What is the standard of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee? Real price list of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

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In recent years, the serious efforts made by the Government of Jamaica were mainly to increase coffee production and to build a central coffee processing plant to facilitate coffee treatment and raw bean grading, which did improve the quality, but not very successfully. Canada, the largest buyer of Jamaican coffee in 1943, still could not accept this quality. In 1944, the Jamaican government set up a central coffee [water] treatment plant, where all coffee to be exported had to be processed and graded, and the quality of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee exported from Jamaica was getting better. The Jamaican Coffee Authority was established in June 1950 and the state is officially responsible for the quality of coffee beans for export. There are currently five government-certified 100% Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee processing plants: Wallenford,Mavis Bank,Old Tavern Old Inn, Silver Hill,Moy Hall.

It is mentioned that Blue Mountain 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, so it has no bitter taste at all, only 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.

So now, the annual harvest time of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is from June to November, which is usually picked by hand. after picking, it goes through the process of washing, peeling, fermentation, dehydration, drying, shelling, baking, and so on. to get a ripe blue mountain coffee bean. In the process of raw bean processing, there are special personnel responsible for quality supervision in each step.

For the very precious Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, the packing and transportation mode adopted by the Jamaican government is also different. Unlike other coffees, Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is not packed in cloth bags at 60kg / bag, but is packed in wooden barrels at the standard of 70kg / barrel ​​.

Jamaica is also the last country to still transport coffee in traditional wooden barrels. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans must obtain a certificate of quality recognition issued by the Jamaican Coffee Industry Committee, which is the only body in Jamaica authorized to issue such a certificate. And each batch of export will have special quality supervision experts responsible for sampling, baking, grinding and brewing coffee, and finally make a judgment on whether to meet the standard. Because of its high price, Blue Mountain Coffee has a relatively fixed consumer group, and its market is mainly concentrated in Japan, followed by some European and American countries. Coffee beans are full in shape and slightly larger than ordinary beans. Its taste is very subtle, sour, fragrant, mellow, sweetness is uniform and strong, slightly bitter, harmonious taste, excellent flavor, suitable for individual coffee. It uses medium roasting (MediumRoast) to maximize the original taste of the coffee and enhance its aftertaste. With the improvement of coffee consumption in China, a large number of cafes begin to serve "Blue Mountain Coffee", and its price is often only a fraction or a tenth of that of authentic Blue Mountain coffee.

In 2005, under the guidance of Taiwan coffee merchants, a large number of Chinese media began to pay attention to and report the authenticity of Blue Mountain Coffee. So far, authentic Blue Mountain coffee is still out of reach of most Chinese consumers because of its price and supply in the mainland market. Blue Mountain Coffee can maintain its top status today, which is closely related to the local management policy. In 1932, Jamaica reduced the island's dependence on sugar exports through policies to encourage coffee production. Unlike most coffee-producing countries, the local government does not plant a large number of high-quality and poor-quality coffee in order to increase the output, but prefer to sacrifice the output to ensure the quality. Therefore, Jamaica is 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. At present, there is rarely a blue mountain coffee bean in the "Blue Mountain style" coffee on the market. One kind of "Jamaican mixed Blue Mountain" coffee is a mixture of 30% Blue Mountain Coffee and 70% of the best Jamaican Alpine Coffee. The above two kinds of coffee try to imitate Blue Mountain Coffee, but can not achieve the perfect state.

Blue Mountain Coffee is "given the cold shoulder" in the United States, which has something to do with American habits.

Since the 1970s, seasoned coffee has gradually become a favorite. It is to add spices to coffee beans, or to add coffee companions to brewed coffee, flavoring hundreds of coffee. Seasoned coffee is mostly made from cheaper coffee beans. When Blue Mountain Coffee is usually $80 per pound, Maxwell Coffee costs only $3 per pound.