Purchase channels and Identification of Blue Mountain Coffee beans

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About Blue Mountain Coffee the Blue Mountain of Jamaica is the highest mountain in the Western Caribbean, 2256 meters above sea level, dominated by fertile volcanic soil, Rain Water is rich, temperature, sunshine are very suitable for coffee tree growth, so Blue Mountain coffee quality is outstanding, coupled with a relatively small output, the annual output of less than 2500 tons, coupled with Japan's UCC company due to historical reasons (later on) to buy the vast majority of beans, the price has been high (relatively speaking). The price and channel of domestic Blue Mountain coffee are quite chaotic, the high price of stir-fried coffee in the early years can not come down, the price difference of the same grade raw beans and cooked beans is 10 times, and the low level sells the top price. In addition to formal agents, other messy channels, Gaza a variety of "Blue Mountain flavor", "Blue Mountain deployment" is also muddling the water. No wonder many people question it.

Purchase and identification

In the early years, there were no formal import channels in China, and Blue Mountain, which was already relatively rare, was even more rare in China. It was forced to drink a cup of Blue Mountain Coffee, which was forced to break the watch. As a result, "Blue Mountain Coffee in domestic cafes are fake", "Blue Mountain Coffee can not be bought in China" and other theories have even spread to this day. However, even in the days when there were no formal channels, the blue mountain coffee consumed in the Chinese market still accounted for 15% of the world's total consumption. so much so that Jamaicans were so surprised that they almost dislocated their jaw (probably mainly because of the price of blue mountain coffee in the Chinese market.), so they began to pay attention to the Chinese market. Now it is not difficult to buy blue mountain coffee in China, and Hangzhou Dan Shirui also has an exclusive agent. The channel is not limited to this one. There are both private channels and cooked beans imported through a third country. To identify Blue Mountain Coffee, those with retail packaging can generally be distinguished from CIB certified logo and Jamaica Blue Mountain ®trademarks. UCC Blue Mountain is not logo is also reliable, there are certification logo and trademark, you can go to the CIB official website to check whether this company has CIB authorization. Certificate of origin can be checked for bulk ones, because bulk ones are generally sold from 70kg barrels, each barrel will be accompanied by a certificate of origin.

Purchase channel

1. Buy UCC Blue Mountain Coffee, UCC is very awesome, do not play CIB certification logo still sell, later will say the reason. The disadvantage is that although it is sold in China, it is not common, it is best to find someone to buy from the mud boom or their own daily Amoy, UCC Lanshan No. 1 Taobao purchasing agent price will not be lower than 400RMB per 100g, previously bought in Hong Kong UCC vacuum bag 250g Blue Mountain coffee powder (lower grade), 170HKD or so.

two。 Find a reputable shop to buy in bulk, on Taobao, in order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, not to mention the shop name, the same grade bean price is only 1/4 of UCC, the disadvantage is that it depends entirely on the reputation of the boss, to put it bluntly, there is no guarantee.

3. Looking for a regular agent, that is, Dan Shirui mentioned above, the price of beans of the same grade is similar to that of UCC.

4. Human flesh can climb over the wall, such as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. If you are far away, you can go directly to Jamaica. Hong Kong AEON can buy UCC Blue Mountain (not Blue Mountain No. 1, not UCC Blue Mountain Synthesis, I have looked for it on Taobao, but not like this), and Central TATA Coffee can buy beans with certificates (called birth paper in Hong Kong). 5. Looking for a coffee trading company to buy raw beans, the advantage is that the price is extremely high (relative to ripe beans.) Cheap, per kilogram of Lanshan No. 1 raw bean price can be less than 500 (quantitative ah quantitative!), the disadvantage is, not a few tens of kilograms of birds do not bird you, it is recommended to trench to a bucket, each barrel of 70Kg, with certificate of origin oh dear! A bucket can make more than 6000 cups. Oh, honey! The shelf life of raw beans is one year, dear! Finish it within a year, honey! Drink 16 cups of water a day without pressure, dear! Join the roaster.!

About CIB Certification

The Coffee Industry Board of Jamaica, the Jamaican Coffee Industry Authority, is the government agency responsible for coffee in Jamaica, which oversees, regulates and directs the cultivation, processing and trade of coffee in Jamaica, as well as the ownership of the famous Wallenford manor and the Jamaica Blue Mountain ®trademark. Like champagne, Blue Mountain Coffee itself represents a legal production area, which is more than 2200 feet above the Blue Mountain Mountains. The coffee produced in the legal producing area is qualified to be marked with round Blue Mountain Coffee logo (pictured below) on the package, and the certificate of origin is usually attached if it is in a wooden barrel (including the 70kg barrel mentioned above). Coffee grown below 2200 feet in the Blue Mountains is not allowed to use the following logo and Jamaica Blue Mountain ®trademarks. So, buy Blue Mountain and recognize this circle (remind me again, Blue Mountain of UCC is an exception)!