Sweetness and Richness: An Introduction to Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee's Flavor, Body, Estate Origins, and Regional Characteristics

FrontStreet Coffee · Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Flavor, Taste, Estate, and Regional Characteristics

The finest Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is undoubtedly among the best coffees in the world. While the price ensures an adequate supply of Blue Mountain coffee, it does not guarantee the best flavor. Additionally, Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee tastes much more expensive than it appears. To experience its best flavor, you need to use more coffee beans than with other coffees; otherwise, the flavor falls somewhat short. Therefore, to bring out its optimal flavor, it requires 10% to 15% more coffee beans than coffees that are next lower in price.

The annual harvest period for Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is from June to November. Generally, hand-picking methods are used. After picking, the coffee beans undergo a series of processes including washing, pulping, fermentation, dehydration, drying, hulling, and roasting before becoming Blue Mountain coffee beans. During the green bean processing, each step has dedicated personnel responsible for quality supervision.

For the precious Blue Mountain coffee, the Jamaican government also employs distinctive packaging and transportation methods. Unlike other coffees that are packaged and transported in 60kg burlap bags, Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is packaged and transported in wooden barrels at a standard of 70kg per barrel.

Blue Mountain coffee faces a "cold reception" in the United States, which is related to American habits. Since the 1970s, flavored coffee has gradually become popular. It involves adding spices to coffee beans or adding coffee creamer to brewed coffee, with hundreds of varieties of flavored coffee available. Most flavored coffees are made using relatively inexpensive coffee beans. When Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee typically costs $80 per pound, Maxwell House coffee costs only $3 per pound.

People might ask what makes Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee so special? The answer is everything about it. Genuine Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is one of the coffees grown under the most superior conditions in the world. Jamaica's weather, geological structure, and topography together provide an exceptionally ideal environment. Designated Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee can only be grown in the Blue Mountain region, located east-northeast of Kingston on Jamaica Island. The coffee grows on mountains up to 1,800 meters (approximately 6,000 feet) high, which is quite high altitude for Arabica coffee. Moreover, the mountains are very rugged, making the harvesting process extremely difficult (the coffee harvesters are almost entirely women). The trees are primarily of the Arabica "Geisha High Bred" variety. Seeds from these trees have been exported to other countries like Hawaii, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and other places, but nowhere have they been able to replicate the taste of Blue Mountain coffee beans.

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