Introduction to the characteristics of Blue Mountain Coffee the variety and flavor characteristics of Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1 Coffee

Friends who have drunk Blue Mountain Coffee may be sighed by its balanced and mellow taste: how can there be such a good coffee? Comfortable sour, sweet, bitter, fragrant and mellow, this taste makes people drink endless aftertaste, heart miss! But the coffee that tastes so good must be expensive, right? The front street tells you: indeed, Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most expensive and mellow coffee in the world. But now, Blue Mountain Coffee is no longer hard to get, everyone can drink a cup of authentic Blue Mountain Coffee. The Blue Mountain Coffee in front of the street is very popular!

In the past or now, there are a lot of coffee marked Blue Mountain Coffee on the market. Is that all real Blue Mountain Coffee? Answer: not necessarily. It is precisely because Blue Mountain Coffee is expensive and delicious, so there will be a lot of coffee marked with the name Blue Mountain Coffee. Blue Mountain Coffee may be Blue Mountain coffee, but it is not really Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. The real Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee has a rich, balanced, fruity and sour taste, which can meet people's various needs. In addition, the high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee has a long-lasting flavor, as drinkers say, with a lingering aftertaste.

Blue Mountain Coffee planting Environment

Blue Mountain Coffee grows in a specific environment to have the flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee. Even if the Blue Mountain Coffee Tree is planted in Hawaii, it can not grow its Blue Mountain Coffee flavor. What is so special about the growing environment of Blue Mountain Coffee?

The Blue Mountains are located in the eastern part of the island of Jamaica, hence its name because it is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. On clear days, the sun shines directly on the blue sea, and the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea. The highest peak of the Blue Mountains, which is 2256 meters above sea level, is the highest peak in the Caribbean and a famous tourist attraction. It is located in the earthquake zone, with fertile volcanic soil, fresh air, no pollution, humid climate, foggy and rainy all the year round (average precipitation of 1980 mm and temperature of about 27 degrees). Qianjie believes that it is this climate that has created the world-famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, as well as one of the most expensive coffee in the world.

Coffee grown in the Blue Mountains usually ripens between June and November every year, and local women who are familiar with the terrain are arranged to pick coffee cherries on steep slopes. Here, female workers who pick coffee fruits need to have some experience, and they need to harvest fruits with suitable maturity, because undermature or overripe coffee cherries are easy to affect the quality of coffee produced later. Qianjie believes that it is precisely because of such a superior environment and strict picking process that Blue Mountain Coffee is special and has become the most mellow coffee in the world.

Classification of Blue Mountain Coffee beans

The grading of coffee beans varies from place to place, and Blue Mountain Coffee is graded according to altitude and the size of the beans. According to the altitude of planting, Blue Mountain Coffee is divided into three categories: Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, Jamaican Alpine Coffee and Jamaican Coffee. Different grades also determine different prices.

1. Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is divided into four grades each under Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee. From top to bottom in terms of quality, NO.1, NO.2, NO.3 and PB,PB are round beans. According to CIB standards, only coffee grown at 1000-1700 meters above sea level is called Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, with low yield, large particles, good quality and harmonious taste, while having appropriate sour, bitter, fragrant, mellow and sweet taste, it is recognized as the best in the world, so the price of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is the highest and the grade is also the highest.

(1) No.1-17hammer 18 mesh, the proportion of defective beans does not exceed 2%. (2) No.2-16 stroke 17 mesh, the proportion of defective beans does not exceed 2%. (3) No.3-15 hammer 16 mesh, the proportion of defective beans does not exceed 2%. (4) Peaberry-10MS, the proportion of defective beans does not exceed 2%.

2. The coffee produced by Jamaican Alpine Coffee in the Blue Mountain area of Jamaica is called Alpine Coffee, which is also second only to Blue Mountain Coffee in quality. it is called the brother variety of Blue Mountain Coffee by industry insiders. Jamaica Blue Mountain caffeine produces very little, so if you want to taste Jamaican coffee, then Jamaican Alpine Coffee is your best choice.

3. Jamaican Coffee Coffee grown outside the Blue Mountains is called Jamaican Coffee, which is less than 500 meters above sea level.

The Blue Mountain Coffee on the front street is Jamaica Blue Mountain one Coffee. It comes from Clifton Manor, the oldest coffee farm in Jamaica, and Clifton Manor is the only coffee farm in Jamaica certified by the Rainforest Alliance. To be certified, farms must meet sustainable agricultural standards, the standards are aimed at protecting ecosystems, protecting biodiversity and waterways, protecting forests, reducing the use of agrochemicals, improving livelihoods and safeguarding the rights and well-being of workers and local communities. Because it has been certified by the Rainforest Alliance, there will be a green frog logo on the Blue Mountain Coffee Bucket on the estate. And only Blue Mountain Coffee is filled in wooden buckets.

Blue mountain coffee bean variety

The reason why Blue Mountain coffee is so delicious is inseparable from its most primitive variety of iron pickup. As we all know, iron pickup belongs to Arabica, while Arabica coffee is generally fine coffee. Blue Mountain Coffee is the boutique of boutique coffee, indicating how high its grade is and how famous it is.

The tree shape of the iron pickup is tall, and there will be red copper leaves at the top, so it is often called red top coffee. Iron pickup has a pure and elegant flavor, but its physique is weak, disease resistance is poor, and the yield of a single plant is very small. This is also the reason why there are fewer and fewer varieties of tin card coffee. It has been more than 200 years since iron pickup was introduced to Blue Mountain in the 18th century, and the iron pickup of Blue Mountain has also adapted to the local island type and evolved a better ability of disease resistance, among which the coffee berry disease will be much stronger than the general tin card.

Treatment of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans

Blue Mountain Coffee was initially washed with water, but in 2019 Clifton Farm first tried to launch a sun-treated Blue Mountain batch. Qianjie knows that this kind of sun blue mountain is not easy to come by, but Qianjie has always believed that the washed coffee can highlight the true flavor of the coffee at that time, so most of the rations and beans in Qianjie are mainly washed. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee with washing and tanning treatment on the front street.

Washing treatment method:

The picked fresh coffee cherries are manually screened for immature and overripe fruits, then peeled, fermented directly for 12-18 hours, and then brushed in clean water in order to remove the pectin layer outside the raw beans. Finally, the semi-dry and semi-wet coffee beans are spread out to dry until the water content is 12-14%. The dried coffee beans need to be strictly screened again, and finally packed and stored in the warehouse. Every step should be strictly mastered, otherwise it is easy to affect the quality of Blue Mountain Coffee. Qianjie believes that washing treatment has more steps to pick out defective beans, so the flavor of Blue Mountain coffee is clearer.

Suggestions for making coffee in front of the street:

Some people may say that such expensive and excellent coffee beans must be washed well and should not be wasted. Of course, Qianjie thinks that coffee beans have to be rinsed well in order to taste their real flavor. The freshness of coffee beans is an important link that affects the flavor of coffee. The coffee beans shipped in Qianjie are all roasted within 5 days, because Qianjie is well aware that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on the flavor. The purpose of Qianjie roasting is "freshly roasted coffee", so that every guest who places an order is the freshest coffee when he receives it. The bean cultivation period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so when the guest gets it, it is the time when the flavor is the best.

Of course, there are also some customers who need help grinding powder in front of the street, which does not matter, but Qianjie should be warned: if the coffee beans are ground in advance, there is no need to raise beans. Because in the process of transportation, the pressure caused by carbon dioxide in the package can also make the coffee flavor mellow, so the coffee powder can be brewed as soon as it is received. But the coffee powder needs to be brewed in time, because the coffee powder oxidizes more quickly after contact with the air, that is to say, the flavor of the coffee will dissipate more quickly, so the flavor of the coffee is not so good. Therefore, Qianjie suggests buying whole beans, grinding and flushing now, so that we can better taste the flavor of coffee.

Qianjie brewing Blue Mountain Coffee parameters:

Qianjie believes that the high-quality flavor of Blue Mountain coffee lies in the balance of sweet and sour, mellow thickness and full aroma. On baking, Qianjie chose medium-deep roasting, which can highlight the nutty and cocoa aromas of coffee beans. Better alcohol thickness can be obtained by using KONO filter cup.

Filter cup: Kono filter cup, water temperature: 88 ℃, powder content: 15g, powder / water ratio: 1:15

Degree of grinding: fine sugar thickness (Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 75%)

Now the KONO filter cup is moist, which can make the filter paper and coffee filter cup fit better. Put 15g coffee powder into the water in the sharing pot at the same time, steam with 30g water for 30s, then start injecting water around the center with small water flow for 30s, until 125g begins to segment, wait until the coffee powder layer drops to half the position of the filter cup and start to inject the second stage with the same method, until 225g, and then the filter cup can be removed after all the dripping is completed. From the beginning of water injection, the extraction time is 2: 39. Next, pick up the whole cup of coffee and shake it well, then pour it into the cup and taste it.

[front Street Sun Blue Mountain Coffee] slight acidity of berries, reminiscent of plums and mulberries, with a good overall balance, dark chocolate and nutty flavors, with a slight sense of fermentation. [Qianjie washed Blue Mountain Coffee] dark chocolate, nutty flavor, creamy smooth taste, sweet and sour balance

Although Blue Mountain Coffee is more common now, Qianjie will not recommend it on its own initiative, because the flavor of the coffee is different and what everyone likes is different, which depends entirely on the individual. Of course, the fresh lemon notes of Ethiopian coffee, the nutty herbs of Indonesia, the citrus flowers and fruits of Panama. The flavor of coffee in each producing area will be different, if there is a chance, Qianjie still hopes that everyone will taste it more, so that it can reflect a different coffee culture! And these different producing areas of coffee beans in front of the street can satisfy everyone's eagerness to try!

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