What Roast is Suitable for Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Roasting Curve Sharing

FrontStreet Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Roasting Curve Sharing

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Blue Mountain has an altitude of only 2000 meters, but in island nations, this appears sufficiently majestic and towering. The advantage of high altitude provides a suitable growing environment for high-quality Arabica coffee (average annual temperature of 22°C). Precisely because of the high altitude and low temperature (especially at night), coffee cherries can undergo complete sugar conversion and sedimentation. The sensory characteristics of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee are: perfect balance of acidity, body, and sweetness, with mild acidity. The high-quality acidity is precisely due to Blue Mountain's high altitude. What made Jamaican coffee legendary is not the island nation of Jamaica itself, but that mountain in the center of the island nation.

Roasting Process

For Blue Mountain roasting, beans are added at 160°C with a roasting time of 5-6 minutes. The chimney begins to emit smoke around 140°C. When the temperature reaches 170°C, adjust to high heat for roasting. When the beans reach first crack, adjust the heat to medium. The suitable time to rise from 170°C to 190°C is 2 minutes.

Lowering the heat can extend the time to reach second crack. First crack generally lasts from 1 minute 30 seconds to about 2 minutes. About 1 minute 30 seconds after the end of first crack, you will hear intense cracking sounds—this is the beginning of second crack.

Roasting Recommendations

In summary, FrontStreet Coffee suggests roasting Blue Mountain to second crack, as it doesn't taste good when too light. Blue Mountain's flavor mostly comes from caramel reactions, and the expansion of the bean core should be made larger.

Balance is Blue Mountain's most proud advantage.

The coffee's acidity, sweetness, bitterness, flavor, and body reach a very clever convergence point.

Flavor Characteristics

Because Blue Mountain coffee has rich, balanced flavor with fruitiness and acidity, it can satisfy people's various needs. Additionally, high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee has a particularly long-lasting flavor, just as wine connoisseurs would say—endless aftertaste.

Blue Mountain coffee perfectly blends the unique acidity, bitterness, sweetness, and richness in coffee, forming a strong, appealing elegant aroma that other coffees cannot match. Fans of Blue Mountain coffee say: "It is the 'coffee beauty' that combines all the advantages of good coffee." Jim, the general manager of Pete's Company, famous for operating coffee and tea in the United States, described Blue Mountain coffee: "Its aroma is fragrant, smooth, and rich, giving me a feeling as precious as gemstones. Precisely because Blue Mountain coffee's flavor is moderate and perfect, Blue Mountain coffee is generally consumed as black coffee."

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