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Most people know that a cup of real Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee should cost three figures, but did you know that not all Blue Mountain beans can brew the flavor of Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee? Because authentic Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee flavor is a combination of beans and processing technology, not simply imported Blue Mountain beans.

Market share:

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee has always existed in the country as a god. Almost all coffee shops have always claimed to have. However, there were not many people who actually used Blue Mountain Beans. According to Jamaica Coffee Board export statistics as of 2004, 85% of the limited Blue Mountain coffee bean quota is exported to Japan, 5% to the United States, 5% to Europe and 5% to other countries. However, China accounts for 15% of the global distribution of authentic Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee consumption, according to the International Coffee Association. This is due to a portion of Japan, Australia, Europe's share of Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee exported to China through direct subsidiaries.

Legal processing plant:

Some of these Blue Mountain coffee beans entering China are green beans, that is, unprocessed coffee beans, while some are ripe beans processed by four local legal processing plants in Blue Mountain, Jamaica. However, according to the Coffee Association, Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee costs nearly ten times as much raw beans as cooked beans. Because Jamaica blue mountain coffee beans in addition to pay attention to origin, but also pay great attention to processing methods. If imported raw beans, one is unable to enjoy the perfect flavor of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, the other is easy to be mixed with other coffee beans by import traders, the intermediate links are not supervised, or the storage environment is not appropriate, resulting in the death of top Blue Mountain Coffee.

Certificate of Origin:

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee beans exported from Jamaica must be inspected and certified by the Coffee Bureau before they are allowed to be exported. At the same time, they must use the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee trademark registered by the Coffee Bureau in more than 20 countries around the world before they can truly be called authentic Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee beans. Among them, the Jamaica Coffee Board stipulates that Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee must be planted in the legal coffee area before it can be called real Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, and is authorized to use the registered trademark of the Coffee Board: Blue Mountain Coffee.

Planting conditions:

The legal growing area for Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is on the east side of Jamaica Island at a total altitude of 7402 feet. Only at an altitude of 3000-5000 feet can Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee be grown with a perfect combination of balanced and slightly acidic coffee. Only at this altitude can Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee be considered 100% Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. Coffee grown below 3000 feet above sea level is Alpine Coffee, licensed to use High Mountain Coffee, grown five times as much as Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, and grown on most private estates for export and domestic sales as a tourist specialty. As for the Blue Mountains above 5000 feet above sea level, it is densely wooded and not suitable for any crops.

Quality control:

Just as red wine should be produced by famous chateaux, Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is also concerned about the origin of manor. The processing level of famous chateaux is much better than that of other processing plants, so it is called legal manor. In Jamaica's Coffee Industry Regulations, the Jamaica Coffee Board authorized several large estates to centralize coffee fruit processing, export Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee beans, and use the Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee trademark to maintain the reputation and quality of Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee.