Is Blue Mountain Coffee Black Coffee introduced by Jamaica Mavis Bank? The taste of Blue Mountain Coffee

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The Blue Mountain legal coffee producing area in Jamaica is constantly shrouded in blue fog, so it is named "Blue Mountain". Blue Mountains is located in eastern Jamaica, across 45 km, 20 km wide, up to 2260 meters above sea level, is the highest mountain range in the Caribbean. The Blue Mountains are covered with fertile soil with excellent drainage, making it very suitable for coffee cultivation.

Located in the legal Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Mavis Bank is also one of the raw bean processing plants certified by the Jamaican government, about 10 miles northeast of the capital Kingston, and has been operated by the Munn Family family since 1885.

Originally the Moon family planted and processed the harvested coffee cherries on Strawberry Hill on the west side of the Blue Mountain. The present-day Mavis Bank processing plant was founded by Victor Munn in 1920 and then run by Victor's nephew, Keble Munn. Keble is not only an agricultural operator, but also the first certified cup tester in Jamaica. Mavis Bank is already the largest coffee gathering place in Jamaica, and in order to ensure coffee quality, the processing plant collects raw beans from single farms or small farmers in specific areas of the Blue Mountains. The coffee planting and processing area is located in the mountain area with an average of 1600 to 900m, with sufficient altitude, mild afternoon cloud shade, sufficient sunshine and mineral-rich planting soil to provide good growth conditions for coffee trees and prolong the ripening of coffee cherries.

In the raw bean treatment stage, only ripe red fruit is harvested, and then manual selection and floating fruit elimination procedure is the basic condition. Farmers send the remaining coffee cherries to another washing station, and then carry out the second selection, and remove the flesh before the evening. Then carefully sift out any overfermented, unripe or worm-eaten cherries in a large tank before pectin removal. After the pectin is removed, the shell beans are placed on the cement slate and dried in the sun for 5 days, then bagged and stored for at least 10 weeks. Finally, the peeled raw beans will carry out the last procedure of picking defects by hand. Mavis Bank has the most complete raw bean processing equipment in Jamaica and has 6000 farmers. Under the management of the Moon family, established M.B.C.F, a world-renowned, quality assurance trademark.

Suggestion of hand brewing parameters: kono filter cup, grind degree small Fuji 4 scale, water temperature 88 °, powder / water ratio 1, 13, 17 grams of powder, 225g water, total cooking time 2 minutes