How do the grading conditions of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee determine Jamaican Coffee outside the statutory Blue Mountain area

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Authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee _ the best Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee in the World

Blue Mountain Coffee beans are grown under official Jamaican law and are produced under the strict supervision of the Jamaican Coffee Bureau. High-quality Blue Mountain coffee beans are famous for their balanced, mild taste, charming aroma and non-bitter taste. After decades of efforts, Lanshandou has established an unshakable reputation and become the most expensive and popular bean in the world. Blue mountain beans are not only used for brewing coffee, but also an important raw material for Tia Maria coffee wine.

Located in the east of the island of Jamaica, about 7500 feet above sea level, Blue Mountain is one of the highest mountains in the Caribbean Sea between the capital Kingsto and the port of Maria. The cool, foggy climate and rich soil are regarded as the most suitable conditions for growing coffee beans. But only beans grown in an area with an elevation of 3, 000, 000, or 5, 500 feet above sea level can be called the Jamaican Blue Mountains (the Mavis Bank introduced this time is 5, 250 feet high at 3900, Murray). Some people may ask: what about more than 5500 feet above sea level? Because more than 5500 feet in Jamaica are forest reserves, coffee trees cannot be planted. Beans below 3000 feet are common in the market, such as Jamica High Mountain, Jamaica Prime, and even Jamaica Low Mountain. , usually from "Jamaican coffee beans outside the legal Blue Mountain area"

The imported Mavis Bank washing treatment plant is also a raw bean treatment plant certified by the Jamaican government.

Classification of blue mountain beans in Jamaica: necessary conditions: from the legal blue mountain growing area, 3000murmur5500 feet above sea level

Proportion of grade granule size beans with defective appearance

Blue Mountain No.1 96% more than 17cm 18 mesh, no blue green like beans, color less than 2%, but no objects other than coffee beans, and no black beans and fermented beans.

Blue Mountain No.2 96% above 16 stroke 17 mesh, no elephant bean

Blue Mountain No.3 over 96% in 15-16-17, no elephant beans

Blue MountainPeaberry 96% above 10 eyes, no elephant beans

Blue MountainTriage No.1,No.2,No.3 bluish green, light green less than 4%, but no non-coffee beans, no black beans and fermented beans

Classification of Jamaican coffee beans: planted outside the Fadin Blue Mountain growing area, or within the legal Blue Mountain growing area but below altitude

Proportion of grade granule size beans with defective appearance

High Mountain Supreme 96% or more 17ppm 18 mesh, no blue green like beans, emerald green, light green less than 2%, but no objects other than coffee beans, and no black beans and fermented beans.

Jamaica Prime > 96% in 16-17-18, no emerald green like beans, light green less than 2%, but no objects other than coffee beans, and no black beans and fermented beans

Jamaica Select 96% more than 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, no elephant beans, light green less than 4%, but no elephant beans.

* the above defective beans, excluding "one or two slight holes in the bean", "slightly cracked or bruised beans", & # 39; slightly whitened & # 39

* Blue Mountain blending: mixed beans contain only a very low proportion of pure Blue Mountain. Blue mountain flavor: use other beans to simulate the blue mountain, but it is not a real blue mountain, and there is not a blue mountain bean in the matching bean.

National treasure Blue Mountain: the same flavor as Blue Mountain.

Why is Blue Mountain coffee so expensive? are we drinking the real Blue Mountain?