How much is the price of True Blue Mountain coffee? What is the relationship between the price and authenticity of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee?

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Cold knowledge about Blue Mountain Coffee

Jamaica's Blue Mountain 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 relatively small production, 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).

Purchase and Identification of Blue Mountain Coffee

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 China 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. As a result, we began to pay attention to the Chinese market, and now it is not difficult to buy Blue Mountain coffee in China. Hangzhou Dan Shirui is the sole 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.

As for the purchase channels, they are as follows:

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 that there is no dozens of kilograms of birds do not bird you, suggest trench to a bucket, each barrel of 70Kg, with a 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 together.

With regard to price, 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, various "Blue Mountain flavor" and "Blue Mountain deployment" in Gaza are also muddling the waters. No wonder many people question the 89 yuan Blue Mountain.

In terms of weight, the price of Country Traders beans is almost twice that of 250g canned illy. Illy itself is not cheap, so the price of 89 yuan is normal, not to mention that it is not Blue Mountain No.1.

About CIB and 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, recognize this circle (remind me again, Blue Mountain of UCC is an exception. )!

Attach the list of authorized exporters on CIB's official website:

Those things about Blue Mountain Coffee Country Traders Limited (89 yuan Blue Mountain company), UCC, Wallenford, Golden Cup can be found above, you can also see the detailed scope of authorization.

The grading of Blue Mountain Coffee

Blue Mountain Coffee is divided into three categories from high to low:

Blue Mountain No.1 (Blue Mountain No.1), also known as Blue Mountain No.1, is the top Blue Mountain Coffee. It is screened by Smuri 17amp 18 screen, and the defective beans are less than 2%.

Blue Mountain No.2 (Blue Mountain No.2), screened by Smur16ram 17 screen, the bean size is slightly smaller than Lanshan 1, and the defective bean is less than 2%.

Blue Mountain No.3 (Blue Mountain No.3), screened by Smur15ram 16 screen, beans are smaller than No.2 and defective beans are less than 2%.

Blue mountain round beans (Blue Mountain Peaberry, or Blue Mountain P.B), more than 96% of round beans, less than 2% of defective beans, this is actually a special selection of beans, many people think that this grade of beans is actually above No.1, and some people think that it is between No.1 and No.2.

Blue Mountain selection (Blue Mountain Triage, also translated as Blue Mountain mixture), a mixture of the above four, defective beans are less than 4%, which are actually unscreened beans.

As for beans produced outside the legal producing areas of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica, they fall into the following three categories:

Gaoshan (High Mountain), Smur17max 18 screen screening, defective beans less than 2%

Jamaican quality (Jamaica Prime), Smur16tap 18 screen screening, defective beans less than 2%

Jamaica Select (Jamaica Select), Smur15ax 18 screen screening, defective beans less than 4%

PS: about the screen, screen 17 means the size of the screen is 17x64 inches, which means 6.75mm (put down your ruler and cooked beans, which means the size of raw beans, which will increase after baking). The higher the size of the screen, the larger the size of the beans, the more varied the flavor of the beans.

A story about quotas

In 1969, Jamaica was hit by a severe hurricane and plantations suffered heavy losses. Mud blast UCC provided a lot of assistance to revive the Jamaican coffee industry. In return, Jamaica signed an agreement with Japan in 1972 to allocate 90% of the Blue Mountain Coffee quota to Mud Boom. Europe and the United States each allocate 5%, so the Japanese buy most of the Blue Mountain coffee to this day. But even if the Japanese buy it, will the Japanese be stupid enough to leave it all to themselves? Now that we have monopolized the market and sold the price elsewhere, that is a great deal. The reason why UCC does not put CIB serious logo on the package is also here, the whole market is almost UCC, there is no need at all! My big UCC Blue Mountain still needs your CIB certification?!

However, in recent years, Jamaica has also realized that most of the money of Blue Mountain Coffee is earned by UCC, so it has gradually reduced the quota, especially found that the Chinese market has great potential (high price, high demand, to put it bluntly, it is stupid! A lot of money! Come on! What Blue Mountain Coffee is worth buying (Blue Mountain Coffee), Jamaica now attaches great importance to the Chinese market, and even the five stars can be seen on the CIB home page:

As a result, there are now several suppliers of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, and readers can find qualified exporters on the committee's website (http://www.jamaicancoffee.gov.jm/).