The Blue Mountains of Cuba? The Blue Mountains of Haiti? What other knockoffs do you have for Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans?

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Holy name-Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain)

Several times people have asked about Cuba Blue Mountain Coffee and Haiti Blue Mountain Coffee.

When I first heard the Blue Mountain Coffee in Cuba, I really had the feeling of Zhanger King Kong. What were you talking about? I can't hear you at all. Later, more and more people want to know about Haitian Blue Mountain Coffee. For these specious claims, since we are in this industry, we seem to have clear responsibilities and obligations.

The so-called Blue Mountain Coffee is definitely coffee harvested at an altitude of more than 666 meters in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, but nothing else. But why is there coffee from the Blue Mountains of Haiti and Cuba?

In addition to being a prestigious top producing area in Jamaica, it has become fashionable to regard Blue Mountains as a symbol of high class, dignity and rarity, especially in Asia.

Maragogype (elephant beans) from Colombia is listed as "Colombian Blue Mountain Coffee" because the beans are very popular. Call it Blue Mountain, but don't do anything about Blue Mountain.

Cuba has fertile land and is very suitable for the cultivation of crops. Many people think that the aroma, balance, mellowness, sweetness and acidity of Cuban coffee are not inferior to those of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. Therefore, Cuban coffee is often labeled as "Blue Mountain". It is meant to show off its texture and uniqueness. However, Cuban coffee has nothing to do with the Blue Mountains, and it is only the reputation of the "Blue Mountains" that it clings to.

As for the Blue Mountain Coffee in Haiti, the misunderstanding is even bigger. Please note that Haiti is Bleu coffee, not Blue coffee! Bleu is French, which means blue as well as English Blue.

Haiti is a very poor country, their coffee farms are not planted on a large scale, but small farmers grow sporadically on their limited land, and because of poverty and limited private land, the distance between their manor and the estate is very short, so the quality and flavor are easily affected by the varieties planted by the neighbors, and the quality varies greatly, so the quality is quite unstable.

The new variety grown in Haiti is the same as Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee beans, with a light blue color, even in appearance, color and quality, and they are also organic and shady, so they are chosen as Bleu Bean. The southern and northern longitude, latitude, climate and altitude of Bleu Bean are considered to be very similar to those of coffee grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, so Haiti admires this bean and often compares this variety to Blue Mountain coffee. Haitians can't afford Jamaican coffee, so Haitian coffee is also known as "Blue Mountain Coffee for the Poor". Therefore, in Japan, Haitian coffee is often mixed with Jamaican coffee beans to serve as Jamaican coffee, which is not so easy to expose!

Haitian coffee has never been considered a major coffee producer because of political instability, poverty, hurricanes and tropical storms. The quality and production of coffee beans produced by all Caribbean island countries have declined significantly in recent years. The earthquake that occurred in Haiti on January 12, 2010, although it did not directly hurt the coffee trees in Haiti, it made Haiti's poor finances even worse, resulting in the economic hardship of fruit growers. The budget that can be invested in coffee cultivation is even more inadequate, in which case Haitian coffee is certainly even less competitive.

The variety of Haitian coffee is neither a Blue Mountain tree species, nor does Haiti have a mountain called Blue Mountain Coffee. Haitian Blue Mountain Coffee refers to Bleu Coffee, or Blue Mountain Coffee for the Poor, which has nothing to do with the Blue Mountains.

Cuba does not have a producing area called Blue Mountain, so there is no Blue Mountain Coffee. Colombia does not have a mountain called Blue, let alone Blue Mountain Coffee.

Blue Mountain is almost synonymous with sacred. No matter what kind of coffee beans they come from, as long as they are labeled with the word "Blue Mountain", they will certainly sell at a good price and absolutely represent the quantity of coffee beans. With the word "Blue Mountain" endorsed, of course, no one dares to doubt the quality of coffee.

How beautiful! Holy! Blue Mountain!

Content source: Full House Coffee

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