Unique flavor of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee introduces St. Thomas producing area

By 1969, the situation had improved, as Japanese loans had improved the quality of production and thus secured the market. By now, the coffee has reached the point of being fanatically loved.

By 1981, about 1500 hectares of land in Jamaica had been cleared for coffee, followed by another 6000 hectares. In fact, today's Blue Mountain region is a small area of only 6000 hectares, and it is impossible that all the coffee labeled "Blue Mountain" is grown there. Another 12000 hectares are devoted to growing two other types of coffee: alpine premium coffee and Jamaica premium coffee.

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Blue Mountains of Jamaica

Blue Mountains of Jamaica

Blue Mountain Coffee is the world's premier coffee, and Jamaica's weather, geology and terrain 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, Blue Mountain coffee is mostly controlled 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 purchased by Japanese. Since the rest of the world can only get 10% of Blue Mountain coffee, Blue Mountain coffee is always in short supply regardless of price.

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Jamaica coffee has three varieties:

Blue Mountain Coffee

(Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee), which is divided into four grades under Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee. From the top to the bottom of the quality points are: NO.1, NO.2, NO.3 and PB, PB is round beans. According to CIB standards, only coffee grown above 666 meters above sea level is called Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee;

Alpine coffee

(Jamaica High Mountain Supreme Coffee Beans) The coffee produced in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica below 666 meters is called alpine coffee, which is also the coffee second only to Blue Mountain coffee quality. It is called the brother variety of Blue Mountain coffee by industry insiders. Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee produces very little caffeine, so if you want to taste Jamaica coffee, then Jamaica alpine coffee is your best choice.

Jamaica Coffee

（Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans）。Coffee grown outside the Blue Mountains is called Jamaica coffee. It turns out that Chinese coffee industry generally has a wrong understanding that only coffee planted in the Blue Mountain area above 1800 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain Coffee. In fact, there is only one manor on the mountain crown above 1800 meters in the Blue Mountain Mountains, Amber, which is descended from Chinese people. The manor's main surname is Lyn(Lin), whose ancestral home is Guangdong, China. The manor has only 30 hectares of land and its yield is very small. Blue Mountain coffee is mainly distributed in the Blue Mountain Mountains John Crow, St. John's Peak,Mossman's Peak,High Peak,Blue Mountian Peak and other five mountain areas.

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Blue Mountain Coffee

Blue Mountain Coffee

From the above, we can understand the general production situation of Blue Mountain coffee. It should be noted that 99.9% of the Blue Mountain coffee that can be drunk in China is only planted near the Blue Mountain Range. Only the coffee produced in the 6000 hectares above 1600 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain, and the output has always been below 900 tons. According to the principle of 10% supply to the whole world outside Japan, Is this coffee, which the world consumes only 90 tons a year, something that can be drunk at any cafe for a few dozen yuan?