Does Blue Mountain Coffee taste good? Unique planting environment of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

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Sherwood Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Sherwood Coffee Manor is owned by a small family in Jamaica and its operating office is located in the town of Hagley Gap in the St. Thomas producing area in southeastern Jamaica. Its output accounts for 2% of the total harvest of Blue Mountain Coffee. Handmade coffee is regarded as the best coffee in Jamaica and is selected as a quality-guaranteed Blue Mountain coffee by the Jamaican Coffee Association (CIBOJ). As of 2015, Sherwood Forest is one of the estates owned by R.S.W Manor. At present, R.S.W retains only the highest elevation block Sherwood, and Sherwood has been independent ever since.

The manor and processing plant has been in operation since 1797 and was run by the Deichman family in the 1950s. At that time, the father of the current operator Charles bought the land and replanted the farmland, which is about 1372m above sea level. In 1999, Deichman upgraded the manor and processing plant equipment to handle raw beans with new and modern equipment, while retaining traditional technology and implementing strict environmental protection policies. The proportion of male and female employees of the manor is about half, and all the management and employees are from local villages.

Due to the high altitude, the shady clouds that often pervade the mountains in the afternoon are very beneficial to the growth of coffee trees, avoiding the overheated sun at noon and making the growth and nutrient absorption of coffee fruits more complete. After other Blue Mountains in Jamaica, the harvest season is from March to June each year, and fresh hand-picked red fruits from proprietary estates and a small number of fresh red fruits from well-known Blue Mountain small farms such as Arntully and Moy Hall are sent to the washing plant in Sherwood. Sherwood insists that he will never take coffee from an unknown source.

The picked red fruit was immediately peeled and fully fermented after 24 hours of washing, so as to improve the flavor. During the washing process, the pulp was rudely shaved off without machine or brush brushing, and the pulp was naturally shedded only by fermentation. Then the moisture content of raw beans was reduced to 11.5% by 100% full-sun drying, and artificial drying was completely abandoned. It also makes the overall aroma and consistency of the coffee thicker because of this sun-drying process. After drying, the shelled beans are stored in an underground warehouse with temperature and humidity control for at least eight weeks, and then shelled. The warehouse is equipped with two commercial dehumidifiers and two tons of air conditioning equipment, and the environment is controlled at 19.4 degrees and 52% of temperature and humidity. In order to ensure quality, Sherwood only provides small batches of hand-picked raw beans and well-stored raw beans to customers, and does not hoard raw beans for future sales.

In the process of dry treatment, raw coffee beans are sent to the warehouse for storage the next night until delivered to the Jamaican Coffee Association (CIBOJ). CIBOJ will check the size, defects and water content of raw beans by color inspection and cup testing. Finally, these refined Sherwood raw beans will be exported under the trademark "SFCC" (Sherwood Forest Coffee Co.).

At present, Sherwood Blue Mountain is only sold to single companies in the United States, Europe, Japan and China, and retains a small amount of self-use and limited distribution.

■ country: Jamaica

■ producing area: Sherwood

■ altitude: 1200-1600 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: No.1

■ variety: Arabica

■ flavor description: floral fragrance, toffee, smooth taste, high consistency

2017sherwood PB raw bean picture Sherwood blue mountain ball bean Sherwood Blue Mountain Peaberry

■ country: Jamaica

■ producing area: Sherwood

■ altitude: 1200-1600 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: PB

■ variety: Arabica

■ flavor description: flower fragrance, bright, citric acid, milk sugar, good stickiness

Baking is recommended in Qianjie

To put it simply, the Blue Mountain is baked "thoroughly" from the inside to the outside, and on the basis of baking, a better baking technique is used to show the flavor of this bean.

Caramelization is a link that has the greatest impact on the flavor of coffee. After six to seven minutes of baking, raw beans absorb a lot of heat and start the pyrolysis reaction, resulting in the first explosive sound. Some sugars are converted into carbon dioxide, and water continues to evaporate. New aromatic components gradually develop into the so-called coffee oil. And combine with hundreds of aromatic substances such as nicotinic acid, citric acid, quinic acid, malic acid, acetic acid, caffeine and so on.

Baking curve: furnace temperature to 170 degrees Celsius, throttle set for 1 minute, firepower 140 degrees, throttle unchanged, baking to 5 degrees Celsius 39 degrees 10 ", temperature 153 degrees, bean surface turns yellow, grass smell disappears completely, dehydration is completed, firepower is adjusted to 115 degrees, throttle changes 4".

In the 8th & # 39th minute, ugly wrinkles and black markings appear on the bean surface, and the smell of toast obviously changes to the smell of coffee, which can be defined as a prelude to explosion. at this time, listen clearly to the sound of an explosion point, and start to explode at 8 degrees 39 ". Adjust the firepower to 90 degrees, the throttle is fully open (adjust the firepower to be very careful, not to be so small as to be free of bursting sound), and put the pot at 201.3 degrees.

Cup test

A perfect and delicate balance of acidity, mellow thickness and aroma. Its acidity is bright and delicate. Its body is as smooth as velvet. Its aroma is slightly penetrating, accompanied by floral, spicy, and citric acid tones. There is a hint of cocoa after the entrance.

The taste is very clean, complex, very mild, chocolate sweet, very mellow. The taste is full-bodied and mellow. the sweet, sour and bitter taste of the coffee is perfect, with no bitterness at all, only a moderate and perfect sour taste and a long fruity taste.

Dry aroma: roasted peanuts (roasted peanut), hazelnuts (hazelnut), melons (melon), chocolate (chocolate-like)

Wet fragrance: oolong tea (rose-tea), caramel (caramel), honey (honey), chocolate (black- chocolate), almond skin (almond skins), silky taste (silky mouthfeel), bright feeling (brightness)