Blue mountain coffee beans in the Blue Mountains of western Jamaica

Blue Mountain Coffee beans are grown in the Blue Mountains of western Jamaica, hence the name. Blue Mountain is a mountain range with an elevation of 2256 meters. Coffee trees are planted on a steep hillside about 1000 meters above sea level. The annual output of Blue Mountain coffee beans is only about 700 tons.

Blue Mountain coffee beans are full in shape and slightly bigger than ordinary beans. Sour, fragrant, mellow, sweet taste is uniform and strong, slightly bitter taste, harmonious taste, excellent flavor, suitable for individual coffee. Due to the low output, most of the products sold on the market are "special blue mountains", that is, mixed coffee with other coffee beans at the bottom of the blue mountains.

What kind of equipment should I use for Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans?

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee belongs to the category of single bean coffee, also known as regional coffee, which refers to the special coffee produced by unique factors such as climate and altitude in some places. This kind of coffee tasting method is the most suitable for siphon pot, which can show the flavor of coffee in the most comprehensive way. The siphon pot is classic in design and easy to operate. The extraction is comprehensive. It is one of the most widely used appliances for household use or individual product appreciation, and the price is suitable. It is generally acceptable.

Basic method of operation:

1. Pour hot water into the lower seat, the upper seat can be inserted obliquely into the lower seat, and then heated. This can avoid the occurrence of scalding when the water is too hot in the lower seat and then inserted into the upper seat.

two。 The blister becomes bigger, that is, straighten the upper seat.

3. After the hot water is completely raised to the upper seat, you can pour in the coffee powder that has been cooked before.

4. Gently stir the powder layer.

5. Practice smelling incense, observe changes in the powder layer, or start timing, whichever method you use, but avoid stirring all the time.

6. It's time to get the concentration, smell, or setting you want, and turn off the fire. At the same time, wipe the lower seat quickly with a wet dishcloth (evenly and quickly, do not fix the dishcloth in one place, lest the lower seat burst), so that the coffee can quickly enter the lower seat.

7. Gently shake the upper seat to pull out the lower seat.

8. Pour into the coffee cup (warm the cup in advance) and prepare to taste.

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans will be sold directly to China

Courtney Rattray, Ambassador of Jamaica to China, announced today in Hangzhou that the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica and the Jamaican Coffee Industry Bureau have signed a contract with Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association for domestic distributor of raw beans of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee in China. The world's top coffee, Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Raw beans, will be sold directly to China in the future, and the previous monopoly position of Japanese agents who hold 90% of the export quota of Jamaican Coffee raw beans in the Chinese market will be broken. The cost of purchasing raw beans of Blue Mountain Coffee by Chinese enterprises will be greatly reduced.

According to the agreement, in the future, all the quotas for the Chinese marketing of raw beans of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee will be specially distributed by the Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association. Jamaica will export 70 tons of coffee to China in the coming year, valued at US $1.7 million (about RMB 11.52 million). The Hangzhou Coffee Western Food Industry Association, which represents Chinese cafes, coffee roasters and other experts, will become the exclusive importer of Jamaican coffee in China. The agreement is initially set for two years and is expected to be extended when it expires.

In the future, Japanese agents will not be able to sell raw beans of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee in the Chinese market. China can bypass international traders to purchase raw beans of Blue Mountain Coffee, thus avoiding the increased costs of middlemen. Jin Meiyang, president of Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association and president of cross-strait coffee.

It is understood that the price of raw beans of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is eight times that of ordinary coffee. The price of each cup of domestic "Blue Mountain Coffee" ranges from more than 70 yuan to more than 100 yuan, which belongs to the top coffee. At present, Japanese agents sell most of the ripe beans of Blue Mountain Coffee to the Chinese market, usually at a price of 2200 yuan / kg. If it is based on the agreement that Jamaica exports 70 tons of coffee to China in the coming year, with a value of US $1.7 million (about RMB 11.52 million), the price of raw beans of Blue Mountain Coffee sold directly by Jamaica to China is 165RMB / kg. Although cooked beans include the cost of baking, even if the price of 165yuan / kg raw beans is processed into ripe beans, there should be a big difference compared with the price of 2200 yuan / kg.

Jin Meiyang said that a special trading company will be set up as soon as possible to market the top Blue Mountain coffee nationwide. In the future, various brands of coffee shops in nearly 1000 stores under the Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association will promote various Jamaican coffee products directly to consumers. At the same time, Jamaican coffee will also be sold directly into the huge domestic supermarket and hypermarket network. For its part, Jamaica will also appoint special representatives to be stationed in the Jamaican Embassy in China to promote the development of Jamaican coffee brands in China.

It is reported that the top blue mountain coffee beans generally do not enter the circulation market, and most of them are booked by the royal family and the rich, while the listed blue mountain coffee beans are "Blue Mountain" beans guaranteed by the Jamaican government. Rattray said that Jamaica exports 1000 to 2000 tons of blue mountain coffee beans every year, with nearly 90 percent of the exports going to Japan and the rest to Europe and the United States. Due to the economic depression in Japan, the market demand for coffee has dropped sharply this year. As a result, the Jamaican coffee industry has overcapacity, and Jamaica began to try to diversify the market.

Lu Qiaozhi, consultant of Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association, told NetEase that at present, the demand for blue mountain coffee beans in the Chinese market is far more than 70 tons, but the existing problem and risk is that it was very difficult to buy authentic blue mountain coffee beans in the past. so there are a lot of fake blue mountain coffee beans on the market, which damage the brand image of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. Jamaica also said it would take measures to crack down on illegal counterfeiting of Blue Mountain brands in the market.

Rattray said that in addition to the direct sale of blue mountain coffee raw beans to China, it is also hoped that Chinese investors will go to Jamaica to directly invest in coffee bean production in the future. "Japanese investors have mastered most of the upstream coffee bean resources through direct investment in Jamaica."