Is Blue Mountain Coffee American Coffee? how does Blue Mountain No.1 Coffee Bean taste bitter?

Coffee is a good friend of workers, and many coffee lovers often drink black coffee in order to reduce their intake of fat and sugar. When I go to the cafe, I usually order American coffee in order to leave as quickly as possible. This sugar-free black coffee is not only unbearable, but also fragrant. Blue Mountain Coffee, which is also a kind of black coffee, is drunk without sugar or milk, so does this mean that Blue Mountain Coffee is a kind of American coffee?

Yes, black coffee is a kind of caffeine without sugar and milk, but Blue Mountain Coffee is not American coffee. The most essential difference between them lies in the principle of making them. As a kind of single coffee beans, Blue Mountain Coffee is most commonly brewed by hand, while American Coffee, as a kind of Italian coffee, is made by mixing a certain proportion of ice water or hot water with Italian espresso as the base.

What is American coffee?

The emergence of American coffee is said to have something to do with American soldiers supporting the European battlefield during World War II. Because Europeans like to drink strong and mellow coffee, the flavor is so concentrated that it is unacceptable to American soldiers, so hot water is added, but after dilution, it is found to be surprisingly good. And this kind of drinking method is simply outrageous to Europeans, so this kind of coffee mixed with water is named Americano, which means American coffee in Chinese translation.

As American coffee is based on espresso, the extraction of espresso is very important. It is important to know that espresso is extracted by pressing near-boiling hot water over the compact coffee pressed powder in a short period of time at a pressure up to 9bar.

When producing espresso, Qianjie Coffee shops use sunflower sunflower coffee beans, which are made of 70% Honduran Shirley and 30% Ethiopian sun-tanned cherries. It has strong vanilla, creamy and whisky aromas with a hint of berry acidity. After adjusting the parameters, Qianjie will use 20 grams of coffee powder and extract 40 grams of espresso for about 28 seconds.

If you want to make hot American coffee, Qianjie will mix 40 grams of coffee liquid into the hot water of 70 degrees Celsius at a ratio of 1 / 4. 5. The hot American coffee made according to this proportion can clearly taste the flavor of vanilla cream in this Italian matching bean, with wine flavor and mellow and smooth taste.

If you are making iced American coffee, Qianjie will mix 40 grams of coffee liquid with ice cubes and water at a ratio of 1 / 2 / 2 / 3. The ice American coffee made in this proportion in Qianjie will not be too high at first, and the flavor of the coffee will not be too weak as the ice melts.

What is Blue Mountain Coffee?

Blue Mountain Coffee beans are so named because they are produced in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica. The so-called Blue Mountain is actually a mountain range in Jamaica, surrounded by the Caribbean ocean. Whenever the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the bright blue light of the sea reflects the blue mountains.

The history of growing coffee in Jamaica dates back to the 18th century, when King Louis XV of France ordered the cultivation of coffee in Jamaica in 1717. Sir Nicholas Loyce, Governor of Jamaica (Lord

Nicholas Lawes) introduced the cultivation of iron trucks from Martinique in the mid-1820s and began to promote coffee cultivation from the St. Andrews area.

Today, the coffee producing area in Jamaica is mainly the Blue Mountain region, which spans four administrative areas, namely, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Mary and Saint Thomas.

Partners who know something about the raw bean hierarchy of Jamaican coffee should know that not all coffee beans grown in the Blue Mountains can be called Blue Mountain Coffee. Although the highest peak of the Blue Mountains is more than 2000 meters, the area available for coffee cultivation is less than 1700 meters. First, protected areas above 1700 meters are not allowed to grow coffee; second, with the increase of altitude, the risk of frost increases.

The grade of coffee beans in Jamaica is divided into three grades according to the altitude of cultivation: Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is grown between 1000 and 1700 meters; Jamaican Alpine Coffee is grown between 500m and 1000 m; Jamaican coffee is preferably grown in areas below 500m. With such strict regulations, only 1/4 of Jamaican coffee beans meet the requirements of Blue Mountain coffee beans.

Due to the strict grading system of coffee beans by the Jamaica Coffee Industry Authority, there are four grades in the grade of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and small round beans.

Among them, Lanshan No. 1 is the highest grade. When the planting altitude is between 1000 m and 1700 m, the grain size of raw coffee beans is 17pm and 18 mesh, and the defect rate of raw beans is less than 2%.

Strict standards create the ultimate flavor of Blue Mountain coffee, but also create the price of Blue Mountain coffee. Some merchants mark "Blue Mountain mix" and "Blue Mountain flavor" on their products and want to sell Blue Mountain coffee at a price, but the truth may be that there is no coffee bean that really comes from the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica.

The Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans from Qianjie Coffee come from Clifton Farm, which is located near Mount Catherine in the Blue Mountains. Clifton Farm is the oldest coffee farm in the region, with a history of more than 200 years. The farm also has Rainforest Alliance certification, which shows how excellent its planting environment is.

Qianjie by comparing a number of blue mountain one coffee beans, Clifton farm blue mountain one coffee beans excellent performance, can be used as one of the outstanding representatives of blue mountain coffee.

Small partners who know something about the import and export of raw coffee beans should know that the export of raw coffee beans is generally loaded in sacks. However, Jamaica is now the only producing area that uses buckets to carry raw coffee beans. The coffee shop on the front street has buckets of blue mountain coffee and raw beans. In addition, there is a certificate of certification of Jamaican blue mountain coffee beans. These two vouchers to prove that the blue mountain coffee beans on the front street are produced in the blue mountains of Jamaica are placed in the store on the front street.

Because Blue Mountain Coffee, a top coffee, is famous for its sweet and sour balance and mellow taste. The roaster of Qianjie Coffee uses a deeper roasting degree when baking this washed Blue Mountain coffee bean. As for how to maximize the flavor of this Blue Mountain Coffee, you can refer to the brewing parameters of Qianjie:

Filter cup: KONO filter cup

Water temperature: 88 degrees Celsius

Amount of powder: 15g

Ratio of powder to water: 1:15

Grinding degree: 75% of the pass rate of Chinese standard No. 20 screen

In order to highlight the mellow taste of Blue Mountain Coffee, a deeper baking degree is used. therefore, during brewing, the rate of coffee flavor precipitation is accelerated, which means that too high brewing water temperature and too fine grinding will lead to bitter taste. At the same time, in order to get a more mellow taste, Qianjie recommends using coffee filter cups with soaking function, such as KONO filter cup.

Steam 30 grams of hot water for 30 seconds, inject fine water from the central point and slowly circle to 125 grams, drop the water level in the filter cup to about to expose the powder bed and continue to inject water around 225 grams, the total extraction time is about 2 minutes.

Qianjie uses this parameter to brew the blue mountain No. 1 coffee with a balanced taste of sweet, sour and bitter, with rich nutty and chocolate flavor and mellow taste.

Because of the unpredictable grinding degree, some friends will think of using Qianjie to grind powder instead. Qianjie certainly provides this service. As a reminder in the previous street, as the coffee beans are ground into powder, the exhaust activity is accelerated, and the coffee flavor substances dissipate, so it is recommended to buy whole beans for fresh grinding and flushing, with a better flavor. And Qianjie delivery within 5 days of freshly baked coffee beans, when the partner received the goods, just after 4 days to 7 days of bean breeding period, the flavor is at the best time.

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