Taste of Blue Mountain Coffee characteristics and grading system of Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1

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The characteristic grading system of Qianjie-Jamaica Blue Mountain 1

Jamaica is an island country located in Central America, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Coffee cultivation in Jamaica Coffee has a very long history, dating back to 1728. Fertile volcanic soil and rainy, foggy and cool weather conditions are especially suitable for the growth of coffee and are famous for producing the world's best coffee, the Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.

According to the standards of the Jamaica Coffee Industry Council (CIB), the legal producing areas of Blue Mountain Coffee are limited to St. Andrew, St. Thomas and Portland.

CIB also has strict standards for the elevation of Blue Mountain Coffee:

Coffee grown at an altitude of 900m-1700 m is called Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee.

The altitude coffee planted at 460m-900m is called Jamaican Alpine Coffee Jamaica High Mountain Coffee.

Growing at an altitude of 460 meters is called Jamaican premium coffee, and those outside the Blue Mountain area are called Jamaican chief coffee.

The area above 1700 meters above sea level, as a nature reserve, is strictly forbidden to grow coffee. )

When the king of Blue Mountain Coffee is called, the laurel of non-Blue Mountain Coffee belongs to Blue Mountain No. 1. Blue Mountain coffee is divided into four grades: blue Mountain 1 (17-18 mesh), Blue Mountain 2 (16 order), Blue Mountain 3 (15-16 order), and PB (round bean).

Blue Mountain 1 is the highest grade of coffee produced in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Real Blue Mountain coffee can only be confirmed by cup testing by full-time cup testers of the Jamaican government and can only be exported in special oak barrels.

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