Introduction to the plantation area of Blue Mountain Coffee

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Blue Mountain Coffee has always been "scarce", because in Jamaica, 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is exported to Japan, Europe and the United States, and only 10% is exported to other countries and regions of the world. It is difficult to drink authentic Blue Mountain coffee at home.

This June, I had the honor to visit the Blue Mountain Coffee Plantation in the Blue Mountain area of Jamaica. Of course, I tasted the authentic Blue Mountain Coffee on the top of the beautiful Blue Mountain.

Pure Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee perfectly combines the unique sour, bitter, sweet, mellow and other flavors of coffee to form a strong and attractive elegant flavor, which is unmatched by other coffee. People who love Blue Mountain Coffee said: "it is a 'coffee beauty' that combines all the advantages of good coffee. Jim, general manager of Pitt, which is famous for coffee and tea in the United States, said of Blue Mountain coffee:" it tastes fragrant, smooth and mellow. It makes me feel as precious as a gem. " It is precisely because the taste of Blue Mountain Coffee is moderate and perfect, so Blue Mountain Coffee is generally drunk in the form of black coffee. Its liquid is golden in the sun and tastes smooth. According to the coffee book, Blue Mountain is the only bitter and sour coffee in the world that people can enjoy. Drink it.

The Blue Mountains are located in the east of Jamaica, about 45 kilometers from the center of the capital Kingston, hence its name because the mountain is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and the sun shines directly on the blue sea on clear days. The highest peak of the Blue Mountains is 2256 meters above sea level, which is the highest in the Caribbean. It has fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, foggy and rainy all the year round (the average precipitation is 1980 mm, the temperature is about 27 degrees). Such a climate has created the world-famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.

The "secret" of the pure taste of Blue Mountain coffee is that in Jamaica, coffee beans are grown in a mixed way, so we see a lot of coffee trees growing with banana trees and avocado trees. their coffee trees are on rugged hillsides, and the picking process is so difficult that unskilled female workers are simply unable to do it. 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.

In 1948, the world-famous Jamaican Coffee Bureau (CIB) was formally established, and the Jamaican government enacted the regulations on the Management of Jamaica's Blue Mountain Coffee Industry. The main responsibility of CIB is to improve the quality of Blue Mountain Coffee through management and supervision and regain its global reputation. At this time, the definition of Blue Mountain Coffee has been strictly stipulated in the law: ① gives four legal coffee farms, including Wallenford, to process Blue Mountain coffee beans to ensure the quality of Blue Mountain Coffee. ② grows in the Blue Mountain area of 3000-5000 feet, and ③ Blue Mountain Coffee exports are graded: No.1,No.2,No.3, round beans. According to CIB standards, only coffee grown above 666m above sea level is called Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. The Jamaican government would rather sacrifice production in order to improve coffee quality. Jamaica is one of the countries with low coffee production in the world. Brazil, the world's largest coffee exporter, produces 30 million bags of coffee a year, while Blue Mountain produces only about 40, 000 bags a year. It is said that the same coffee tree species, whether planted in Hawaii, Kenya, Papua New Guinea or anywhere else with a similar climate, cannot produce the flavor of blue mountain coffee beans.

I took part in an unforgettable trip to the Blue Mountain Coffee Plantation in Kingston for one hour. First, I followed the guide of the plantation to visit the coffee plantation, to learn about the process of planting and picking coffee beans, and to familiarize myself with different coffee varieties. Then, the guide explained the picking and roasting process of coffee. Finally, I tasted different kinds of Blue Mountain Coffee.

Blue Mountain Coffee mixed planting area

Picking and roasting Technology of Blue Mountain Coffee

I drank Blue Mountain Coffee for the first time, and it was on the top of the Blue Mountain, full of green and fresh air. While the plantation guide introduced the grinding and brewing techniques of Blue Mountain Coffee, he brought the prepared coffee to the table, and the fragrance of Blue Mountain Coffee immediately came to the nostrils.

People who are used to drinking espresso and even American coffee will find Blue Mountain coffee very light because of the different ways of baking. Blue Mountain coffee is mostly roasted moderately, while Italian coffee is mostly deep roasted, which is bitter, while Blue Mountain coffee is best roasted moderately, with moderate bitterness and obvious acidity, and the one made by Blue Mountain brewing method is also light, so the taste is mild, less violent, balanced, fruity and slightly sour. All the taste elements just spread out gracefully and moderately in the mouth, with a long-lasting aroma, just like a glass of good red wine, suitable for slow taste.

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