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In 1717, King Louis XV of France ordered coffee to be grown in Jamaica. In the mid-1920s, Nicholas, governor of Jamaica, ordered coffee to be grown in Jamaica. Nicholas Lawes imported Arabica seeds from Martinique and began planting them in St. Andrew. To this day, St. Andrew's is one of the top three growing regions for Blue Mountain coffee in Jamaica, along with 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.

The Jamaica Coffee Industry Board was established by the Government of Jamaica in 1950 to establish quality standards for Jamaica coffee and oversee the implementation of quality standards to ensure the quality of Jamaica coffee. The Commission awards a special official seal to Jamaica's exports of green and roasted coffee and is the world's highest national coffee authority. At present, Mavis Bank Coffee Factory (M.B.C. F), Blue Mountain Coffee Cooperative Factory (M.H.C.C.T.), Portland Blue Mountain Coffee Cooperative Plant (P.X.X.S.H.), Coffee Industry Association (Wallenford), Coffee Industry Association (St. John's Peak) and Blue (J.A.S.) 6 kinds of logo.

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.

geographical advantages

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, most of the Blue Mountain coffee is now 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 now purchased by Japanese. Blue Mountain coffee is now in short supply, regardless of price, since the rest of the world can only get 10 percent of Blue Mountain coffee.

classification

There are three varieties of coffee in Jamaica: Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, Jamaica High Mountain Supreme Coffee Beans and Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans. Among them, Blue Mountain Coffee and Alpine Coffee are divided into four grades. 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; coffee grown below 666 meters in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica is called Alpine Coffee; 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 Range, 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 John Crow, St. John's Peak,Mossman's Peak,High Peak,Blue Mountian Peak and other five mountain areas in the Blue Mountains.