The origin of Jamaican blue mountain coffee beans, a brief introduction to blue mountain coffee

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The top coffee in the world is Blue Mountain Coffee, which is regarded as a treasure because of its low yield. This precious coffee is named after its origin-a mountain in eastern Jamaica, which is surrounded by the sea. In fine weather, the sun shines on the blue Caribbean Sea, and the verdant mountains reflect the blue light of the sea. This mountain is named Blue Mountain. Blue Mountain is a very famous tourist attraction, the highest elevation is 2256 meters, is the first of the peaks in the Caribbean, located in the coffee belt of Jamaica. Blue Mountain has been loved by nature, once because of volcanic eruptions created here extremely nutritious land, coupled with the warm climate, not too much man-made development, here has grown the world's most famous and the world's most expensive coffee.

Blue Mountain Coffee is a model of many good coffee, full of fragrance, mellow, taste a little bitter, sweet for a long time. What deserves the attention of our consumers is that at present, the planting area in the Blue Mountain area is only 6000 hectares, which is not only used for growing coffee, but also sugar cane, bananas and cocoa. Therefore, not all the products billed as Blue Mountain Coffee are coffee originating from the Blue Mountain region. Today, most of the Blue Mountain Coffee we can buy on the market is not real Blue Mountain Coffee. The real Blue Mountain Coffee is made from pure Blue Mountain coffee beans ground and brewed without adding any sugar or milk. However, this kind of coffee is not only small, but also expensive, in order to satisfy the appetite, people can only keep trying to make an imitation similar to the taste of Blue Mountain coffee.

All the coffee trees of Blue Mountain Coffee grow on steep slopes, which is the secret of the mellow taste of Blue Mountain Coffee. Picking this kind of coffee is a difficult physical task, and only local female workers in Jamaica can afford this arduous task. At the same time, picking is a patient and careful work, which directly determines the quality of coffee, so women must choose coffee beans that are just ripe. Coffee beans must be picked and shelled on the same day, and then cleaned and picked after half a day of fermentation. The next step is to dry the treated coffee beans and spread them out on the cement floor or on a thick blanket to be exposed to sunlight. After drying to only 12%-14% moisture, they can be transferred to a place where coffee beans are specially stored. Wait until you drink it and then bake it and process it into powder. All of the above links are strictly controlled, and if anything goes wrong, it will destroy the taste and taste of the coffee.

Coffee has a long history in Jamaica, dating back to 1717, when King Louis XV of France was a coffee enthusiast. He not only planted coffee trees in his garden, but also ordered people to plant a large number of coffee trees in Jamaica. The large-scale cultivation of coffee in Jamaica began in the mid-1920s, when Sir Nicholas Lloyd, the governor of Britain in Jamaica, introduced Arabica seeds from Martinique, an overseas region of France, to Britain, and began to plant coffee in St. Andrews as a pilot project. Today's St. Andrews area has developed into a famous Blue Mountain Coffee producing area, together with Portland and St. Thomas producing areas and known as "the three major producing areas of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee". By 1932, Jamaica's annual coffee production had reached more than 15000 tons, reaching the highest level in the world.

In 1950, the Jamaican government established the Jamaica Coffee Industry Committee to better promote local coffee to the world, and to maintain the good quality of raw coffee and roasted coffee exported locally, it also issued a unique official seal for its coffee production and became the most authoritative national coffee organization in the world. Today, however, there are only a handful of six signs that can bear the banner of veritable Blue Mountain Coffee, namely, the Mafis River Embankment Coffee Factory, the Blue Mountain Coffee Cooperative Factory, the Portland Blue Mountain Coffee Co-operative Plant, the Coffee Industry Association, the Coffee Industry Association and Lanli.

Due to the influence of various factors, the coffee industry in Jamaica has fallen into a variety of dilemmas. The hurricane has led to a sharp decline in coffee production, rising labor costs, the rugged terrain and the inability to use machinery instead of labor. Many coffee growers are not well managed by retail investors. Just then, the Japanese seized the opportunity, and after injecting a lot of capital, Jamaica's coffee industry came back to life. Japan is of course the beneficiary, so they get the priority right to buy Blue Mountain Coffee. Today, 90% of Blue Mountain Coffee is in their hands. As a result, only 10% of Blue Mountain coffee is in circulation in other parts of the world, and Blue Mountain coffee has become rarer. However, regardless of whether it is high or low, Blue Mountain Coffee is very popular.