Is Blue Mountain Coffee really the best in the world? How much is the authentic Blue Mountain coffee?

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Blue Mountain coffee is coffee brewed from coffee beans from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Among them, according to grades, it is divided into Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee and Jamaica Alpine Coffee. The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of Jamaica Island. They are named because they are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Whenever the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea. Blue Mountain peak elevation of 2256 meters, is the highest peak in the Caribbean, is also a famous tourist attraction. It is located in the earthquake zone, has fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, foggy and rainy all year round,(average precipitation is 1980 mm, temperature is about 27 degrees) such climate has created the world-famous Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, but also created the world's second highest price coffee. This kind of coffee has all the characteristics of good coffee, not only the taste is rich and mellow, but also because the sweet, sour and bitter flavors of coffee are perfectly matched, so there is no bitterness at all, only moderate and perfect sourness. Blue Mountain coffee accounts for only 25 percent of Jamaica's total production

I. From 2000 to 2006, the annual output of Jamaica coffee was between 1260-2400 tons, and Blue Mountain coffee accounted for about 25% of the total output, that is, the annual output of authentic Blue Mountain was about 300 tons to 600 tons, 90% of which was contracted by Japanese. It was not expensive or difficult!

II. Jamaica has a small land area and low coffee production, but frequent natural disasters and insect disasters make it worse. Jamaica had a bad year around 2007, when storms and insects repeatedly hit the island nation and the noble Blue Mountain coffee was severely damaged.

From the second half of 2007 to 2008, new coffee beans in Blue Mountain barrels were riddled with worm-eaten beans, even expensive Blue Mountain No.1. According to records, the coffee management bureau issued to coffee farmers insect trap effect is mediocre, farmers do not want to use high, only to create a new crop pest crisis. The drill fruit bug is a disaster for coffee gardens around the world. Kenya is also suffering, and its output has dropped sharply.

The Blue Mountains are often shrouded in fog, and the sun seems to coat them with a blue mist, and the Caribbean Sea surrounds them, hence the name. Heavy fog helps cool afternoon temperatures, which is good for coffee growth. Between 1800 and 1838, Jamaica produced more than 70,000 tons of coffee a year, making it one of the largest coffee producers at the time. However, in the 1840s, Britain abolished slavery, slaves regained their freedom, production costs increased greatly, and coffee market competition from Latin American neighbors began to decline in Jamaica.

Until 1891, the coffee cultivation industry faced many difficulties. Although the government came to teach coffee farmers to adopt correct cultivation methods, the decline was irreversible. At that time, the largest buyer of Blue Mountain Coffee was Canada, and because the quality of Jamaica coffee declined year after year, Canada began to refuse to order Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee.