Why is Blue Mountain Jamaica Coffee so Special? Introduction to Jamaica Coffee

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Jamaica-when I hear this name, I think of the Blue Mountain Coffee of Jamaica. It feels kind of mysterious.

In fact, Jamaica means "Kessemaka" in Indian Arawak language, meaning "spring island" or "forest water island".

Rural "(Jamaica was colonized by Spanish in 1509 and occupied by British forces in 1655) the country covers an area of 10991 square kilometres, located in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea, facing Haiti across the Strait of Jamaica to the east and about 140km north of Cuba. Is the third largest island in the Caribbean. The coastline is 1220 kilometers long and belongs to tropical rain forest climate, with an annual average temperature of 27 ℃. The population of Kingston, the capital, has reached more than 1 million (the national population is nearly 3 million).

Jamaica is one of the important coffee producing countries in the world. It produces the most valuable coffee in the world called "Blue Mountain" coffee. It is reported that the "Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans" have been grown in the mountains since 1725. Here is shrouded in fog all the year round, the temperature difference is very big, and the growing period is as long as 10 months. "Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans" has rich aroma and unique flavor.

So this is the legendary Blue Mountain. The Blue Mountain Blue, which is rich in "Blue Mountain Coffee", comes from the reflection of the blue sea.

Blue Mountain Coffee Garden Coffee beans carefully roasted Blue Mountain Coffee beans the beautiful beach outside Port Antonio, Jamaica the Jamaican capital Kingston almost everyone who has heard of Jamaican blue mountain caffeine (Jamaican Blue Mountain) knows that it is the most expensive coffee in the world, but not everyone knows why. Like Rolls-Royce cars and Strawley violins (Stradivarius violin), when something gains the reputation of "the best in the world", that reputation tends to make it its own identity and become an immortal myth.

The best Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is undoubtedly the most famous coffee in the world. It tastes more expensive than it looks. The real Blue Mountain Coffee is made from the best coffee beans in Jamaica, which is the fun of tasters. It has all the substances of coffee, rich flavor, balanced, fruity and perfect sour taste, three tastes (sweet, sour, bitter) excellent blending, for coffee in the best, generally a single drink. In addition, the flavor of high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee is particularly long-lasting, as drinkers say-endless aftertaste. But in fact, few people know the history of Blue Mountain Coffee and why its price is so high.

In 1725, Nikolai? Sir Sir Nicholas Lawes brought the first blue mountain coffee trees from Martinique to Jamaica and planted them in the St. Andrew area. In eight years, Jamaica exported more than 375 tons of pure coffee. In 1932, when the Jamaican law was passed to encourage coffee farming to reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports, coffee production peaked and more than 15000 tons of coffee was harvested.

In 1948, the quality of coffee had declined and Canadian buyers refused to renew their contracts, so the Government of Jamaica established the Coffee Industry Committee and made changes to the "Jamaican Coffee Industry" to standardize the process and improve the quality of coffee. to make marketing equal in order to save the fate of top coffee. By 1969, the market was guaranteed by the use of Japanese loans to improve the quality of production. By 1981, about 1500 hectares of land in Jamaica had been reclaimed for coffee cultivation, followed by investment in another 6000 hectares of coffee land. in fact, the Blue Mountains area today is a small area with a planting area of only 6000 hectares. it is impossible to grow all coffee marked "Blue Mountain" there. Another 12000 hectares of land is used to grow two other types of coffee (non-Blue Mountain Coffee): Alpine Top Coffee (High Mountain Supreme) and Jamaican premium coffee (Prime Washed Jamaican). Their quality and taste are not as good as those of Blue Mountain.

You might ask what makes Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee so special?

The answer is everything about it. The real Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most advantageous coffee growing conditions in the world. The weather, geological structure and topography of Jamaica provide a unique ideal place. Designated Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee can only be grown in the Blue Mountain area, northeast of the Jamaican capital Kingston. Coffee grows in mountains ranging from 1500 to 5000 feet above sea level, with cool, foggy and frequent rainfall

Make this rich land Rain Water reconcile. Here people use mixed planting to grow coffee trees next to banana and avocado trees on terraces. The coffee tree is mainly the typical "Geisha High Bred" of Yue Cup guests. Seeds from these trees have been exported to other countries, such as Hawaii, Kenya, Papua New Guinea and elsewhere, but wherever they go they also have the ability to recreate the taste of Blue Mountain coffee beans.

Some small estates also grow Blue Mountain Coffee, such as Wallenford Estate, Sliver Hill Estate and Atlanta Estate in J. Martinez. Even the largest landowners in the region are small-scale plantations by international standards, many of which are small landowners whose families have been working on the land for two centuries. The coffee industry in Jamaica faces a series of problems, such as the impact of hurricanes, increased labor costs and difficult mechanization of terraces. It is difficult to rationalize planting on many small estates and farms.

However, Blue Mountain Coffee is a coffee retailer that values credibility and keeps some coffee in stock anyway. A leading British retailer said: regardless of the price, he will continue to sell Blue Mountain coffee all year round because he has many customers who only recognize "Blue Mountain".