Introduction to the flavor and taste characteristics of coffee producing area of Valenford Manor in Jamaica

Because of its high price, Blue Mountain Coffee has a relatively fixed consumer group, and its market is mainly concentrated in Japan, followed by some European and American countries. Coffee beans are full in shape and slightly larger than ordinary beans. Its taste is very subtle, sour, fragrant, mellow, sweetness is uniform and strong, slightly bitter, harmonious taste, excellent flavor, suitable for individual coffee. It uses medium roasting (Medium Roast) to maximize the original taste of the coffee and enhance its aftertaste.

In recent years, with the improvement of domestic coffee consumption, a large number of cafes have begun to supply "Blue Mountain Coffee", and its price is often only a fraction or a tenth of that of authentic Blue Mountain coffee. In 2005, under the guidance of Taiwan coffee manufacturers, a large number of domestic media began to pay attention to and report the authenticity of Blue Mountain Coffee. So far, authentic Blue Mountain coffee is still out of reach of most domestic consumers because of its price and supply in the mainland market.

Blue Mountain Coffee can maintain its top status today, which is closely related to the local management policy. In 1932, Jamaica reduced the island's dependence on sugar exports through policies to encourage coffee production. 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 the output, but prefer to sacrifice the output to ensure the quality. Therefore, Jamaica is 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.

At present, there is rarely a blue mountain coffee bean in the "Blue Mountain style" coffee on the market. One kind of "Jamaican mixed Blue Mountain" coffee is a mixture of 30% Blue Mountain Coffee and 70% of the best Jamaican Alpine Coffee. The above two kinds of coffee try to imitate Blue Mountain Coffee, but can not achieve the perfect state.

Blue Mountain Coffee is "given the cold shoulder" in the United States, which has something to do with American habits. Since the 1970s, seasoned coffee has gradually become a favorite. It is to add spices to coffee beans, or to add coffee companions to brewed coffee, flavoring hundreds of coffee. Seasoned coffee is mostly made from cheaper coffee beans. When Blue Mountain Coffee is usually $80 per pound, Maxwell Coffee costs only $3 per pound.