How to distinguish the characteristics of Jamaican Coffee from genuine Blue Mountain Coffee beans

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Distinguish between true and false blue mountains

1 Appearance: Blue Mountain coffee beans are green, appearance is very neat, the size is medium small, some of the ends tilt. After baking, the volume increases a lot and it is very full.

2 grinding beans: real blue mountain coffee beans grow at high altitude, its cytoplasmic structure is relatively loose, when grinding by hand feel very crisp very cool very continuous, there will be no feeling of resistance.

3 aroma: aroma is very rich, dense; the so-called blend of blue mountain coffee, is not this aroma.

4 taste: real blue mountain coffee taste balanced, rich, there will be no one taste outstanding or lack of feeling, this is also any other coffee beans can not match, the most critical identification points. Blue Mountain Garden Bean's aroma is more subtle, and the taste is relatively stronger.

Feeling: Blue Mountain Coffee as the world's best coffee, classic balance characteristics, taste when there will inevitably be some subconscious, indescribable satisfaction.

When you say Jamaica, your eyes light up because it produces the best Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee in the world. We absolutely believe that Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is the best coffee, it is very balanced acid, sweet, alcohol and bitterness, taste aromatic, drink very smooth.

The earliest "Jamaica Blue Mountain" refers to the coffee produced by "Wallenford Farm" and "Silver Hill Farm", with the former having the best quality; today's "Jamaica Blue Mountain" refers to coffee beans grown in the Blue Mountain region (more than 1000 meters high) east of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Today, Mavesbon is the largest estate, with barrels stamped M.B.C.F. Jamaica Blue Mountain is a very strict quality control, by the government "Coffee Industry Council" certification work.

Coffee beans generally grown at low altitudes and other regions can only be called "Jamaica mountain beans" or "Jamaica washed beans." Compared with Jamaica Blue Mountain, the flavor is much different. However, these producing areas are twice the area of the real Blue Mountain region and account for 75% of the country's production. Therefore, when buying Jamaica coffee, don't think that you have bought Blue Mountain coffee.

Because Jamaica Blue Mountain is so famous, there are fake Blue Mountain coffee on the market, or simply called "Blue Mountain Coffee." Basically, this is a comprehensive product prepared by the store itself, and there may be no real Jamaica Blue Mountain beans in it.

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Almost everyone in Jamaica knows that Blue Mountain Coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world. Sir Nicholas Lawes brought the first Blue Mountain coffee trees from Martinique to Jamaica and planted them in the St.Andrew region.

Coffee from Jamaica:

Today, St. Andrew's is still one of the top three growing regions for Blue Mountain coffee, along with Portland and St. Andrew's. The St. Thomas region.

Today's Blue Mountain region is a small area of only 6000 hectares, and it is impossible that all the coffee labeled "Blue Mountain" is grown there. another 12000 hectares are devoted to growing two other types of coffee (non-Blue Mountain coffee): High Mountain Supreme and Jamaica Prime WashedJamaican.

The real Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the world's best grown coffees, and Jamaica's weather, geology and terrain combine to provide the ideal location. The ridge that runs through Ngatouga extends to the east of the island, and the Blue Mountains rise to more than 2100 meters. Cool, foggy weather and frequent rainfall have tempered this fertile land with rain. Here coffee trees are grown in mixed cropping, alongside banana and avocado trees on terraces.

Blue Mountain coffee is also grown on small estates such as Wallenford Estate, Silver Hill Estate and J. Martinez's Atlanta Estate. Even the largest planters in the region are small-scale farmers by international standards, many of whom are smallholders whose families have worked the land for two centuries.

Features of Jamaica Coffee:

The best Blue Mountain coffee is undoubtedly one of the best coffee available. This coffee tastes more expensive than it looks. To get its best flavor, you have to put in more beans than you drink other coffees, otherwise the flavor is a bit of a misnomer, so the real cost of flavor lies in adding 10 - 15% more beans than the coffee that costs next to it.

Real Blue Mountain coffee is made from the best local green coffee beans. Its rich flavor, balance, rich fruit flavor and sour, can meet people's various needs. In addition, the quality of fresh Blue Mountain coffee flavor is particularly long-lasting-aftertaste endless. Blue Mountain coffee is divided into five grades: 1#Blue Mountain;2#Blue Mountain; Selected Round Granule Blue Mountain;3#Blue Mountain.

Flavor: Very rich aroma, excellent taste

Recommended baking method: medium baking

★★★: Excellent

Jamaica Coffee Market:

Blue Mountain Coffee is a coffee retailer that values its reputation and wants to stock some coffee anyway. A leading British retailer says he will continue to sell Blue Mountain coffee all year round regardless of price because he has many customers who only recognize Blue Mountain.

Today, 90% of post-harvest Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japanese. Blue Mountain coffee is now in short supply, regardless of price, because the rest of the world can only get 10 percent of its production. For many years Langford Brothers was the sole supplier in Britain. Edmonds Group was later supplied by Salda Foods of Jamaica.

Blue Mountain Coffee differs from other coffees in transportation in that it is transported in barrels with a capacity of 70 kg, which is an imitation of the Bonifieur barrels produced in Guadeloupe last century. These barrels were originally used to carry flour from England to Jamaica, usually bearing the brand name and manufacturer's name. The Coffee Industry Council issues certificates for all pure Jamaica coffee and stamps it before export.

The government of Jamaica used to insist that all Blue Mountain coffee was roasted in Jamaica to ensure quality. In fact, baking is a fine art, and doing it well requires experience, training, and expensive equipment. From the consumer's perspective, coffee beans should be available and consumed immediately after roasting. Coffee roasted in Jamaica is unlikely to meet this requirement. Jamaica's green coffee beans are now ready for export.

The Jamaica Coffee Board can issue certificates for all Blue Mountain coffee exports currently on the market.

There are three types of certificates:

1)Certificate of Quality issued by Jamaica Coffee Board

2)Blue Mountain Coffee Manufacturer's Authorized Sales Certificate.

(Blue Mountain Coffee is distributed by 4 Jamaica Government-licensed processing producers and exported by 16 licensed exporters)

3)Certificate of Origin of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

Quality certificates indicate time, quantity. The Jamaica Coffee Bureau randomly extracts a package from the blue mountain coffee for inspection. If the conditions of blue mountain coffee are met, a certificate is issued.

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Blue Mountain coffee is coffee brewed from coffee beans from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Among them, according to grades, it is divided into Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee and Jamaica Alpine Coffee.

Blue Mountain coffee is the most superior coffee in the world, and the yield is small, and the substance is rare. The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of Jamaica Island. They are named because they are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Whenever the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea. The highest peak of Blue Mountain is 2256 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the Caribbean and a famous tourist attraction. Located in the coffee belt, it has fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, foggy and rainy all year round (average precipitation is 1980 mm, temperature is about 27 degrees), which creates the world-famous Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee and also creates the second highest coffee price in the world. This kind of coffee has all the characteristics of good coffee, not only the taste is rich and mellow, but also because the sweet, sour and bitter flavors of coffee are perfectly matched, so there is no bitterness at all, only moderate and perfect sourness. Generally, they are consumed as a single item, but due to the extremely low output and extremely expensive price, coffee is generally prepared with similar taste on the market.

How to practice the "pure" Blue Mountain coffee Why taste pure "secret": Their coffee trees all grow on rugged hillsides, the picking process is very difficult, non-local skilled female workers simply can not be competent. It's important to pick coffee beans that are ripe, as immature or overripe can affect the quality of coffee. The beans are shelled the same day and allowed to ferment for 12-18 hours. Coffee beans are then washed and sifted. After that, the process is drying, which must be carried out on concrete floor or thick blanket until the humidity of coffee beans drops to 12%-14%. Then they are stored in special silos. When needed, it is taken out and roasted, and then ground into powder. These procedures must be strictly controlled, otherwise, the quality of coffee will be affected.

Since Japan has always invested in Jamaica coffee industry, Blue Mountain coffee is mostly controlled by the Japanese, and they have also obtained the right of first refusal to buy Blue Mountain coffee. In 1992, Jamaica sold 688 tons of Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 75 tons to the United States and 59 tons to Britain. 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japanese. Since the rest of the world can only get 10% of Blue Mountain coffee, Blue Mountain coffee is always in short supply regardless of price.

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Jamaica coffee has three varieties:

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

(Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee), which is divided into four grades under Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee. From the top to the bottom of the quality points are: NO.1, NO.2, NO.3 and PB, PB is round beans. According to CIB standards, only coffee grown above 666 meters above sea level is called Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee;

Jamaica Alpine Coffee

(Jamaica High Mountain Supreme Coffee Beans) The coffee produced in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica below 666 meters is called alpine coffee, which is also the coffee second only to Blue Mountain coffee quality. It is called the brother variety of Blue Mountain coffee by industry insiders. Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee produces very little caffeine, so if you want to taste Jamaica coffee, then Jamaica alpine coffee is your best choice.

Jamaica Coffee

（Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans）。Coffee grown outside the Blue Mountains is called Jamaica coffee. It turns out that Chinese coffee industry generally has a wrong understanding that only coffee planted in the Blue Mountain area above 1800 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain Coffee. In fact, there is only one manor on the mountain crown above 1800 meters in the Blue Mountain Range, Amber, which is descended from Chinese people. The manor's main surname is Lyn(Lin), whose ancestral home is Guangdong, China. The manor has only 30 hectares of land and its yield is very small. Blue Mountain coffee is mainly distributed in the Blue Mountain Mountains John Crow, St. John's Peak,Mossman's Peak,High Peak,Blue Mountian Peak and other five mountain areas.

There is rarely a single true Blue Mountain coffee bean in the "Blue Mountain" coffee market. There is a "Jamaica Blue Mountain Blend" coffee that is a blend of 30 percent Blue Mountain coffee and 70 percent of the finest Jamaica alpine coffee. Both of these coffees attempt to mimic Blue Mountain coffee, but fail to achieve perfection.