Coffee from Jamaica. Coffee from Jamaica.

Almost everyone in Jamaica knows Blue Mountain coffee as the most expensive coffee in the world. In 1725, Sir Nicholas Lawes brought the first Blue Mountain coffee trees from Martinique to Jamaica and planted them in St Andrew.

Coffee from Jamaica:

Today, St. Andrew's is still one of the three largest growing regions for Blue Mountain coffee, the other two being Portland and St. Thomas.

Today's Blue Mountain region is a small area of only 6000 hectares, and it is impossible that all the coffee labeled "Blue Mountain" is grown there. another 12000 hectares are devoted to growing two other types of coffee (non-Blue Mountain coffee): High Mountain Supreme and Jamaica Prime WashedJamaican.

The real Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the world's best grown coffees, and Jamaica's weather, geology and terrain combine to provide the ideal location. The ridge that runs through Ngatouga extends to the east of the island, and the Blue Mountains rise to more than 2100 meters. Cool, foggy weather and frequent rainfall have tempered this fertile land with rain. Here coffee trees are grown in mixed cropping, alongside banana and avocado trees on terraces.

Blue Mountain coffee is also grown on small estates such as Wallenford Estate, Silver Hill Estate and J. Martinez's Atlanta Estate. Even the largest planters in the region are small-scale farmers by international standards, many of whom are smallholders whose families have worked the land for two centuries.

Features of Jamaica Coffee:

The best Blue Mountain coffee is undoubtedly one of the best coffee available. This coffee tastes more expensive than it looks. To get its best flavor, you have to put in more beans than you drink other coffees, otherwise the flavor is a bit of a misnomer, so the real cost of flavor lies in adding 10 - 15% more beans than the coffee that costs next to it.

Real Blue Mountain coffee is made from the best local green coffee beans. Its rich flavor, balance, rich fruit flavor and sour, can meet people's various needs. In addition, the quality of fresh Blue Mountain coffee flavor is particularly long-lasting-aftertaste endless. Blue Mountain coffee is divided into five grades: 1#Blue Mountain;2#Blue Mountain; Selected Round Granule Blue Mountain;3#Blue Mountain.

Flavor: Very intense aromas with persistent fruity notes

Recommended baking method: medium baking

★★★: Excellent

Jamaica Coffee Market:

Blue Mountain Coffee is a coffee retailer that values its reputation and wants to stock some coffee anyway. A leading British retailer says he will continue to sell Blue Mountain coffee all year round regardless of price because he has many customers who only recognize Blue Mountain.

Today, 90% of post-harvest Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japanese. Blue Mountain coffee is now in short supply, regardless of price, because the rest of the world can only get 10 percent of its production. For many years Langford Brothers was the sole supplier in Britain. The Edmonds Group was later supplied by Salda Foods of Jamaica.

Blue Mountain Coffee differs from other coffees in transportation in that it is transported in barrels with a capacity of 70 kg, which is an imitation of the Bonifieur barrels produced in Guadeloupe last century. These barrels were originally used to carry flour from England to Jamaica, usually bearing the brand name and manufacturer's name. The Coffee Industry Council issues a certificate for all pure Jamaica coffee and stamps it before export.

The government of Jamaica used to insist that all Blue Mountain coffee was roasted in Jamaica to ensure quality. In fact, baking is a fine art, and doing it well requires experience, training, and expensive equipment. From the consumer's perspective, coffee beans should be available and consumed immediately after roasting. Coffee roasted in Jamaica is unlikely to meet this requirement. Jamaica's green coffee beans are now ready for export.

The Jamaica Coffee Board can issue certificates for all Blue Mountain coffee exports currently on the market.

There are three types of certificates:

1)Certificate of Quality issued by Jamaica Coffee Board

2)Blue Mountain Coffee Manufacturer's Authorized Sales Certificate.

(Blue Mountain Coffee is distributed by 4 Jamaica Government-licensed processing producers and exported by 16 licensed exporters)

3)Certificate of Origin of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

Quality certificates indicate time, quantity. The Jamaica Coffee Bureau randomly extracts a package from the blue mountain coffee for inspection. If the conditions of blue mountain coffee are met, a certificate is issued.