Types of Blue Mountain Coffee, distinguishing between true and false Blue Mountain Coffee

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The kinds of Blue Mountain Coffee

There are three grades of coffee in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica: blue Mountain Coffee (Blue Mountain Coffee), Alpine Coffee (Jamaica High Mountain Supreme Coffee Beans) and Jamaican Coffee (Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans). Among them, Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee are each divided into two grades. In terms of quality, the order from top to bottom is: blue Mountain 1, Blue Mountain 2, Gaoshan 1, Gaoshan 2, Jamaican Coffee.

Usually, coffee grown between 457m and 1524 m above sea level is called alpine coffee; coffee grown between 274m and 457m above sea level is called Jamaican coffee; and only coffee grown in blue mountain areas above 1800 m above sea level can be called Blue Mountain Coffee, which is several times higher in price than alpine coffee. It is mainly distributed in 5 peaks such as John Crow,St.John's Peak,Mossman's Peak,High Peak,Blue Mountian Peak.

Because of the high price of Blue Mountain, counterfeiters are flocking to it. It is not difficult to imagine that many "ideas" come from Chinese. There are four most common fake blue mountains:

1. Colombia. Colombia is a kind of high-quality coffee, and the taste of this coffee is very close to that of Blue Mountain. The main difference is that Colombian fruit tastes more sour than the Blue Mountains; at the same time, some Colombian coffee has a hint of wood and the like. It's hard for people who don't drink coffee to tell the difference. Colombian coffee is called "the most cost-effective coffee" precisely because it is popular, but the price is not high. Therefore, the most common fake blue mountain is Colombian coffee.

two。 Yunnan "Blue Mountain" coffee. The quality of Yunnan coffee has improved rapidly in recent years, and more and more people begin to like Yunnan coffee. However, due to the limitations of natural conditions and immature planting technology, there is still a huge gap between the quality of coffee and "established stars" such as Blue Mountain. This fake blue mountain taste is very different from the real blue mountain. In addition to the poor balance of taste, miscellaneous smell is also very obvious. Coffee drinkers are easy to identify.

3. Mix the coffee. There is nothing wrong with blending coffee itself, and the quality of blending can reflect the level of processors. But it is wrong not to explain it to consumers. A cup of coffee to use dozens of coffee beans, want to use several kinds of coffee to match the rich flavor of the Blue Mountain, and steadily reflected in a cup of coffee, it is almost impossible to complete the task. Most of the so-called "Blue Mountain flavor" coffee is blended. For example, a certain brand of Blue Mountain Coffee in some supermarkets in Beijing will be found to be blended if you read the instructions carefully. Otherwise, with this volume, all Blue Mountain Coffee is not enough for the brand. This reminds me of the popular "Chinese turtle essence" many years ago, in which only one turtle is put in a large water tank.

4. The Blue Mountains of Cuba. It is a pity to call the Cuban Blue Mountains fake Blue Mountains. This coffee, formerly known as Cuban Crystal Mountain Coffee (Cuba Crystal Mountain), is also a kind of high-quality coffee. It's just that the popularity is not as high as Blue Mountain. Now some people in China call Crystal Mountain coffee "Cuba Blue Mountain" in order to sell high prices, which reminds me of a place in Yunnan that changed the name of the city to tea in order to promote a certain kind of tea. Has the Cuban people also learned this trick?

Price

Coffee beans need to be roasted from raw beans (roasted beans) before they can be further ground and extracted. The retail price of Lanshan raw beans is about 900 yuan / kg, and the price of baked beans is 1500-2000 yuan / kg. A cup of coffee needs about 10 grams of coffee beans, so the cost of coffee beans in a cup of Blue Mountain coffee is between 10 yuan and 20 yuan. At present, the operating costs of domestic cafes are mainly rent and labor costs. If the price of a cup of Blue Mountain in a cafe is 28 or 38 yuan, it is generally unlikely to use real Blue Mountain coffee beans. Considering the main costs mentioned above, a cup of genuine Blue Mountain coffee is usually sold for about 100 yuan per cup in cafes.

Blue Mountain Coffee is divided into only five grades: select Peaberry, Gradel, Grade2, Grade3 and preferred Blue Mountain.

Appearance. The raw beans of Blue Mountain Coffee are cyan, neat in shape, medium in size, slightly upwarped at both ends of the beans, expanded in volume after baking, and full and round in shape.

Taste: the unique aroma of Blue Mountain Coffee is unmatched by coffee from any other region. Without opening the package, you can smell extremely strong aromas of fruit and chocolate, as well as cream. Those who have tasted Blue Mountain Coffee will know that the taste of Blue Mountain Coffee is very good. The palate is mellow and has a sweet aftertaste. No other coffee can taste like this.