Blue Mountain Coffee is only washed Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is authentic Blue Mountain Coffee?

In the coffee industry, the status of Blue Mountain Coffee can be said to have never drunk Blue Mountain beans and must have heard of Blue Mountain Coffee. Before the development of boutique coffee, Blue Mountain Coffee became the only coffee bean that people knew at that time, and Blue Mountain Coffee also became the standard for people to define whether the coffee was good or not. What does the blue mountain taste like? Qianjie Coffee believes that Blue Mountain is a well-balanced coffee with both ups and downs. In order for today's coffee lovers to review / try this traditional and classic flavor, there are two authentic Blue Mountain coffees from Clifton Farm in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. What is the authentic Blue Mountain Coffee? Let's talk about how to tell whether Blue Mountain Coffee is authentic or not.

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Jamaica Blue Mountains

The history of Jamaican coffee can be traced back to the 18th century, when King Louis XV of France ordered the cultivation of coffee in Jamaica in 1717. In the mid-1920s, the Governor of Jamaica, Sir Nicholas Lawes, imported Arabica seeds from Martinique and began to plant them in St. Andrew. Coffee trees are introduced to Jamaica and coffee is grown in the Blue Mountains, which is divided into high-altitude Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, Alpine Coffee and Jamaican Coffee. Different grades also determine different prices.

The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of the island of Jamaica, hence its name because it is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. On clear days, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea. The highest peak of Blue Mountain is 2256 meters above sea level (2256m above sea level, coffee can only be grown below 1700m, above is protected forest), it is the highest peak in the Caribbean and a famous tourist attraction. It is located in the coffee belt, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, foggy and rainy all the year round, with an average precipitation of 1980 mm and a temperature of about 27 degrees. This climate has created the world-famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and the highest price coffee in the world.

Only growing Blue Mountain Coffee above 800m above sea level is authentic Blue Mountain Coffee. The Blue Mountain Coffee on the front street coffee bean list is 1310 meters above sea level and comes from Clifton Manor.

Clifton Manor

The Jamaican Blue Hills of Front Street Coffee is from Clifton Manor, right on Clifton Hill, the oldest coffee producer in Jamaica that is still functioning, and only Clifton Farm in Jamaica has the "tropical rain forest" logo. Clifton Farm began to grow and produce coffee as early as the mid-18th century (circa 1750). Today Clifton Farm is the largest estate in the area and is also small-scale by international standards. many of the landowners are small landowners, and the Sharp family has been working on the land for two centuries. There are enough altitude, mild afternoon clouds and shade around the mountain forest, sufficient sunshine and mineral-rich planting soil to provide good growth conditions for coffee trees and prolong the ripening of coffee cherries.

Treatment of blue mountain coffee beans

Until 19 years ago, Blue Mountain Coffee at Clifton Farm had been washing raw coffee beans. During the treatment, first remove the peel and pulp and let it ferment for 18 hours, then put the fermented 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, at this time, the coffee beans are still wrapped in the pericarp with a moisture content of 50%. They must be dried to reduce the moisture content to 12-14%, otherwise they will continue to be mellow, moldy and rotten. After that, the coffee beans are screened and stored in a special warehouse. The washing method ensures that the aroma of Blue Mountain Coffee is rich, the taste is balanced, and there is no outstanding or lacking essence of taste. In 1919, Clifton Farm broke through the original inherent model and used sun treatment for the first time. For Qianjie, this kind of sun-dried Blue Mountain coffee has changed the inherent flavor structure of Blue Mountain because it has changed the treatment method. Qianjie coffee will recommend washed coffee beans every time when introducing coffee beans to guests in a certain producing area, because washing can best represent the flavor of the producing area. Of course, Blue Mountain Coffee uses sun treatment, more or follow the development of the market.

How to tell the real Blue Mountain Coffee?

CIB stipulates that only the blue mountain coffee beans produced in the 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. So far, the only way to treat raw beans of Blue Mountain Coffee is washing, and there is no sun and other treatments.

At present, the Jamaican coffee shop on the market 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.

(blue Mountain Coffee is distributed by 4 processing producers licensed by the Jamaican government and exported by 16 licensed exporters)

(3) Certificate of origin of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

The Blue Mountain of Qianjie Coffee is Blue Mountain Coffee, which is designated by the National Coffee Bureau, wooden barrels of raw beans and rainforest certified Blue Mountain Coffee beans.

How to bake water, wash blue mountain coffee and sun blue mountain in front street

In order to highlight the balance of sour, sweet and bitter flavor and smooth taste of Blue Mountain Coffee, Qianjie adopted the degree of medium-deep roasting to make the two kinds of coffee more mellow.

How to brew two kinds of Blue Mountain Coffee in Qianjie

In the front street, the kono filter cup is used to brew two types of Blue Mountain Coffee, and the ribs of the KONO stop when the height of the filter cup is less than half of the height of the filter cup. This design is actually designed to ensure that the wet water of the filter cup is close to the wall of the filter cup, limiting the airflow, which will increase the water absorption time of coffee powder particles, so that the extracted coffee is more uniform as a whole, and improves the mellow taste. And the grooved frame under the kono filter cup is a key design for subsequent cooking to produce siphon effect.

Recommended water temperature: 88-89 degrees

Degree of grinding: small Fuji ghost teeth 4.5 (coarse sugar size)

Ratio of powder to water: 1:15

Qianjie coffee brewing technique: use 30 grams of water for steaming for 30 seconds, small water flow round the circle to 125 grams for segments, when the water level is about to expose the powder bed, continue to inject water to 225 grams to stop water injection, wait for the water level to drop and remove the filter cup when the powder bed is about to be exposed, (the time of steaming starts) the extraction time is 2 minutes 39 percent 00 ".

[washed Blue Mountain flavor]: the taste is very clean, complex, very mild, chocolate sweet, very mellow. The taste is full-bodied and mellow, with a perfect combination of sweet, sour and bitter coffee, with no bitterness at all, only a moderate and perfect sour taste and a long fruity finish.

[sun blue mountain cooking flavor]: slightly sour berries, reminiscent of black plums and mulberries, overall balance, black cocoa and nutty flavors, with a slight sense of fermentation and smoke.