Is the price of Blue Mountain coffee worth buying? Can the official website of Blue Mountain Coffee tell the true from the false?

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You must have heard of Blue Mountain Coffee and Kopi Luwak.

What they have in common is: very expensive!

Or have you ever had a Blue Mountain blend in a cafe?

But what you don't know is that there isn't even a blue mountain coffee bean in it.

Or maybe you went to Indonesia or Bali and were guided by a tour guide to buy Kopi Luwak.

But you don't think there's anything good.

Making coffee for so many years, people are often asked why Blue Mountain Coffee and Kopi Luwak are good and why they are expensive. Although the price is N times that of ordinary coffee, there are always people who want to give it a try.

Is it worth buying? How to tell the true from the false in the end? What's so good about it? what's so expensive?

From today on, we will unveil the rare coffee and take you to find out.

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Blue Mountain Coffee (Blue Mountain Coffee)

Blue Mountain Coffee has been praised as the best coffee in the world for a long time.

Blue Mountain is really the name of a mountain. It is located in the east of the island of Jamaica, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, whenever the sun shines directly on the blue sea on a clear day, the mountain peak reflects the bright blue mountain light of the sea, and the whole mountain seems to be shrouded in a faint blue, so it is named Blue Mountain.

Jamaica, an island country in the Caribbean, was once a colony of Spain and Great Britain. It became independent in 1962 and is now a member of the Commonwealth.

Apart from the world-famous Blue Mountain Coffee in Jamaica, track and field sports should attract the most attention. The famous flying man Usain Bolt is Jamaican.

Why is Blue Mountain Coffee good?

The highest peak of Blue Mountain is 2256 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the Caribbean. The unique flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee is related to its unique geographical location and climatic conditions. The Blue Mountain Coffee Belt lies between 25 degrees north latitude and 25 degrees south latitude. There is fertile new volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, rainy all the year round and a big temperature difference between day and night. The most important thing is that every afternoon, clouds cover the top of the mountain, which not only shades the coffee trees naturally, but also brings abundant water vapor. This unique climate makes the taste and aroma of Blue Mountain Coffee outstanding, creating a very balanced Blue Mountain Coffee.

Why is Blue Mountain coffee expensive?

Blue Mountain coffee is expensive, of course, first of all because of its good quality, with all the characteristics of good coffee, and secondly, because the output of Blue Mountain coffee is very small.

Not all the coffee produced in the Blue Mountain area is the real Blue Mountain Coffee, only the coffee grown above 666m above sea level is called Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee (Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee); the coffee produced in the Jamaican Blue Mountain area below 666m is called Alpine Coffee (Jamaica High Mountain Supreme Coffee Beans), which is second only to Blue Mountain Coffee and is called Blue Mountain Coffee by industry insiders. Growing coffee outside the Blue Mountains is called Jamaican coffee (Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans).

It turns out that people in the coffee industry in China generally have a wrong understanding that only coffee grown in the Blue Mountains above 1800 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain Coffee. In fact, there is only one manor on the top of the Blue Mountains above 1800, that is, Amber, which is of Chinese descent. The owner of the manor is surnamed Lyn (Lin). Originally from Guangdong, China, the manor has a land area of only 30 hectares and its output is very small.

Blue Mountain Coffee is highly valued by the Jamaican government and needs to be grown on an estate designated by the Jamaican Coffee Authority (CIB) with the following logo. Every step of planting, harvesting and treatment will be subject to strict supervision and management.

Wallenford and Mavis Bank,Silver Hill,Moy Hall, the four statutory blue mountain coffee processors in Jamaica, account for 90% of blue mountain coffee exports, of which Wallenford is the most famous, which is a Jamaican state-owned estate.

In 1969, the coffee industry was plagued by hurricanes in the Blue Mountains area, and Japanese companies provided financial loans to help Blue Mountain Coffee return to normal levels, thus ensuring the market. To thank Japan, Jamaica signed an agreement with Japan in 1972 to give shares and preemption rights to Japanese estates, and 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is sold to Japan when it matures. So there is very little Blue Mountain coffee available in other countries, and the price is very high, but the situation has improved in recent years.

What consumers need to pay attention to:

Be careful, there is not a blue mountain coffee bean in all the coffee called "Blue Mountain flavor" and "Blue Mountain blend" on the market.

Because you can't see the raw bean packaging, there's no way to tell if it's a real Blue Mountain coffee, so don't take the risk of ordering an expensive Blue Mountain in an unfamiliar coffee shop. Moreover, even the real Blue Mountain coffee, because of the price, few people ask about it, which will make the coffee very stale and not conducive to taste.

If you really want to try, we suggest you buy freshly roasted Blue Mountain coffee through Qianjie Coffee. You can also ask the merchant to provide proof materials, and you can check the authenticity through raw bean packaging and import documents.

Speaking of which, I believe you should have some doubts about your Blue Mountain Coffee?

Is my Blue Mountain really Blue Mountain? Or is it just special blue mountain or blue mountain flavor coffee?

The so-called special blue mountain is a comprehensive coffee bean that simulates the flavor of blue mountain coffee with other coffee beans. if a businessman with a conscience will tell you that these are coffee beans that simulate blue mountain coffee, a heartless businessman will tell you that they are coffee beans produced by Blue Mountain. And the prices of these two kinds of beans are really poor. If you really want to drink a cup of real Blue Mountain, you need to find a reputable coffee bean merchant.

Blue Mountain Coffee combines the unique taste and perfect fusion of coffee. The five flavors of sour, bitter, sweet, mellow and fragrant coffee are indispensable. Blue Mountain combines the sour and bitter, fragrant and pure coffee together, and the perfect balance of Blue Mountain coffee is different from ordinary coffee in its mellow taste, which will bring thicker aroma and mellow because of the perfect balance of bitter and sweet fragrance, forming the temptation of long fragrance and long fragrance. The peculiar tannins of coffee, coupled with the mellow aroma of Blue Mountains, are transformed into sweet and fruity aromas.

Jamaica Jamaica

It is the place of origin of the world-famous Blue Mountain Coffee. The quality of coffee produced in Jamaica is polarized, and the quality of coffee grown in the lowlands is very common, which is only used to make or mix it into cheap coffee, but the coffee produced in the highlands is regarded as the most advanced variety in the world, mainly-Jamaica Blue Mountain & Jamaica High Moutain. Jamaica Blue Mountain Blue Mountain of Jamaica: considered to be the most famous, expensive and controversial coffee in the world. It grows in the Blue Mountains above 3000 feet above sea level. With all the characteristics of coffee, the taste is rich, full-bodied, moderate and perfect sour taste, three tastes (sweet, sour, bitter) excellent blending, for the best coffee. They usually drink on a single basis. But because the output is very small and the price is high. Therefore, it is rare to see the real blue mountains on the market, and most of them are comprehensive blue mountains with very close taste. Jamaica High Mountain: coffee that grows below the height of the Blue Mountain, whose quality and taste are not as good as those of the Blue Mountain.

Blue Mountain Coffee beans, produced in Jamaica, is an Indian spring island, the Blue Mountains are located in the eastern mountains of Jamaica, and the slopes of the Blue Mountains are dotted with coffee farms. The coffee area that can be grown in the Blue Mountains is about 1600 meters, with the highest peak being 2256 meters. The so-called Blue Mountain Coffee refers to coffee beans grown and produced in the Blue Mountains, but what is grown in other high-altitude areas of Jamaica can only be called alpine coffee. So the output is very small, of course, in addition to the unique local environment there, coupled with the completely handpicked coffee fruits, it is even more precious of the blue mountain coffee beans, of course, his taste is even more delicious, in addition to the balance of sour and bitterness and good sweetness, there is also a unique flavor of Gaoshan tea, which is called the king of coffee.

From the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The caffeine content of Blue Mountain Coffee is very low, which is less than half of that of other coffees, which is in line with the modern concept of health.

The unique flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee is related to its unique geographical location and climatic conditions. Blue Mountain is located in the coffee belt between 25 degrees north latitude and 25 degrees south latitude, with fertile new volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, rainy all the year round and great temperature difference between day and night. Most importantly, every afternoon, clouds cover the top of the mountain, which not only shades the coffee trees naturally, but also brings abundant water vapor, which makes the taste and aroma of Blue Mountain coffee outstanding.

Only coffee grown in the Blue Mountain area above 1800 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain Coffee. A coffee enthusiast, who is more "demanding", insists: "Coffee grown at an altitude of 2256 meters is Blue Mountain coffee." Coffee beans grown in the lower mountains of the island of Jamaica can only be named "Jamaican alpine coffee" because of their different qualities. In addition, the same coffee tree species, whether planted in Hawaii, Kenya, Papua New Guinea or anywhere else with a similar climate, cannot produce the flavor of blue mountain coffee beans.

The world-famous Blue Mountain Coffee comes from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.

The Blue Mountains are located in the east of the island of Jamaica. The mountain has such a beautiful name because a British soldier came to the island of Jamaica and saw that the peak was shrouded in blue light and shouted, "look!" The blue mountain! From then on, it was named "Blue Mountain". In fact, Jamaica is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea.

Whenever the sun shines on the sea on a sunny day, the mountains outside the ring are shrouded in a faint blue atmosphere because of the refraction of the blue water, which seems ethereal and mysterious.

Most of the Blue Mountains are more than 1800 meters above sea level, and their highest peak is 2256 meters above sea level. It is also the highest peak in the Caribbean and is a famous tourist attraction.

Unique climate

The earliest coffee on the island of Jamaica came from Haiti in Latin America in 1728, and in 1790, some coffee farmers among the refugees from Haiti brought coffee cultivation techniques here. In 1838, Jamaica abolished slavery, allowing freed slaves to cultivate their own land, and freed slaves to move to the mountains to grow coffee and export it to England. Coffee is becoming more and more famous by the British upper class. This kind of coffee is the Blue Mountain coffee that fascinates coffee lovers all over the world today.

Pure Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee perfectly combines the unique sour, bitter, sweet, mellow and other flavors of coffee to form a strong and attractive elegant flavor, which is unmatched by other coffee. Jim, general manager of Pitt, which is famous for its coffee and tea in the United States, said of Blue Mountain Coffee: "it tastes fragrant, smooth and mellow, and it makes me feel as precious as a gem." "it is precisely because the taste of Blue Mountain Coffee is moderate and perfect, so Blue Mountain Coffee is generally drunk in the form of black coffee. The caffeine content of Blue Mountain Coffee is very low, which is less than half of that of other coffees, which is in line with the modern concept of health.

Production tradition

Blue Mountain Coffee can maintain its top status today, which is closely related to the local management policy. In 1932, Jamaica adopted a policy to encourage coffee production. Unlike most coffee-producing countries, the local government did not increase the output value by producing a large number of high-quality and poor-quality coffee, but preferred to sacrifice coffee production at the expense of the quality of blue mountain coffee. Therefore, Jamaica is currently one of the countries with low coffee production in the world. Brazil, the world's largest coffee exporter, produces 30 million bags of coffee a year, while Blue Mountain produces only about 40, 000 bags a year.

In addition, the processing and production of Blue Mountain Coffee is also very exquisite, such as processing, roasting, packaging and so on.

There are detailed standards for what kind of organic fertilizers are needed during the growth period. When harvested, all are harvested manually. Jamaica is also the last country to transport coffee in traditional wooden barrels.

Only through this series of stringent standards set by the Jamaican Coffee Industry Authority (C. I. B) can coffee be awarded by the government and officially known as "Blue Mountain".