Is Blue Mountain Coffee Black Coffee? what are the characteristics? is Blue Mountain Coffee American Coffee?

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Blue Mountain Coffee is very important to the Jamaican economy and the coffee itself needs to be inspected and certified by the Coffee Committee before it can be marked as the Blue Mountain name.

Traditionally, only coffee grown between 910m (3000 ft) and 1700 m (5500 ft) above sea level can be called the Jamaican Blue Mountains. Coffee grown between 460m (1500 ft) and 910m (3000 ft) above sea level is called Jamaican high mountain, while coffee grown below 460m (1500 ft) is called Jamaican supreme or Jamaican low mountain. (all land above 1700 meters (5500 feet) above sea level in Jamaica is a forest reserve, so coffee is not grown there. )

The average Jamaican farmer has 80-175 coffee trees and collects their coffee berries in a box (60 pounds) and sells them to processing plants. A 60-pound box of coffee berries will produce about 12 pounds of exportable coffee beans.

Mavis Bank is another best-known name in Jamaican coffee. Mavis Bank is a privately owned coffee estate and factory (formerly owned by the government) located about 10 miles north of the capital and is one of the major employers in the region. Mavis Bank handles coffee berries picked by about 6000 farmers, which is equivalent to the amount of coffee berries picked by 2 gamblers and 3 farmers in China.

Today, Jamaica's annual production of Blue Mountain coffee is still low, and the country's minister of industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries has begun to encourage farmers to expand coffee production beyond the Blue Mountains, in order to expand the country's commercialization. After all, 80% of Blue Mountain coffee is now sold to Japan, only a small amount is circulated in other markets.

The output is low and the circulation is small, so it is really hard to get a bean. In order to drink Blue Mountain Coffee, people began to imitate the flavor of Blue Mountain by matching (what is a match, please read the previous article) in order to taste the rare and precious charming taste.

Black coffee refers to coffee without sugar, companion, milk and other ingredients. Pure black coffee contains only 2.55 calories per 100 grams, but it is not American coffee.

Speed up metabolism and reduce fat accumulation

Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, which can accelerate the heartbeat and sweat to promote metabolism, which is also one of the main pharmacological effects of coffee weight loss. Caffeine can also significantly enhance the thermal effect of food and better promote metabolism.

Black coffee also contains a special substance called chlorogenic acid, which is not only a polyphenolic substance that can regulate metabolism, but also has antibacterial effect and can inhibit glucose intake, so drink some black coffee properly after a meal to reduce fat accumulation.

After drinking coffee for 30 minutes, caffeine begins to enter the bloodstream, stimulates the sympathetic nerve to be active, and can continue to consume calories and burn fat about 3 to 5 hours after exercise. Drinking one or two cups of black coffee before exercise can get twice the result with half the effort.

During this period, fat is broken down into free fatty acids by caffeine. During this stage of exercise, free fatty acids will be metabolized by providing exercise energy, which plays a good role in burning fat.

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