Introduction to the characteristics of the famous Blue Mountain Coffee beans what grade does Blue Mountain No.1 coffee belong to? how does it taste good?

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Whether they are coffee lovers or not, they have more or less heard of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee; as soon as they open Taobao, they are also full of "Blue Mountain flavor" and "Blue Mountain mix". What is so special about the Blue Mountains that makes people so impressive? Come down and follow the coffee in front of the street to learn something about the Blue Mountains.

What is Blue Mountain Coffee?

Blue Mountain Coffee refers to the tin card varieties of coffee beans grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica at an altitude of 910-1700m. In these areas, growers use a mixed planting method to grow coffee trees, which are always planted alongside banana and avocado trees on rugged hills. Fruit trees block out the sun for coffee trees, so that coffee trees can grow in a cool, foggy environment with plenty of water.

Introduction to the varieties of Blue Mountain Coffee Iron Card

Blue Mountain Coffee is the oldest variety of Arabica coffee-Typica. This variety was introduced to the Blue Mountains in the 18th century and began to be planted. After 200 years of "running-in", the Blue Mountain's iron pickup has developed into an Arabica variety with better disease resistance, which is very suitable for local planting and has formed a delicate flavor that cannot be easily replicated elsewhere.

The Environment and planting and harvesting of Blue Mountain Coffee

The Blue Mountains are located in the golden planting belt of coffee. The island climate, volcanic soil and topography provide an ideal place for the cultivation of coffee trees. However, unlike most coffee-producing countries, the local government does not plant a large number of high-quality and poor-quality coffee in order to increase output, but to give priority to quality, preferring to sacrifice the output of coffee to ensure the quality of Blue Mountain coffee.

As a result, Jamaica is currently one of the countries with low coffee production in the world. Brazil, the world's largest coffee exporter, can produce 12450 tons of coffee a year, while Jamaica produces 1260-2400 tons of coffee a year, of which 25% can be crowned as "Blue Mountain Coffee".

Every harvest season, due to the topography, the coffee picking process is so difficult that non-local skilled female workers are simply unable to do it. At the same time, it is very important to choose the right mature coffee beans when picking. Immaturity or ripeness will affect the quality of the coffee, so every Blue Mountain coffee is picked 100% by hand.

The treatment and grading system of Blue Mountain Coffee

The picked Blue Mountain Coffee fruit is peeled on the same day and fermented for 18 hours in a clean pool. After that, the beans are washed with pectin mucus, screened for defects, and then sun-dried. Drying must be done on the cement floor or on a thick blanket until the humidity of the coffee beans drops to 12% Mel 14%. And then store it in a special warehouse.

After drying, Lanshan coffee beans will also be divided into four grades according to their size: NO.1, NO.2, NO.3 and Peaberry, of which the highest grade is NO.1, also known as Lanshan No.1, coffee beans are between 17 and 18 mesh, the proportion of defective beans cannot be more than 2%, and the overall particles are uniform and full.

96% of Lanshan No. 2 coffee beans need coffee fruit size of more than 16 mesh, and the defect rate of coffee beans after treatment is less than 2%. The size of coffee fruit of Lanshan No. 3 coffee bean must be more than 15 mesh. The defect rate of coffee beans after treatment is less than 2%.

Why is Blue Mountain coffee so expensive?

Strict and detailed standards have been established for planting, harvesting, treatment (extraction of coffee beans), export packaging and certification of Blue Mountain Coffee, and there are regulations on what organic fertilizers are needed during the growth period. therefore, the cost of planting and treatment will be relatively high, and the higher price is reasonable.

After careful selection, the blue mountain grade one coffee beans will also be more expensive than other grades of blue mountain coffee. But Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee is not the most expensive coffee bean in the world, it's just that coffee beans from many other producing areas are more expensive.

At present, Qianjie Coffee comes from the oldest coffee growing area in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica-Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee grown at 1310m at Clifton Manor. The price after roasting is 158ppm 100g, and it costs only 60 yuan / 195-200ml to have a cup at a brick-and-mortar store under the Qianjie coffee line.

In order to let the friends feel the most complete aroma and flavor of Blue Mountain one coffee, Qianjie Coffee ensures that all blue mountain one coffee beans sold will be sent out within 5 days after baking.

How to tell whether the blue mountain coffee beans are authentic?

Most countries use linen bags for raw coffee beans. Jamaica uses round barrels to pack high-quality Blue Mountain No.1 coffee, which is one of the conditions for buyers to distinguish between real and fake Blue Mountains. Buckets help isolate coffee beans from the outside world during transportation, protecting them from moisture in the air, thus ensuring that the water content of raw beans is always 11.5% before baking.

In addition to these, all exported Blue Mountain Coffee requires authorization from the Jamaica Coffee Industry Authority (CIB) and certificates can be issued for all exported Blue Mountain Coffee. The following three types of certificates are licensed by the Jamaica Coffee Industry Authority, and people ask the merchant to show the relevant certificate when they are worried about the authenticity of enough Blue Mountain coffee.

Qianjie Coffee currently sells Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans, all of which are loaded in wooden barrels for export and have obtained the certification of Clifton Manor of origin. You can see it in the coffee shop in Qianjie.

How to flush the coffee beans of Blue Mountain one?

In order to preserve the sweet, sour and bitter balance and mellow and solid taste of Lanshan No. 1 coffee, Qianjie coffee is roasted to a medium and deep degree. In brewing, Qianjie Coffee has a small tips: granulated sugar, low water temperature and hot water, together with a low and slow flow rate Kono filter cup, in order to ensure that the coffee substance is extracted as much as possible under low water temperature conditions.

Qianjie Coffee store extract parameters: Kono filter cup, 88C water temperature, powder / water ratio at 1:15, 15g powder weight, medium and coarse grindability (20 standard sieve pass rate 70%).

The method of water injection is as follows: first inject 30 grams of hot water and steam for 30 seconds, inject fine water from the central point and slowly circle to 125 grams, and wait for the water level in the filter cup to drop to 225 grams around the powder bed. After all the injected water passes through the coffee particles, the total extraction time is about 2 minutes and 10 seconds. After the finished coffee liquid is shaken well, it can be tasted.

The most fascinating thing about Blue Mountain Coffee is the balance between sweet and sour. The mellow taste of dark chocolate + soft citrus acid + sugar cane sweetness and caramel finish give people a steady and down-to-earth taste.