An introduction to the flavor and taste characteristics of the coffee of Silver Mountain Manor in Jamaica.

Real Blue Mountain Coffee is made from the best local green coffee beans, and that's what's so fun about tasting home. Its rich flavor, balance, rich fruit flavor and sour, can meet people's various needs. In addition, the flavor of high-quality fresh Blue Mountain coffee is particularly long-lasting, as drinkers say-endless aftertaste.

A closer look at the myth of Blue Mountain coffee is necessary because images of the past and reality of today often do not coincide. In 1725, Sir Nicholas Lawes brought the first Blue Mountain coffee seeds from Martinique to Jamaica, where they were planted in St Andrew. Today, St. Andrew's is still one of the top three growing regions for Blue Mountain coffee, the other two being Portland.

Portland and St. Thomas. 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 in Jamaica had been cleared for coffee, 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.

The coffee industry in Jamaica faces a number of problems, such as the effects of hurricanes, increased labor costs and difficulties in mechanizing terraces. Many small estates and farms are difficult to rationalize. Blue Mountain Coffee, however, is one of those coffee retailers that value credibility and want to stock some coffee anyway. A leading British retailer says he will continue to sell Blue Mountain coffee all year round regardless of price because he has many customers who only recognize Blue Mountain.

Today, 90% of post-harvest Blue Mountain coffee is purchased by Japanese. In 1992, Jamaica sold 688 tons of Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 75 tons to the United States and 59 tons to Britain. Now, with the rest of the world only getting 10 percent of Blue Mountain coffee production, Blue Mountain coffee is available regardless of price.

Mountain coffee is always in short supply. For many years Langford Brothers was the sole supplier in the UK. Edmonds Group was later supplied by Salda Foods of Jamaica