FrontStreet Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Price? Are RSW Estate's Blue Mountain Coffee Beans More Sour or

FrontStreet Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Price? Is RSW Estate's Blue Mountain Coffee Beans More Sour or Bitter?

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"Blue Mountain Coffee Beans" are grown within the legally designated planting range in Jamaica, and their production process is also strictly regulated as premium beans by the Jamaica Coffee Board. High-quality Blue Mountain coffee beans are renowned for their balanced, mild taste, captivating aroma, and non-bitter flavor. After decades of regulatory efforts, Blue Mountain beans have established an unshakable reputation and become the most expensive and sought-after beans worldwide. Besides being used for brewing coffee, Blue Mountain beans are also an important ingredient in Tia Maria coffee liqueur.

Blue Mountain is located in the eastern part of Jamaica island, approximately between the capital Kingston and Maria Port, with an altitude reaching up to 7,500 feet, making it one of the highest mountains in the Caribbean region. The climate is cool and foggy, with fertile soil, considered ideal conditions for growing coffee beans. However, only beans grown in the region between 3,000-5,500 feet altitude can be called "Jamaica Blue Mountain." Some might ask: what about the 5,500-7,500 feet range? Because areas above 5,500 feet in Jamaica are forest protection areas, coffee trees cannot be planted there.

As for beans below 3,000 feet, commonly seen on the market are Jamaica High Mountain, Jamaica Prime, and even Jamaica Low Mountain - typically produced from "outside the legally designated Blue Mountain area."

FrontStreet Coffee new season Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Beans authentic BlueMount Blue Mountain NO.1 fresh coffee 100g - 158 yuan, 100g - 60 yuan per cup.

R.S.W Blue Mountain Coffee is composed of three local coffee estates in Jamaica's Blue Mountain region: Resource, Sherwood Forest, and Whitfield Hall. It represents the most stable and highest quality among Blue Mountain coffees. Each estate has a history of over 1800 years, and the estate owners have joined forces to create the legendary barrel-aged Blue Mountain estate brand coffee. R.S.W only processes coffee from their own estate group and will never buy beans from other estates. They primarily use the Sherwood Coffee Processing Plant (built before 1800) as their exclusive processing facility. Coffee cherries from all three estates are sent here for processing. Freshly harvested coffee cherries are placed in a humidity-controlled storage room, and every detail of the processing process is handled with extreme care to provide buyers with the finest Blue Mountain coffee.

Jamaican law stipulates that only coffee beans produced in the Blue Mountain region can be called Blue Mountain coffee. High-specification Blue Mountain coffee is divided into three grades: Grade 1 (17-18 screen and above), Grade 2 (16 screen), and Grade 3 (15 screen), where 17 screen equals 17/64 inch size. Their taste (all must be confirmed through cupping by specially certified personnel approved by the Jamaican government) is identical, only differing in size. These three grades of green beans must be packed in wooden barrels for export abroad, available in three specifications: 70kg/barrel, 30kg/barrel, and 15kg/barrel. The barrels are printed with the name of the producing farm, the English abbreviation of the importer's name, the batch number of each shipment, and the name of the arrival port.

Coffee Information

Estate: RSW Estates - Composed of R.S.W three estates

Grade: Certified 100% Blue Mountain - Officially certified 100% Blue Mountain coffee

Region: Blue Mountain

Country: Jamaica

Mark: Sherwood Coffee Processing Plant

Altitude: 3,000-5,500 feet

Coffee Characteristics

Varietal: Jamaica Blue Mountain Cultivar

Processing: Wet-processed

Appearance: 0 d/300gr, 18 Screen (0 defects/300g, 18 screen)

Top Jury Descriptions: 60 seconds after first crack as cupping roast degree (Cinnamon)

Aroma/Flavor: Grain aroma, high mountain oolong tea fragrance, jasmine fragrance, chamomile, floral notes, brown sugar sweetness, honey sweetness

Acidity: Very fresh, clean, delicate, citrus, green apple acidity, gentle medium acidity

Complexity & Other: Smooth and mild, balanced and soft, delicate and subtle, excellent body, long floral aftertaste, sweetness emerges in the middle section of the aftertaste

R.S.W Blue Mountain Coffee is of excellent quality, accounting for only 1% of all Blue Mountain coffee production, available only at specific specialty coffee shops. Within this 1%, only a portion is sold to specific coffee buyers, making the supply extremely limited. This is the newly harvested 2011 R.S.W Blue Mountain coffee, which features a fresh floral aroma amidst its mild, balanced flavor.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendations:

Dripper: KONO dripper

Water Temperature: 88°C

Grind Size: Fuji grinder setting 4

Brewing Method: Water-to-coffee ratio 1:14, 17g coffee, first pour 25g water, 30s bloom, second pour to 238g total water, extraction time approximately 2:30 seconds

Analysis: The KONO dripper doesn't have many ribs at the bottom, and the filter paper fits tightly against the dripper, achieving the purpose of restricting airflow. This allows water and coffee grounds to have longer contact time in the dripper, ensuring sufficient extraction time and rate for coarse grinds. This enables the coffee grounds to be fully extracted, enhancing the rich texture and making the flavor more concentrated.

Flavor: High balance, clean, thick and solid body, persistent dark chocolate aftertaste.

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