Blue Mountain Coffee has passed? Let's see the charm of Jamaica coffee

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When boutique coffee has not yet entered the public eye, and most people's understanding of coffee is still in the relatively vague classification of "black coffee" and "milk coffee", Jamaica Blue Mountain stands at the pinnacle of the coffee industry with its extraordinary popularity. With its balanced and peaceful taste and flavor, it has won the respect of the public.

Just like the saying "the wind turns around", with the wave of boutique coffee sweeping the world in the past decade, the cutting-edge varieties represented by the Panamanian Rose Summer have made Blue Mountain Coffee seem to have become a yellow flower of the past with its more powerful posture.

● nowadays, it seems that the word Blue Mountain has become a rotten street. If you search for coffee beans on various online shopping platforms, you can see a lot of Blue Mountains.

However, there is a lot of tricks in it!

For example, if you take a closer look at the names of these coffees, they are basically not simply "Blue Mountain Coffee", but similar to "Blue Mountain Coffee" and "Blue Mountain blend". At least that's what regular coffee brands do, but there are some messy coffee brands that may write directly about Blue Mountain. And these big brands go to a lot of trouble to use such names because these coffees are not strictly Blue Mountain Coffee.

It is so that in the eyes of many baristas, talking about "Blue Mountain Coffee" is often one of the three "uneducated" and "outdated" topics in the coffee industry. The other two are "Kopi Luwak" and "Why is this coffee sour"....)

Anyone who knows Blue Mountain Coffee knows that it is the most expensive coffee in the world, and not everyone knows why. Like the violins made by Rolls-Royce and Stradivari, when something gains the reputation of "the best in the world", that reputation tends to make it its own identity and become an eternal myth.

Where does ● get the name of "Blue Mountain"?

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.

●, what is Blue Mountain Coffee?

The coffee variety grown in the Blue Mountain of Jamaica is Typica, which is a world-famous coffee breed. In addition to Blue Mountain, the famous Kona of Hawaii and Manning of Sumatra also come from this coffee variety.

The unique geographical advantage is an indispensable factor to achieve a balanced flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee. As an island nation in the Caribbean, sea breeze and blue mountains bring abundant rainfall and fertile land to this coffee growing area. On the other hand, the volcanic soil gives Blue Mountain Coffee a warm and peaceful flavor compared to the relatively high altitude.

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 Jamaican coffee. The committee has set quality standards for Jamaican coffee:

That is:

Blue Mountain Coffee needs to be planted at 910-1700 meters above sea level.

Alpine coffee needs to be planted at 460-910 meters above sea level.

Jamaican coffee, grown in areas 460 meters above sea level and below.

Among them, Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee are each divided into two grades. In terms of quality, the order from top to bottom is: Lanshan No.1, Lanshan No.2, Gaoshan No.1, Gaoshan No.2.

On the other hand, the Jamaica Coffee Industry Association (Coffee Industry Board) has made strict requirements to ensure the quality of Blue Mountain Coffee, and made clear requirements for the producing area, planting technology, picking, refining and baking methods of Blue Mountain Coffee. Such strict requirements have led to the low yield of Blue Mountain Coffee. In addition, due to the fact that Japan has always invested in the Jamaican coffee industry, Blue Mountain Coffee is mostly owned by the Japanese, and they have also obtained the right of priority to buy Blue Mountain Coffee. 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is bought by the Japanese. Since the rest of the world can only get 10% of Blue Mountain, regardless of the price, Blue Mountain coffee is always in short supply.

The flavor of ● Blue Mountain Coffee

The best Blue Mountain Coffee is undoubtedly one of the best coffees available. Although the price can ensure an adequate supply of Blue Mountain coffee, it does not guarantee the best flavor of the coffee. Also, this kind of coffee tastes much more expensive than it looks. If you want to taste its best flavor, you have to put more coffee beans than other coffee, otherwise the flavor will be a little different, so the flavor is that it has 10% to 15% more coffee beans than the coffee whose price is inferior to it.

It is said that the real Blue Mountain coffee is made from the best local raw coffee beans, which is the pleasure of tasters. Its flavor is rich, balanced, fruity and sour, and can meet people's various needs. In addition, the flavor of high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee is particularly long-lasting, as drinkers say-endless aftertaste.

Today, the already fragrant and fragrant Blue Mountain Coffee is even more difficult to enter the international stage. Wave after wave of coffee rookies are rising rapidly. Among them, the improved coffee varieties represented by the agronomic coffee producing countries of the new world: Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador, plus Ethiopia with the ancient and complex flavor spectrum of the old world. A hundred flowers blossom in the international curry arena.

Looking at teacher Han Huaizong's "boutique Coffee", there is this evaluation of Blue Mountain Coffee: "there are romantic feelings, infatuated with her poetic and dreamy reputation, infatuated with her delicate fragrance and sweetness, but this infatuation has become a cloud of smoke."

● Jamaica Coffee Bean brand recommendation

Front Street Coffee roasted Jamaican Coffee-[Blue Mountain NO.1 Coffee beans] is fully guaranteed in terms of brand and quality. And more importantly, the performance-to-price ratio is extremely high, a pack of half a pound 100 grams, the price is only about 158 yuan. According to the calculation of 15 grams of powder per cup of coffee, a bag of coffee can make six cups of coffee, which costs only about 25 yuan per cup, which is recommended by conscience compared to the price sold in cafes for hundreds of yuan a cup.

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