, grind double-shot coffee powder, place it on an electronic scale to measure and adjust until reaching 20g. Then use a distributor to level the coffee grounds and press vertically down with a tamper to compact the coffee puck, ensuring more stable extraction. Then turn on the extraction switch and flush water for 1-2 seconds to wet the brew head while washing away any stuck coffee grounds. Place an electronic scale under the espresso cup and zero it, placing it under the brew head during extraction.

Gently lock the portafilter onto the brew head and start the extraction switch. Observe the changes in the extraction liquid. When the electronic scale shows 40g of coffee liquid extracted and the time is around 30 seconds, turn off the extraction switch. According to FrontStreet Coffee's multiple tests and adjustments, a 1:6 ratio of coffee liquid to water is most suitable for expressing Frontsteet Blue Mountain No. 1's aroma—that is, pour 40g of coffee liquid into 240g of 88°C hot water, and Frontsteet Blue Mountain No. 1 Americano is complete.

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