How do blue mountain coffee beans change from raw beans to coffee in a cup? How much is a cup of authentic Blue Mountain coffee?

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. "Blue Mountain Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain", famous, should be the most famous boutique coffee in China.

In the early years, there were no formal import channels in China, and unscrupulous businessmen concocted "Blue Mountain flavor" and "Blue Mountain peers" with other coffee beans to confuse the public. As a result, claims such as "Blue Mountain coffee in domestic cafes are fake" and "Blue Mountain coffee cannot be bought in China" have spread to this day.

Where does the name "Blue Mountain" come from?

The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of the island of Jamaica, hence its name because it is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. On clear days, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea.

The Blue Mountains is located in Jamaica, the highest peak is 2256 meters above sea level, is the highest peak in the Caribbean, located in the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, humid climate, foggy and rainy all the year round (the average precipitation is 1980 mm, the temperature is about 27 degrees) this climate has created the world-famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.

Raw bean grading of "Blue Mountain Coffee"

The Government of Jamaica established CIB (Jamaica Coffee Industry Council, the Jamaica Coffee Industry Board) in 1950, which is the government agency responsible for coffee affairs in Jamaica, which is responsible for supervising, regulating and guiding the cultivation, processing and trade of coffee in Jamaica. The committee has set quality standards for Jamaican coffee:

Only the qualified coffee beans in the above legal producing areas can be marked with the round mark of "Blue Mountain Coffee"!

In the past, there was a saying that "only coffee grown in the Blue Mountains above 1800 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain Coffee." In fact, on the top of more than 1800 of the Blue Mountains, there is only one manor, Amber (line 5 in the table below), which belongs to Lyn (Lin), a native of Guangdong, China. The manor has only 30 hectares of land and has very little yield. The legal producing areas of Blue Mountain Coffee are mainly distributed in five mountain areas, such as John Crow,St.John s Peak,Mossman s Peak,High Peak,Blue Mountian Peak and so on, with 21 authorized dealers.

Blue Mountain Coffee beans, how to change from raw beans to coffee in your cup?

1. Pick defective beans (in fact, the defect rate of Lanshan No.1 bean is very low) the raw beans are treated by delicate washing, and the defective beans can hardly be found.

2. Baked beans. Record the baking curve. Low firepower and slow baking creates a mellow and clean taste.

3. Different cooking methods to enjoy different pleasures