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Taste and Flavor characteristics of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

Published: 2024-09-19 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/19, 80% of Jamaica is covered by mountains, with steep mountains and coffee trees almost entirely on rugged slopes. Therefore, the process of picking coffee beans during the harvest period is very difficult, and non-local skilled female workers are simply not competent. When picking, we should choose the right mature coffee beans, immature or ripe coffee beans will affect the quality of coffee. After picking

80% of Jamaica is covered by mountains, with steep mountains and coffee trees almost entirely on rugged slopes. Therefore, the process of picking coffee beans during the harvest period is very difficult, and non-local skilled female workers are simply not competent. When picking, we should choose the right mature coffee beans, immature or ripe coffee beans will affect the quality of coffee. The picked coffee beans are shelled on the same day, and then let them ferment for 18 hours. After that, the coffee beans were cleaned and screened. The subsequent process is to dry, which must be carried out on the cement floor or on a thick blanket until the humidity of the coffee beans drops to 12% 14%. And then store it in a special warehouse. Take it out and roast when needed, then grind it into powder. These procedures must be strictly mastered, otherwise, the quality of coffee will be affected.

For the very precious Blue Mountain Coffee, the packing and transportation mode adopted by the Jamaican government is also different. Unlike other coffees, Blue Mountain Coffee is not packed and transported in cloth bags at 60kg / bag, but in wooden barrels at the standard of 70kg / barrel. What is even more special is that each barrel is accompanied by a certificate issued and sealed by the Jamaican government to prove its pure pedigree, which is unique in the whole coffee industry.

Not all coffee produced in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica is labeled "Blue Mountain Coffee". There are two grades of coffee here: "Alpine Coffee" and "Blue Mountain Coffee". Only those grown in the Blue Mountains above 609 meters above sea level are authorized to use the logo "Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee". Blue Mountain Coffee can maintain today's top status, but also closely related to the local business policy. In 1932, Jamaica adopted a policy to encourage coffee production to reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports. Unlike most coffee-producing countries, the local government does not plant a large number of high-quality and poor-quality coffee in order to increase output, but to give priority to quality, preferring to sacrifice the output of coffee to ensure the quality of Blue Mountain coffee. Therefore, Jamaica is currently one of the countries with low coffee production in the world. Brazil, the world's largest coffee exporter, produces 30 million bags of coffee a year, while Blue Mountain produces only about 40, 000 bags a year.

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