Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Geographical Advantages and Tasting

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The unique flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee is related to its geographical location and climatic conditions. Generally speaking, south of the Tropic of Cancer and north of the Tropic of Cancer, this area is suitable for growing coffee, called the "coffee belt". Jamaica is just south of the Tropic of Cancer.

The blue mountain is steep, the air is fresh, there is no pollution, it rains all the year round, and there is a great temperature difference between day and night, which has a unique and fertile new volcanic soil. Most importantly, every afternoon, clouds cover the whole mountain area, which not only shades the coffee trees naturally, but also brings abundant water vapor. The superior geographical and climatic conditions make the coffee beans produced here stand out in taste and aroma, making them superior to others.

In addition to outstanding natural conditions, Blue Mountain Coffee from planting, picking, to cleaning, shelling, roasting and so on, each process is very exquisite, with strict standards. For example, there are explicit rules on the use of organic fertilizers in which growing period, and many of the picking and follow-up procedures are done by hand, and most of the participants are female workers. In order to ensure the quality of coffee during transportation, Jamaica is the last country that still uses traditional wooden barrels to transport coffee.

At a Blue Mountain coffee processing plant for tourists, the commentator revealed to reporters the "secret" of why Blue Mountain coffee tastes pure: their coffee trees are all on rugged hillsides, and the picking process is very difficult. Non-local skilled female workers are simply incompetent.

It is very important to choose the right ripe coffee beans when picking. Immaturity or ripeness will affect the quality of the coffee. The picked coffee beans are shelled on the same day, and then let them ferment for 18 hours. After that, the coffee beans were cleaned and screened. The subsequent process is to dry, which must be carried out on the cement floor or on a thick blanket until the humidity of the coffee beans drops to 12% 14%. And then store it in a special warehouse. Take it out and roast when needed, then grind it into powder. These procedures must be strictly mastered, otherwise, the quality of coffee will be affected.

Blue Mountain Coffee can maintain its top status today, which is also related to the local government's policy of limiting production and ensuring quality. Jamaica is not famous for Blue Mountain Coffee, regardless of the quality of mass production. But to give priority to quality, would rather sacrifice output, but also to protect the blue mountain coffee this gold-lettered signboard.

Geographical advantage

Blue Mountain Coffee is the most superior coffee in the world, and the weather, geological structure and topography of Jamaica provide an ideal place. The ridge that runs through Jamaica extends to the eastern part of the island, where it is foggy all the year round, with frequent precipitation, pure air and bright sunshine, which reconciles the island of Rain Water. Here, a mixed planting method is used to grow coffee trees to accompany banana trees and avocado trees on terraces. Some small estates are also planted. But even the largest landowners in the region are small-scale growers by international standards, many of whom are small landowners whose families have been working for two centuries. The coffee industry in Jamaica faces a series of problems, such as the impact of hurricanes, leaf rust, increased labour costs and difficult mechanization of terraces. Many small estates and farms are difficult to rationalize.

Since Japan has signed a 30-year contract with the Jamaican Coffee Industry Authority (CIB) to continue to invest in the Jamaican coffee industry, before 2009, Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee was basically underwritten by Japanese consortia. For example, in 1992, Jamaica sold 688 tons of Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 75 tons to the United States and 59 tons to Britain. In 2008, after the contract between the two sides expired, they were facing a global economic crisis, the Japanese economy was in the doldrums and their purchasing power was declining. Coupled with the awakening of Jamaican coffee farmers and their unwillingness to be monopolized by Japanese businessmen, the price of raw coffee beans was raised sharply. So far, Japan's purchase of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee has dropped from 90% to less than 60%. This also brought an opportunity to the Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association team in Hangzhou, China, which was dominated by @ Blue Mountain Coffee in 2010, and signed the sole distributor of Jamaican raw beans with an annual quota of 70 tons in China.

The Secretary General of Coffee Western Food Association @ Lanshan Coffee was the first person to carefully select beans with Hua Kan.

● quality control

① Jamaica Coffee Industry Bureau LOGO registers and certifies all the merchants in the entire industry chain of producing, selling and roasting Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.

② is currently the only certified raw bean agent LOGO in China.

③ Jamaica Coffee Board (CIB) officially registered the JAMAICA BLUE MOUNTAIN trademark, which is marked on all certified raw and cooked beans of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee.

With the globalization of the reputation of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and the global introduction of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee cultivation, there are many fake Blue Mountain flavor coffee on the market, which has seriously affected the excellent reputation of authentic Blue Mountain Coffee. In recent years, the Jamaican government has strongly advocated the export of Blue Mountain coffee in the country in roasting and original packaging, rather than in the form of raw beans, in order to avoid the impact of counterfeit Blue Mountain flavor coffee. The importance of this measure is that the Jamaican Coffee Bureau can monitor every link of the Blue Mountain Coffee export to ensure the purity and high quality of Blue Mountain Coffee.

● tasting Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain Coffee is like a lady. You should appreciate its unique charm. Under the guidance of a good mood, an European-style coffee cup, the dense aroma, suddenly curl into your nasal cavity, you can not help but take a sip, taste carefully, that wisp of wreathed taste, slowly drifting from your throat, deep into your viscera. At the moment, you might as well in the melodious blues music, in the pure fragrance, with a cup of Blue Mountain Coffee to cleanse the soul and warm the soul. Drink a cup of Blue Mountain, is to read a poem, listen to a song, dance a perfect dance, and the protagonist is yourself.

Generally speaking, Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee uses medium roasting (Medium Roast), which is suitable for individual coffee, so that it can retain its flavor to the maximum extent. The unique sour, bitter, sweet and mellow of 100% pure Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, especially its rich and unique fruit aroma, is perfectly balanced. The producing area of high altitude makes it with a little high-quality sour taste, and a very slight bitterness is short and does not retain in the mouth. Into the throat, it turns into a slightly sweet feeling, and the mellow throat rhyme is even more satisfying, so that the taste of vision, smell and taste can be enjoyed perfectly at the same time. Coffee lovers all over the world are fascinated by it! Its caffeine content is very low, only about 1x3 of ordinary varieties of coffee, which meets the health requirements of modern people. As a result, the World Coffee Organization believes that Blue Mountain Coffee is "the only coffee in the world that cannot find defects."