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Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee RSW: What are the Characteristics and Taste of Blue Mountain Coffee

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Blue Mountain Coffee is a high-quality Caribbean coffee that, like coffee from other countries, suffers damage from natural hurricanes. We've seen too many damaged beans that, when cupped, have a kale-like taste. In years when hurricanes strike, prices are always affected, sometimes even completely

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Blue Mountain Coffee: Premium Caribbean Coffee

Blue Mountain Coffee is a premium Caribbean coffee that, like coffee from other countries, suffers damage from natural hurricanes. We've seen too many damaged beans that, when cupped, taste like kale. In years when hurricanes strike, prices are always affected and sometimes the coffee becomes completely unsellable. Additionally, the hot and humid environment of island nations often causes coffee beans to suffer from insect damage or develop white spots. Truly flawless coffee beans are always rare. Furthermore, the Japanese purchase 70-80% of Blue Mountain Coffee, keeping prices high. Genuine high-altitude 100% pure Blue Mountain Coffee is all produced by official Jamaican processing plants. The coffee is packed in special wooden barrels, and each barrel comes with a certificate.

RSW Blue Mountain Coffee

RSW Blue Mountain Coffee is composed of three local coffee estates from Jamaica's Blue Mountain region: Resource, Sherwood Forest, and Whitfield Hall. It represents the most stable and highest quality Blue Mountain Coffee. Each estate has over 180 years of history. The estate owners joined hands in cooperation, and several years later created the legend of barrel-aged Blue Mountain estate brand coffee. RSW only processes coffee from its 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. Every detail of the processing process is handled with extreme care to provide buyers with the finest Blue Mountain Coffee.

The Unique Geography of Blue Mountain

The uniqueness of the Blue Mountain region is related to its exceptional geographical location and climate conditions.

Jamaica's Blue Mountain region has fertile new volcanic soil, fresh air, and almost no pollution. This region experiences year-round rainfall with significant temperature differences between day and night. Moreover, due to the special geographical environment here, clouds envelop the entire Blue Mountain peak every afternoon. This not only provides shade for the coffee trees but also brings abundant moisture. It is precisely these favorable natural conditions that make the taste and aroma of Blue Mountain Coffee unparalleled among coffees produced worldwide.

Not all coffee produced in the Blue Mountain region can be called Blue Mountain Coffee. Only coffee grown in the Blue Mountain region above 1,800 meters can be called "Blue Mountain Coffee." Coffee beans produced in the lower altitude Blue Mountain areas, due to quality differences, can only be named "Jamaica High Mountain Coffee" and cannot be called "Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee."

Authentic Blue Mountain Experience

Most Blue Mountain Coffee consumed by the general public is typically blended with small amounts of Blue Mountain beans mixed with other varieties. Even if you're willing to buy beans to grind and brew yourself, a pound of Blue Mountain Coffee beans can cost as much as 2,000-3,000 New Taiwan Dollars. FrontStreet Coffee's Blue Mountain Coffee comes from Jamaica's Clifton Farm, which can be said to have a very long history. The Blue Mountain region is a small area with only 6,000 hectares of cultivation area, so it's impossible for all coffee labeled "Blue Mountain" to be grown there. Today's Clifton Farm is the largest estate in this region, and even by international standards, it's considered small-scale cultivation, with many estate owners being small landholders whose families have worked this land for two centuries.

Clifton Farm's coffee cultivation and processing facilities are located at an average altitude of 4,300 feet (1,310.64 meters). Sufficient altitude, gentle afternoon clouds surrounding the mountain forests for shade, ample sunlight, and mineral-rich planting soil provide excellent growing conditions for coffee trees and extend the maturation period of coffee cherries.

Clifton's high altitude and long history, combined with its unique processing methods, give Clifton Coffee not only the characteristic roundness and smooth mouthfeel of Blue Mountain No. 1 but also subtle floral notes and other rich flavors.

Premium Quality at FrontStreet Coffee

This is why Blue Mountain Coffee produced here costs over 10,000 per barrel! However, at FrontStreet Coffee, you can buy authentic Blue Mountain Coffee for just 158, offering excellent value for money. To highlight the characteristics of Blue Mountain Coffee, FrontStreet Coffee uses dark roast brewing. Recommended brewing parameters: KONO dripper/88°C/1:14 ratio/time of one minute and fifty seconds. The taste is rich and balanced, with chocolate flavors perfectly blended with gentle fruit acidity, and the lingering caramel sweetness in the finish is quite persistent.