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Blue Mountain Coffee is the world's most

Jamaica's weather, geology and topography combine to provide the ideal location. Ridges running through Jamaica extend to the east of the island, and the Blue Mountains rise to more than 2100 meters. The weather is cool, foggy and frequent, so use this rich soil to reconcile rain. Here, coffee trees are grown in a mixed cropping system, alongside banana and avocado trees on terraces. Some small farms are also planted. But even the region's largest planters are small-scale farmers by international standards, many of them smallholders whose families have been working for two centuries. The coffee industry in Jamaica faces a number of problems, such as the impact of hurricanes, increased labour costs and difficulties in mechanising terraces. Many small estates and farms are difficult to rationalize.

Since Japan has always invested in Jamaica coffee industry, most of the Blue Mountain coffee is now owned by the Japanese, and they have also obtained the right of first refusal to buy Blue Mountain coffee. In 1992, Jamaica sold 688 tons of Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 75 tons to the United States and 59 tons to Britain. 90% of Blue Mountain coffee is now purchased by Japanese. Since the rest of the world now gets only 10% of Blue Mountain coffee, Blue Mountain coffee is always in short supply regardless of price.

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Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee comes in three grades: Blue Mountain Coffee, Jamaica High Mountainin Supreme Coffee Beans, and Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans. Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee are divided into two grades. From quality to points from top to bottom: Blue Mountain No. 1, Blue Mountain No. 2, Mountain No. 1, Mountain No. 2, Jamaica coffee. Blue Mountain coffee is usually grown between 457 and 1524 meters above sea level. Coffee grown between 274 and 457 meters above sea level is often referred to as Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans, and Blue Mountain coffee is several times more expensive than Alpine coffee. It is mainly distributed in John Crow, St. John 's Peak,Mossman's Peak,High Peak and Blue Mountian Peak.