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Blue Mountain Coffee purchase Guide the latest market and purchase strategy of Blue Mountain Coffee

Published: 2024-11-03 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/03, The Blue Mountain of Jamaica is the highest mountain in the Western Caribbean, with an elevation of 2256 meters, which is dominated by fertile volcanic soil. Rain Water is rich, temperature and sunshine are very suitable for the growth of coffee trees, so the quality of Blue Mountain coffee is outstanding, coupled with a relatively small output, with an annual output of less than 2500 tons. In addition, due to historical reasons (discussed later), the Japanese UCC Company has bought most of the beans, and the price has been high.

Jamaica's Blue Mountain is the highest mountain in the Western Caribbean, 2256 meters above sea level, dominated by fertile volcanic soil, Rain Water is rich, temperature, sunshine are very suitable for coffee tree growth, so Blue Mountain coffee quality is outstanding, coupled with relatively small production, annual output of less than 2500 tons, coupled with Japan's UCC company due to historical reasons (later on) to buy the vast majority of beans, the price has been high (relatively speaking). In the early years, there were no formal import channels in China, and Blue Mountain, which was already relatively rare, was even more rare in China. It was forced to drink a cup of Blue Mountain Coffee, which was forced to break the watch. As a result, "Blue Mountain Coffee in domestic cafes are fake", "Blue Mountain Coffee can not be bought in China" and other theories have even spread to this day. However, even in the days when there were no formal channels, the blue mountain coffee consumed in the Chinese market still accounted for 15% of the world's total consumption. so much so that Jamaicans were so surprised that they almost dislocated their jaw (probably mainly because of the price of blue mountain coffee in the Chinese market.), so they began to pay attention to the Chinese market, and now it is not difficult to buy blue mountain coffee in China. Hangzhou Dan Shirui is the sole agent. The channel is not limited to this one. There are both private channels and cooked beans imported through a third country.

So how to buy good Blue Mountain coffee is also a very important factor. UCC Blue Mountain is not logo is also reliable, there are certification logo and trademark, you can go to the CIB official website to check whether this company has CIB authorization. Certificate of origin can be checked for bulk ones, because bulk ones are generally sold from 70kg barrels, each barrel will be accompanied by a certificate of origin.

As for the purchase channels, they are as follows:

1. Buy UCC Blue Mountain Coffee, UCC is very awesome, do not play CIB certification logo still sell, later will say the reason. The disadvantage is that although it is sold in China, it is not common, it is best to find someone to buy from the mud boom or their own daily Amoy, UCC Lanshan No. 1 Taobao purchasing agent price will not be lower than 400RMB per 100g, previously bought in Hong Kong UCC vacuum bag 250g Blue Mountain coffee powder (lower grade), 170HKD or so.

two。 Find a reputable shop to buy in bulk, on Taobao, in order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, not to mention the shop name, the same grade bean price is only 1/4 of UCC, the disadvantage is that it depends entirely on the reputation of the boss, to put it bluntly, there is no guarantee.

3. Looking for a regular agent, that is, Dan Shirui mentioned above, the price of beans of the same grade is similar to that of UCC.

4. Human flesh can climb over the wall, such as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. If you are far away, you can go directly to Jamaica. Hong Kong AEON can buy UCC Blue Mountain (not Blue Mountain No. 1, not UCC Blue Mountain Synthesis, I have looked for it on Taobao, but not like this), and Central TATA Coffee can buy beans with certificates (called birth paper in Hong Kong).

5. Looking for a coffee trading company to buy raw beans, the advantage is that the price is extremely cheap (relative to cooked beans.) the price of Lanshan No.1 raw beans per kilogram can be less than 500 (quantitative ah quantitative! ), the disadvantage is that there is no dozens of kilograms of birds do not bird you, suggest trench to a bucket, each barrel of 70Kg, with a certificate of origin oh dear! A bucket can make more than 6000 cups. Oh, honey! The shelf life of raw beans is one year, dear! Finish it within a year, honey! Drink 16 cups of water a day without pressure, dear! Join the roaster together.

With regard to price, the price and channel of domestic Blue Mountain coffee are quite chaotic. The high price of stir-fried coffee in the early years can not come down, the price difference of the same grade raw beans and cooked beans is 10 times, and the low level sells the top price. In addition to formal agents, other messy channels, Gaza a variety of "Blue Mountain flavor", "Blue Mountain deployment" is also muddling the water. No wonder many people question the 89 yuan Blue Mountain. In terms of weight, the price of Country Traders beans is almost twice that of 250g canned illy. Illy itself is not cheap, so the price of 89 yuan is normal, not to mention that it is not Blue Mountain No.1.

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