St. Andrew, the Blue Mountain Coffee region of Jamaica

Is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee the best coffee in the world?

Almost everyone who has heard of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee knows that it is the most expensive coffee in the world, but not everyone knows why. Like Rolls-Royce cars and violins made by Stradivari

(Stradivarius Violin) similarly, when something gains the reputation of "the best in the world", this reputation often makes it its own characteristic and becomes an eternal myth.

The best Blue Mountain Coffee is undoubtedly one of the best coffees available. Although the price can guarantee the supply of Blue Mountain coffee, it does not guarantee the best flavor of the coffee. It is also worth noting that the coffee is more expensive to drink than it looks. If you want to taste its best flavor, you must put in the coffee beans.

It has to be more than other coffee, otherwise the flavor doesn't live up to its name, so the real cost of reflecting the flavor is that it adds 10% to 15% more beans than coffee, which is second only to it.

It is said that the real Blue Mountain Cafe

Coffee is made from the best local raw coffee beans, which is the pleasure of tasters. Its flavor is rich, balanced, fruity and sour, and can meet people's various needs. In addition, high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee

The flavor is very long-lasting, as drinkers say-endless aftertaste.

It is necessary to take a closer look at the myth of Blue Mountain Coffee, because the image of the past is often inconsistent with the reality of today. In 1725, Sir Nicholas Laus (Sir Nicholas

Lawes) brought the first Blue Mountain Coffee species from Martinique to Jamaica and grew them in the St.Andrew area. Today, the producing area of St. Andrew is still

One of the three major producing areas of Blue Mountain Coffee, the other two are Portland and St..Thomas. In eight years, Jamaica exported 375 pure coffee.

More than one ton. In 1932, coffee production reached its peak and more than 15000 tons of coffee was harvested.

But by 1948, the quality of coffee had declined and Canadian buyers refused to renew their contracts, so the Jamaican government set up the Coffee Industry Committee to save the fate of top coffee. By 1969, the situation had changed.

Good, because the use of Japanese loans to improve the quality of production, thus ensuring the market. Even in 1969, Japanese coffee drinkers were willing to pay insurance for the coffee, but now it has reached the point of being madly loved.

By 1981, about 1500 hectares of land in Jamaica had been reclaimed for coffee cultivation, followed by investment in another 6000 hectares of coffee land.

In fact, today's Blue Mountain area is the only one

In a small area of 6000 hectares, not all coffee marked with the words "Blue Mountain" can be grown there. Another 12000 hectares of land is used to grow the other two types of coffee (non-blue mountain coffee): Alpine.

Top coffee (High Mountain Supreme) and Jamaican coffee (Prime Washed Jamaican).

The real Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most advantageous coffee growing conditions in the world. The weather, geological structure and topography of Jamaica provide a unique ideal place. The ridge across Jamaica extends to the eastern part of the island, blue

The mountains are more than 2100 meters high. The cool weather, foggy weather and frequent rainfall reconcile the rich land of Rain Water. Here people use a mixed planting method to plant coffee trees next to banana trees and alligator pear trees in terraces.

Some small estates also grow Blue Mountain Coffee, such as Wallenford Estate and Silver Hill.

Estate) and the Manor of Atlanta in J.Martinez (Atlanta)

Estate), etc. Even the largest landowners in the region are small-scale growers by international standards, many of whom are small landowners whose families have been working on the land for two centuries.

The coffee industry in Jamaica faces a series of problems, such as the impact of hurricanes, the increase in labor costs and the difficulty of mechanizing terraces. It is difficult to rationalize planting on many small estates and farms.

However, Blue Mountain Coffee is one of those coffee retailers that value credibility to stock some coffee no matter what. A leading British retailer said: no matter what the price, he will continue to sell Blue Mountain coffee all year round because he has many customers who only recognize "Blue Mountain".