How many kinds of authentic Blue Mountain Coffee Brand? which brand of Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee tastes good?

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As one of the most superior coffee in the world, Blue Mountain Coffee has always been more expensive than many other coffee producing areas because of its low production. But its elegant and mellow coffee flavor has fascinated generations of coffee lovers. In this article, in front of the street coffee, let's talk about Blue Mountain Coffee.

Blue Mountain Coffee growing Environment?

Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee is grown in the Blue Mountains in the eastern part of the island of Jamaica, hence its name because the mountain is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Whenever the weather is clear, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the mountain peak reflects the bright blue light of the sea. 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.

What is Blue Mountain Coffee?

But not all coffee grown in the Blue Mountains can be called "Blue Mountain Coffee". Because Blue Mountain Iron pickup, a variety of Blue Mountain Coffee, can have a quiet and balanced flavor only at high altitude, only the Blue Mountain Iron pickup planted in the 910-1700m area of the Blue Mountain Mountains will have such excellent taste performance.

These iron pickups are planted below 910m above sea level, or out of the Blue Mountains, they will not have the same charming coffee flavor. Therefore, the cultivation under 910m can only be called "Jamaican Alpine Coffee" and "Jamaican preferred Coffee".

The nature reserves above 1700m are prescribed by the Jamaican government and can not be used for the cultivation of economic crops. Therefore, the production of authentic Blue Mountain coffee is not much, about 900 tons a year, and then distributed to all parts of the world, the price of blue mountain coffee beans is slightly higher is also normal.

How to tell whether Blue Mountain Coffee is authentic?

Also because Blue Mountain Coffee has a very high reputation, some merchants will use Blue Mountain flavor, Blue Mountain coffee flavor, Blue Mountain flavor blending to sell coffee products that are not Blue Mountain Coffee. In order to identify the authenticity of Blue Mountain Coffee to consumers, the Jamaican government stipulates that all exported Blue Mountain coffee beans must be loaded in buckets, and the Jamaican Coffee Bureau can issue certificates for all exported Blue Mountain coffee.

There are three types of certificates:

(1) Certificate of quality issued by the Jamaican Coffee Agency

(2) the authorized sales certificate issued by the blue mountain coffee manufacturer.

(3) Certificate of origin of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

The quality certificate indicates the time and quantity. The Jamaica Coffee Bureau randomly selects a package from the Blue Mountain Coffee for inspection, and issues a certificate if the conditions of the Blue Mountain Coffee are met.

Blue Mountain Coffee Brand recommendation

Blue Mountain Coffee is mainly grown in Saint Andrew, Saint Thomas, Portland and Saint Mary in the Blue Mountains. In the Andrew producing area, there is Clifton Manor, the oldest coffee growing place in Jamaica, with a history of more than 200 years.

It is also the only estate in Jamaica that has passed the Rainforest Alliance Certification (which indicates that it promotes the environmental responsibility, social equity and economic development of the farm community, so there is a green frog certification mark on the barrel exporting Blue Mountain Coffee)

At the same time, Clifton Manor can be said to be the most innovative manor in the Blue Mountain area, which successively launched the sun version of Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee and Blue Mountain Rose Summer Coffee in 2019-20. Prior to this, all the coffee sold in Lanshan were washed tin cards.

At present, the Jamaican Blue Mountain No.1 washed iron pickup beans sold on Front Street Coffee come from Clifton Manor. Offline stores of Front Street Coffee can see the certification issued by Clifton Manor and Blue Mountain Coffee buckets with the Green Water Frog (Rainforest Alliance Certification) logo.

How do you make Blue Mountain Coffee?

For Lanshan No. 1 coffee to show its mellow and balanced characteristics, Qianjie coffee is recommended to be extracted at a lower water temperature, along with a low and slow flow rate Kono filter cup, in order to ensure that the coffee substance is extracted as much as possible under low water temperature conditions.

To give Blue Mountain Coffee a mild alcohol thickness, products from Qianjie Coffee stores use KONO filter cups, with medium and coarse grinding (coarse sugar size / 70% screening rate of China 20 standard sieve) and water at 88-89 degrees Celsius for flushing extraction.

The extraction techniques are as follows: 30 grams of water is injected into the first stage for steaming for 30 seconds, and the second stage is injected into about 125 grams of water, then wait for the coffee liquid to drop, and when it falls to half, the last section of water is injected to 225 grams. Wait for all the coffee drops to lag behind before ending the extraction, the general total extraction time is about 2 minutes and 10 seconds.

Hand-made "Qianjie Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee" flavor performance: dark chocolate, nutty flavor, creamy smooth taste, sweet and sour balance.