The characteristics of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans introduce the grade price of authentic Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee

Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee has a rich and balanced taste, of which the highest grade of Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee is excellent, not only elegant aroma, but also the right sour, sweet, bitter, mellow and fragrant. Such top Lanshan No. 1 coffee beans are packaged at 158 yuan / 100g on Qianjie. If you want to taste hand-made black coffee directly, you can go to Qianjie Dongshankou store, Lanshan No. 1 coffee: 60 yuan / cup.

What are the characteristics of authentic Blue Mountain No.1 coffee?

Many friends who go to the Qianjie store for coffee will ask whether the "Blue Mountain" on the Qianjie bean list is a "true blue mountain." Due to the famous name of Blue Mountain, there are many fake Blue Mountains on the market, such as "Blue Mountain Flavor Coffee", "Blue Mountain blend", "Blue Mountain preferred Coffee".... If you want to identify the authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, Qianjie summed up the following points, we do not have a reference.

As the authentic Blue Mountain coffee is in a specific height area, all kinds of labor costs are very high, so the price of coffee will not be too low. If the "blue mountain beans" we buy is only a few dozen yuan, it is very likely to be fake.

Aroma, Blue Mountain Coffee has a rich, dense, long-lasting chocolate, roasted hazelnut aroma, is the general deep-roasted blend coffee is incomparable. In terms of taste, the true blue mountain coffee has a balance of sweet, sour and bitter aroma, which will not be more prominent, and the mellow thickness and sweetness are just right.

If we can't tell the difference between the above two points, ask the merchant to show the Blue Mountain certificate and the barrel in which the raw beans are packed. Jamaica's Blue Mountain is the only producing area that uses barrels to hold raw beans. Qianjie Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee also has a quality certificate issued by Jamaica Coffee Bureau, an authorized sales certificate issued by Blue Mountain Coffee manufacturer, and a certificate of origin of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. Documents and handmade buckets are displayed in Qianjie stores, which is produced by Clifton Manor and is treated with traditional washing, which is the most common way of handling raw beans in Blue Mountain.

Raw bean treatment of Lanshan No.1 coffee

There is a law in Jamaica that Blue Mountain Coffee is an iron card variety grown at an altitude of 910 to 1700 meters above sea level. As the iron card varieties planted in the higher altitude environment, the more prominent flavor performance, coupled with the iron card varieties of poor disease resistance, easy to die, greatly affecting the yield, so it needs more manpower to take good care of it. In addition, the terrain of the Blue Mountain is uneven, and it is very difficult to manage and pick, so it requires a high level of proficiency for the pickers. The fresh fruit of the picked coffee will be immediately transported to the processing plant for processing, and the peel and flesh of the coffee will be removed by washing and dried.

First, the undermature fruit is picked out by flotation, then the peel and pulp are removed and fermented in the pool for 12-18 hours, then the fermented beans are put into the pool and pushed back and forth, using the friction of the beans and the power of the water to wash the coffee beans until smooth and clean. Then it is laid out and dehydrated in the sun until the water content reaches the standard, which can be packed and stored in the warehouse and sent to the quality inspection before export.

The processed Lanshan raw beans will be graded according to the size, color, baking quality, aroma, cup quality, mesh number and other factors. The Lanshan No. 1 purchased by Qianjie is the most advanced, with a defect rate of less than 3%, a size of more than 17 mesh, a moisture content of 10-12.5%, uniform color and neat particles, and is a very rare batch. In addition, Blue Mountain Coffee needs to be inspected and confirmed by professional cup testers approved by CIB before it is exported. The flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee should be sour, sweet, bitter, mellow and fragrant.

Blue Mountain coffee beans that have completed quality testing are transported in hand-made buckets and sent to bakers around the world. Compared with the coarse sacks commonly used in other producing areas, the advantage of oak barrel is to absorb and release internal and external humidity, and isolate the aroma of coffee from outflow, so that coffee beans maintain a more stable moisture content and make roasting more stable. Later, the barrel also became one of the signs to identify authentic Blue Mountain Coffee.

The taste of Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1 Coffee

Many friends who have bought blue mountain coffee beans will ask Qianjie how to brew it better. Qianjie thinks that hand brewing can best show the rich flavor level of blue mountain coffee. Qianjie believes that hand-brewing coffee is not complicated, as long as you find the corresponding brewing parameters and practice carefully, you can extract a cup of black coffee with mellow flavor. Before cooking, Qianjie suggests preparing a bag of coffee beans in the best taste period. if the roasting date has been more than a month, some of the aroma may have been lost and may even produce a woody smell. The coffee beans shipped on Qianjie are all baked within 5 days, so that everyone will receive them during the appreciation period.

The classic Blue Mountain flavor is full-bodied aromas of chocolate and baked nuts, with soft acidity and mellow taste. In order to restore the classic taste, Qianjie baker chooses deep baking in the middle, highlighting the baking aroma while retaining part of the acidity. Qianjie found a balanced taste of sour, sweet, fragrant, bitter, and mellow coffee on the cup test of Lanshan No.1 coffee, so the Qianjie barista also worked out the idea of brewing Lanshan No.1 coffee according to this flavor.

Front street cooking parameters: KONO filter cup, 75% pass rate of No. 20 standard sieve, and 88 ℃ water temperature, with three-stage water injection commonly used in front street. Coffee powder: 15 grams of powder: 1:15.

Three-stage water injection: moisten the coffee powder layer evenly with 30g water and steam for 30 seconds, the second stage is injected at a uniform speed from the inside to the outside with 95g water, and the third stage 100g can be injected until the water level drops to the position of 2x3 of the filter cup powder layer. pay attention to the whole process of small water flow, and then remove the filter cup after about 2 minutes of trickling. Finally, gently shake the coffee liquid and start tasting.

Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee: dark chocolate, baked nuts, toffee flavor, sweet caramel, soft and elegant acidity, each taste balanced, smooth and mellow taste. As the temperature drops, the aroma becomes more thorough and the level is varied.

Of course, in addition to hand brewing, there are many classic brewing methods that can also show the unique taste of Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee, such as siphon coffee, French presser, mocha pot, Philharmonic pressure, etc., or the Blue Mountain hanging ear coffee bag which is easy to brew. Qianjie thinks that a good coffee can show its flavor through various extraction methods, so you might as well have a try at home.

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