Characteristics and stories of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and Blue Mountain Coffee beans

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Blue Mountain (BlueMountain): blue Mountain, which is popular all over the world and hard to get a bean, comes from the iron pickup family.

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. The highest peak of the Blue Mountains, which is 2256 meters above sea level, is the highest peak in the Caribbean and a famous tourist attraction. Located in the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, foggy and rainy all the year round (the average precipitation is 1980 mm, the temperature is around 27 degrees), this climate has created the world-famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. It also creates the highest price coffee in the world.

This kind of coffee has the characteristics of all good coffee, not only full-bodied and mellow, but also because of the perfect combination of sweet, sour and bitter coffee, it has no bitter taste at all, only a moderate and perfect sour taste. It is generally drunk on a single product, but because the output is very small and the price is extremely expensive, it is generally made with coffee with a similar taste on the market.

Distinguish Blue Mountain from Blue Mountain Flavor

More than 90% of Blue Mountain Coffee is sold in Japan, so there is no doubt that many of the "Blue Mountain Coffee" sold in many cafes in China are fake, and the so-called "Blue Mountain blending" actually has nothing to do with Blue Mountain. This is because the early Blue Mountain coffee is rare and expensive, and the operator uses mixed beans and deep roasting to produce coffee close to the blue mountain taste. The beans of "Blue Mountain mix" are mixed, and their shapes are quite different, so they are relatively easy to identify. Don't believe the "best Blue Mountain" that costs dozens of yuan a pound and the "Blue Mountain Coffee" that costs more than 30 yuan a pound. Blue Mountain coffee generally costs 1000 yuan per kilogram to get the FOB price, and after adding all kinds of profits, the price is undoubtedly very expensive.

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Siphon coffee

Preparation steps:

(1) add water to the siphon pot. Take coffee for two as an example, then add water to the 5mm above the siphon pot sign for two, because the powder absorbs water, so if you want to make coffee for two, you have to add more water appropriately.

(2) Grinding coffee beans, preparing 25 grams of coffee powder (about 15g per cup) and moderately grinding BG 6m (Chinese standard No. 20 sieve, 47% pass rate), that is, the particles are between white sugar and brown sugar.

(3) after adding water, remember to dry the outside of the pot with a soft cloth, do not leave water stains, so as to avoid bursting the pot when heating.

(4) fill the pot with hot water and heat it in a gas stove. Generally, a single cup of coffee uses about 180g of water and 300g for two (powder: 1:12).

(5) now that everything in front is done, let's start boiling water.

When the water is heated enough to brew, put the filter in the upper pot and be sure to hook the hook as shown in the picture below. Otherwise, when the water from the pot rushes to the upper pot, the filter will be washed away.

[after adding powder]: the taste is relatively rich, and the flavor of caramel and honey in the middle will be more prominent.

Contrary to adding powder first, adding powder after adding powder is to let the water in the next pot rise completely to the top, and then put in the coffee powder. Before adding powder, we can have plenty of time to reduce the firepower of the fire source just enough to support the water on the pot will not fall back. Then adjust the position of the filter to keep it in the middle, and finally wait a few minutes to let the water temperature drop a little bit. As soon as the water in the lower pot rises to the top, the water temperature will be about 90 Mel 95 degrees, so we can lower the water temperature by about 2 Mel 5 degrees and then put in the coffee powder.

(1) straighten the upper pot when the water temperature is 90 ℃. When the water reaches the pot, pour the coffee powder into the pot and time it. Stir it by the method of rotating circle, and make sure that the coffee powder absorbs enough water.

(2) adjust the firepower to a suitable size, steam for 30 seconds and stir for the second time.

(3) stir for the third time in about 50 seconds, remove the source of fire after stirring, wipe the pot with a semi-dry wet cloth, and let the coffee liquid return for about 2 minutes and 15 seconds.

Flavor: the freshly brewed siphon coffee must be very hot-yes, of course, wait for it to cool a little bit before tasting it. Caramel has a rich taste and a thicker taste, but it does not affect its clean taste. The fruit becomes sour and has an obvious taste.