Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Estate Wallenford Estate

Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the three major growing regions, the other two being Portland and St. Thomas. Thomas) producing area. Within eight years, Jamaica exported more than 375 tons of pure coffee. Coffee production peaked in 1932, harvesting more than 15000 tons of coffee. But by 1948, coffee quality had declined and Canadian buyers refused to renew the contract, so the Jamaica government set up the Coffee Industry Council to save the fate of premium coffee. By 1969, the situation had improved because Japanese loans had improved the quality of production and thus secured the market. Even in 1969, Japanese coffee drinkers were willing to pay insurance for the coffee, but today it has reached the point where it is a cult favorite. By 1981, about 1500 hectares of land had been cleared for coffee in Jamaica, followed by investment in another 6000 hectares.

In fact, today's Blue Mountain region is a small area of only 6000 hectares, and not all the coffee labeled "Blue Mountain" can be grown there. An additional 12000 hectares are devoted to growing two other types of coffee (non-Blue Mountain coffee): High Mountain Supreme and Jamaica Prime Washed Jamaican.

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 across Jamaica 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