Introduction of cyan bourbon coffee beans on St. Helen Island

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St. Helens Island, with an area of only 121 square kilometers and a population of no more than 10,000, is a volcanic island in the vast Atlantic Ocean, belonging to Britain, 1,950 kilometers from the west coast of Africa and 3,400 kilometers from the east coast of America. It is isolated in the sea and is the place where Napoleon's life ends. Green bourbon coffee is grown here, with typical South Pacific coffee soft fruit aromas and strong caramel flavors, and is expensive due to scarce production.

In the past, you can only taste the rarest and most expensive coffee in the world on isolated islands. This green bourbon Arabica coffee originally produced in Yemen has been grown on Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic since 1733. This coffee, which Napoleon called "the only thing worthy of value on this volcanic island," was forgotten for a hundred years and was recognized at the 1851 Crystal Palace World Expo in London.

Like coffee, St Helens is also a tourist destination in the minds of travelers. It takes five and a half days to sail from Cape Town to St Helens Island. The construction of the airport has been postponed indefinitely. Although the local tourism industry has been slow to develop due to geographical constraints, the coffee industry is experiencing a strong recovery. Coffee trees planted in the inland mountains of the island produce coffee with unique flavor. Unlike coffee from other origins, the genes of St. Helens coffee remain primitive and pure.

In September, Starbucks Reserve officially introduced St. Helens Island coffee (previously served only at Harrods in London). Against all odds, Ann Traumann, Starbucks 'head of green bean purchasing, finally brought the mystery coffee back to the world, describing how all the recently harvested green beans had been sold out when she first arrived.

St. Helens currently has two small plantations, but the size of the local coffee industry is gradually expanding. Coffee production requires 100% love, starting with the fruit, which ripens from December to January, is picked by hand, fermented in containers, washed in the clear spring of Mount St. Helens, and dried in the warm sun of the island.

After careful roasting, coffee with soft fruit and caramel aroma, perfect interpretation of its Yemen origin and South Pacific origin characteristics, and other Starbucks Reserve coffee, each cup of St. Helens coffee tells people the story of origin, its taste not only reflects St. Helens unique climate and geological features, but also shows the unique processing technology of coffee, and St. Helens long history.

Even so, getting St. Helens coffee isn't easy, Traumann said, and Starbucks currently produces only 220 pounds of St. Helens coffee (one-third of the local coffee production), which is literally a "once-in-a-lifetime" rare coffee. If you miss out on this $80/8.8-ounce coffee, you may have to cross the ocean like Napoleon to find St. Helens, a volcanic island hidden in the South Pacific.