The origin of Blue Mountain Coffee the taste of Blue Mountain Coffee Why is Blue Mountain Coffee so expensive

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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 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 most importantly, clouds cover the top of the mountain every afternoon, not only to shade the coffee trees. it can also bring abundant moisture, 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, and even some coffee enthusiasts insist, "the coffee grown at 2256 meters above sea level is Blue Mountain Coffee." Coffee beans from lower mountains can only be named "Jamaican Alpine Coffee" because of their different quality. in addition, the same coffee trees, whether grown in Hawaii, Kenya, Babuya, or other places with a similar climate, can not produce the taste of blue mountain coffee beans.

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".

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