The production of Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans in the 2021 season is expected to be reduced by more than 50% compared with the same period!

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Since late October last year, Jamaica has been hit by wave after wave of natural disasters, resulting in chaos, with houses, roads, farmland and plants affected to varying degrees. There are also a number of landslides and damaged roads in the Blue Mountain Coffee growing area, where everyone is most concerned about. One torrential rain after another knocked down the coffee fruit. Conastale Manor, which is famous for growing Blue Mountain Coffee, says the production of Blue Mountain Coffee beans may be reduced by more than 50% in 2021.

How many natural disasters have Jamaica suffered since late October?

Late October 2020-Tropical Storm Zeta

Tropical Storm Zeta hit Jamaica in late October 2020. Torrential rains caused flash floods in the famous Blue Mountain coffee producing area of St. Andrews, and severe landslides severely damaged roads.

Early November 2020-Hurricane ETA

Similarly, Hurricane ETA began to hit Central America, and Jamaica was once again affected. Although the hurricane did not directly hit Jamaica, the torrential rain caused by the hurricane dropped a large area of red fruit that should have been harvested in November, coupled with road collapses caused by mountain torrents, and farmers were unable to enter the planting area in time to pick it on a large scale, so they could only do their best to save some ripe fruit still on the trees. Nasdale Manor has said that the two storms will reduce the production of Blue Mountain coffee by 15-20%.

Early November 2020-St. Thomas earthquake of magnitude 3.4

One wave after another! During the torrential rain, a 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck St. Thomas, Jamaica, affecting an area of 7 kilometers. For those damaged mountains and roads, the invisibility is even worse.

April 2021-volcanic eruption on St. Vincent Island

While Jamaica has not yet recovered from a series of natural disasters, the Caribbean earthquake caused Mount Sufriere, the highest peak on the island of St. Vicente, to erupt, with ash extending to Jamaica and parts of South America. The ash does not have much impact on Jamaica, but it can affect the respiratory tract of the human body. So after the eruption, the resumption of the road was delayed, and the road to the Blue Mountain coffee producing area has not yet returned to full normal.

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