Introduction of Blue Mountain Resource, Sherwood Forest, Whitfield Hall Coffee Manor Group

Good beans are more difficult to find this year, and cup tests are more frequent than ever. Of course, there are still good beans, but it takes more effort.

When RSW opens the bucket, you can clearly see the word "RSW" on the barrel, with the blue RSW certificate:

Jamaica Blue Mountain Manor Coffee is an abbreviation composed of three coffee estates: Resource, Sherwood Forest and Whitfield Hall, taking the first letter of each estate, so RSW estate refers to the 100% Jamaican blue beans produced in these three estates.

Why is it called Manor Group? Because Sherwood has four production areas, and at the same time, on the scale of Sherwood, it is already a large-scale coffee farm in the Blue Mountain area.

The following is a brief introduction to RSW:

Resource:Resource Manor is located in the Yallahs Valley in the Blue Mountains, with an elevation of 1200 meters, the westernest of RSW, about an hour and a half drive from the capital Kingston, along the road to the Blue Mountain producing area, you will first pass through Mavis Bank, then cross the Yallahs River, and then rise along the valley, just below the century-old cinchona tree medicinal botanical garden.

Cecil Langford, the owner of the manor, has operated the estate for more than 40 years. Over the years, the estate has been expanded from 10 acres to 30 acres. Previously, the coffee was treated on its own, but now it has been moved to Sherwood Factory for post-harvest treatment.

Most of the coffee trees on the manor are planted on the northwest slopes of the mountains and irrigated by streams and rivers that flow all the year round to the north. The estate has four full-time farmers, which are harvested from November to early May of the next year. At this time, 60 local harvesting workers are needed to help harvest.

(2) Sherwood Forest:Sherwood Forest is a group of manors composed of Sherwood Forest & Eccleston Plantations and Upper New Battle and Lower New Battle, belonging to a century-old traditional farm rarely seen in the Blue Mountain region. Coffee has been grown since the early 18th century, with a total area of about 1000 acres and an altitude of about 800m to 2000 m.

Resource coffee trees are developed according to topography, sunshine, seasonal mountain springs and rich volcanic soil, so that each separate planting area can provide the best growing environment for coffee trees. Sherwood has the largest flat high-altitude planting platform in Blue Mountain, which is like the jewel of Sherwood, nicknamed "Big Level" by locals. The platform is located above a slope up to 4400 feet above sea level and covers an area of 100 acres. Big Level's rich, crimson volcanic soil and the gentle caress of cold clouds floating down from the top of the blue mountain make the coffee produced in this area one of Sherwood's proudest high-quality blue beans.

It has a complete washing plant, and is now focused on processing coffee cherries for RSW. It has previously treated coffee cherries for other estates, such as:

(III) Whitfield Hall:Whitfield Hall Manor, which still operates the Hostel hotel business, is located in the heart of the Blue Mountains and is as high as 4000 feet above sea level. It is also a rest place for hiking to the Blue Peak or Portland Gap where you can spend the night.

The estate dates back to 1776 when William Whitfield began to produce coffee. In its heyday, it produced coffee on an area of up to 300 acres and had its own processing plant, which was destroyed by a flood in 1909. Whitfield Hall's Great House provides accommodation for a tour of RSW's manor and is a halfway accommodation rest area for climbing the Blue Mountains. If staying here, you can also arrange a visit to RSW's three manor parks or visit herwood Factory's washing plant.

At present, the production area is only 40 acres around the antique Great House, which grows coffee trees at low density in high altitude and fertile soil in order to maintain the manor tradition and produce the best blue mountain beans in Jamaica (according to: the idea of William Whitfield Manor and the painstaking management model of Great House, quite with the famous old inn manor in this area, a different flavor)

RSW all ripe coffee fruits will be sent to Sherwood after harvest, first visually check to remove sundries and some defective fruits, and peel the flesh within 12 hours of delivery, while there is a sugary sticky layer outside the pulp, which must be removed during treatment. when most coffee fruits remove the pulp at this stage, a hard brush will be used to brush the pulp layer and mucus on the fruit surface. In fact, this time-saving treatment is similar to [semi-washing], while RSW uses [fermentation] to naturally make the sticky layer fall off! Without the aid of other equipment, after the fermentation is completed, the coffee is washed and then these shell beans (parchment coffee) are dried in a clean cement field. This period of sunlight is called

Natural sun drying for a long time can indeed improve the sweetness and flavor of beans. RSW Estates is 100% sun dried (sunlight, no machine drying). Drying must be done when the moisture content of the bean is between 11% to and 13%, and then move to a constant temperature and humidity environment of 24.C for 2-3 months, so that the flavor will be better!

Small batches of low-temperature shelling, polishing and grading will be done at the exit, and then carefully pick out the beans manually: notched beans, broken beans, different color beans, bad flavor beans are all singled out. Each manual worker can pick up only 75 pounds a day. After these artificial beans are picked up, they are moved back to a constant temperature and humidity environment for storage. Before export, they will be tested by the Jamaican Coffee Agency, then filled in oak barrels in Sherwood factory and then exported by air.

RSW's raw beans are in good condition and are dark green, while RSW's quality control is still strict and the price is still expensive.

Basic information:

Country: Jamaica: blue Mountain RSW Manor Group

Variety: Jamaica Blue Mountain grade: No.1

Treatment: traditional washing, 100% sunlight

Appearance / disadvantage: 0d/350g green

Cup test report:

Dry fragrance: tea, citrus, sweet spices, lime

Wet fragrance: sweet spices, caramel, berries

Sipping: delicate oily feeling, good cleanliness, obvious sweetness, sour limes and berries, delicate touch, sweet grass, sweet lime, long-lasting sweetness of vanilla plants.