Blue Mountain Coffee is a great choice. Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Bean Hand Brewed Parameters Flavor Characteristics Taste Description

We have always said that Blue Mountain coffee is very delicious, the taste is very mellow, is the boutique of boutique coffee. But for friends who don't know anything about coffee, they don't understand what this means. Blue Mountain Coffee is actually very famous, especially for people who like to drink coffee, they must know the status of Blue Mountain Coffee in the coffee industry. Qianjie, let's talk about Blue Mountain Coffee with you today.

Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most expensive coffee in the world. Of course, some people will compare rose summer with Blue Mountain. Qianjie believes that rose summer is certainly delicious, but before the millennium, Blue Mountain Coffee was the most expensive and fragrant in the world. The flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee is rich, balanced, fruity and sour, which can meet people's various needs. In addition, the flavor of high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee is particularly long-lasting, as drinkers say-endless aftertaste. Blue Mountain Coffee perfectly combines the unique sour, bitter, sweet, mellow and other flavors of coffee to form a strong and attractive elegant flavor, which is unmatched by other coffee. People who love Blue Mountain Coffee say: "it is a 'coffee beauty' that combines all the advantages of good coffee.

We will see a lot of words marked Blue Mountain Coffee on the market. Are these real Blue Mountain Coffee? Qianjie told everyone: in fact, it can not be said that those are the real Blue Mountain coffee. The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of Jamaica, 1000-1700m above sea level. Only the Blue Mountains planted in this area are authentic Blue Mountain Coffee. Because the Blue Mountains are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, whenever the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea, hence the name. 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 earthquake zone, 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), such a climate has created the world-famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and one of the most expensive 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.

The rich flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee is closely related to the growing environment. Their coffee trees are on rugged hillsides, and the picking process is so difficult that non-local skilled female workers are simply unable to do it. It is very important to choose the right ripe coffee beans when picking. Immaturity or ripeness will affect the quality of the coffee. The picked coffee beans are shelled on the same day, and then let them ferment for 18 hours. After that, the coffee beans were cleaned and screened. The subsequent process is to dry, which must be carried out on the cement floor or on a thick blanket until the humidity of the coffee beans drops to 12% 14%. And then store it in a special warehouse.

Not all Blue Mountains are real Blue Mountains. Blue Mountain Coffee is designated by the National Coffee Bureau as an export company, wooden barrels of raw beans and rainforest certified Blue Mountain coffee beans. CIB stipulates that only the blue mountain coffee beans produced in the designated producing area of Jamaica Blue Mountain more than 2200 feet can be called Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. According to the bean size, the grades are NO.1, NO.2, NO.3 and hand-selected PB. Among them, the basic standard of NO.1 Blue Mountain raw beans is beans with more than 17 mesh, defect rate less than 3%, moisture content about 13%, and so on. At present, the Jamaican coffee shop on the market can issue certificates for all exported Blue Mountain coffee.

The Blue Mountain one coffee provided by Front Street Coffee has a certificate issued by the Jamaican Coffee Bureau. In addition, the barrel that wraps the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans will have the logo of a green frog. This is that Front Street Coffee specifically chose the rainforest certified Blue Mountain No.1 Coffee Farm, or Clifton Farm, and Jamaica is the only producing area that uses buckets for raw beans.

Blue Mountain Coffee varieties

Blue Mountain Coffee Bean is a Tibica variety, the top leaves of the iron pickup are bronzed, the beans are oval or thin, the tree is tall, the branches are slightly tilted, and the angle is 50m / m / 70. it has an elegant flavor, but its physique is weak and its disease resistance is poor. The coffee yield of each tree is very low.

The leaf tip of the iron pickup species has a feature, which is red copper, which is called red top coffee. Coffee tree opposite leaves are long oval, smooth leaves, the end of the branch is very long, few branches, and the flowers are white, open at the base of the petiole connecting the branch. Ripe coffee berries look like cherries and are bright red.

Blue Mountain Coffee treatment

Washing treatment method:

Water washing treatment is the use of water washing and fermentation to remove the peel, pulp and mucous membrane. Farms that use the washing method must build washing ponds and be able to introduce an endless supply of running water. During the treatment, first remove the peel and pulp and let it ferment for 18 hours, then put the mellow beans into the pool and pass them back and forth, using the friction of the beans and the power of running water to wash the coffee beans until smooth and clean. After washing, the coffee beans are still wrapped in the pericarp with a moisture content of 50%, which must be dried to reduce the moisture content to 12-14%. Then the coffee beans are screened and stored in a special warehouse. These procedures must be strictly mastered, otherwise, the quality of coffee will be affected.

Sun treatment:

In the new production season in 2020, Clifton Farm launched the blue mountain coffee beans with sun treatment for the first time, which is really novel. Jamaica has a tropical rainforest climate, with the rainy season from May to June and September to November every year, with the most showers in January and May. However, the harvest and treatment season of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is from February to June each year, and half of the time is spent on the rainy season, so it is obviously impractical to use sun treatment. In addition, the quality of traditional sun-treated coffee is unstable, and the quality of coffee depends on the mood of God. In addition, if you want better quality sun treatment, the labor cost is higher than water washing and other treatments. When coffee fruits are dried in the sun, they need to be turned manually every few hours to maintain ventilation, reduce mildew and ensure uniform drying. Such a thankless treatment was even more difficult in Jamaica.

In fact, the production of this sun blue mountain coffee is also very difficult, why there was only water washing before, that is because water washing is the most essential embodiment of the blue mountain flavor, and changing the treatment method will certainly change its flavor structure.

The front street coffee has washed Blue Mountain Coffee and Sun Blue Mountain Coffee.

Qianjie Blue Mountain Coffee brewing parameters are suggested:

Qianjie coffee is mainly brewed with Kono filter cup for display. Qianjie Coffee chooses Kono filter cup mainly because Blue Mountain Coffee chooses deep roasting, high temperature can easily lead to over-extraction, so Qianjie Coffee chooses 88 ℃ in water temperature. If V60 filter cup or other filter cup with fast flow rate is used at this temperature, it is easy to lead to insufficient extraction, while Kono has few and short ribs, which can isolate the gap between filter paper and filter cup, increase the residence time of water flow and have the function of soaking. Therefore, combining the test results of all the brewing parameters, Qianjie coffee finally chose the Kono filter cup.

Filter cup: Kono filter cup, water temperature: 88 ℃, powder content: 15g, powder / water ratio: 1:15, grinding degree: medium fine grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 sieve pass rate 75%)

The use of segmented extraction, with twice the amount of coffee powder water for steaming, that is, 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, and the reason for the need for steaming process is to make coffee powder can discharge the internal carbon dioxide gas, so that the latter stage of the extraction is better stable. When the small water is injected around the circle to 125 grams, the injection will be stopped until 225 grams, then the filter cup will be removed after the dripping of the filter cup, and the extraction time will be 2 minutes 39 grams. Next, pick up and shake the whole cup of coffee, then pour it into the cup and taste it.

[front Street Sun Blue Mountain Coffee] slight acidity of berries, reminiscent of black plums and mulberries, with a good overall balance, dark chocolate and nutty flavors, with a slight sense of fermentation. [Qianjie washed Blue Mountain Coffee] dark chocolate, nutty flavor, creamy smooth taste, sweet and sour balance

Of course, for coffee brewing, the front street is recommended to use freshly roasted coffee beans for brewing, so as to maximize the rich flavor of coffee. The coffee beans shipped in Qianjie are all roasted within 5 days, because Qianjie is well aware that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on the flavor. The purpose of Qianjie roasting is "freshly roasted coffee", so that every guest who places an order is the freshest coffee when he receives it. The bean cultivation period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so when the guest gets it, it is the time when the flavor is the best.

Of course, there are also some customers who need help grinding powder in front of the street, which does not matter, but Qianjie has to remind: coffee beans have been ground ahead of time, they need to be cooked in time, and if they have been ground into coffee powder, there is no need to raise beans, because in the process of transportation, the pressure caused by carbon dioxide in the packaging can also make the coffee flavor mellow, so when you receive the coffee powder, you can immediately make a cup of coffee drink.

But the coffee powder oxidizes faster after contact with the air, that is to say, the flavor of the coffee will dissipate more quickly, and the flavor of the coffee is not very good. Therefore, Qianjie suggests buying whole beans, grinding and flushing now, so that we can better taste the flavor of coffee.

Coffee has a variety of flavors, some are sour and bitter, and some are not sour or bitter. For friends who do not like sour and bitter, the mellow and balanced taste may be the first choice, and it is undoubtedly the best to recommend Blue Mountain Coffee. Of course, the price of Blue Mountain Coffee is also a little expensive. After all, Blue Mountain Coffee is also one of the most expensive coffee in the world. Qianjie coffee has 8 kinds of rations coffee beans, all of which are the most representative flavor coffee from different countries, and the performance-to-price ratio is very high! For coffee rookies, you can know their own taste through these rations of coffee, so as to choose their favorite flavor, this is the best way!

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