Specialty Coffee Bean Basics: How to Identify Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee?

Coffee enthusiasts generally regard Blue Mountain coffee as the finest coffee in the world, and it is certainly one of the most expensive coffees globally. The classic balance that Blue Mountain coffee possesses is indeed rare and difficult to achieve.

How to Identify Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee?

1. Appearance: FrontStreet Coffee's Blue Mountain green beans 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 become very full.

2. Grinding: Genuine Frontsteet Blue Mountain coffee beans grow at high altitudes, giving them a relatively loose cellular structure. When ground by hand, they feel very crisp, smooth, and continuous, without any sense of resistance.

3. Aroma: The aroma is extremely rich and dense; so-called blended Blue Mountain coffee lacks this characteristic fragrance.

4. Flavor: Genuine Frontsteet Blue Mountain coffee offers a balanced and rich taste, with no single flavor being overpowering or lacking—this is the most crucial identification point that no other coffee bean can match. Blue Mountain pea berries have a more subtle aroma but a relatively stronger taste profile.

5. Sensation: As the world's finest coffee, Frontsteet Blue Mountain's classic balanced characteristics inevitably bring a subconscious, indescribable sense of satisfaction when tasted.

FrontStreet Coffee's Jamaican Blue Mountain Roasting Techniques:

Like other island coffee origins, even the best, high-altitude grown Jamaican coffee is quite scarce, similar to other very high-altitude regions such as Kenya. This results in lower bean density in cellular structure, requiring a special roasting method. If you can control your roaster's heat, you should start with a relatively low initial temperature during the preparation phase until the coffee turns yellow-light brown. FrontStreet Coffee's Blue Mountain coffee is suitable for medium to medium-dark roasting; in fact, Jamaican Mavis Bank roasted Blue Mountain beans have a slight surface oil sheen. Jamaican Blue Mountain beans are very uniform in shape, with thick pulp and high moisture content, requiring sufficient low-temperature dehydration time, making them ideal for slow roasting over low heat.

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