What kind of coffee is grown in Clifton Manor, Jamaica?

What kind of coffee is grown in Clifton Manor, Jamaica?

Some small estates also grow Blue Mountain Coffee, such as Wallenford Estate, Silver Hill Estate and Atlanta Estate in J.Martinez. Even the largest landowners in the region are small-scale growers by international standards, many of whom are small landowners whose families have been working on the land for two centuries. The coffee industry in Jamaica faces a series of problems, such as the impact of hurricanes, the increase in labor costs and the difficulty of mechanizing terraces. It is difficult for many small estates and farms to rationalize the cultivation of Blue Mountain Coffee, which differs from other coffee in that it is transported in barrels with a capacity of 70 kilograms, a replica of Bonifieur barrels produced in Guadeloupe in the last century. The barrel was originally used to carry flour shipped from the United Kingdom to Jamaica, usually with a trademark and the name of the manufacturer. The Coffee Industry Committee issues certificates for all authentic Jamaican coffee and bears a stamp of approval before export.

As early as the mid-18th century (around 1750), Clifton Farm began to grow and produce coffee. According to a survey conducted by the Jamaica Institute in 1810, Robert Hamilton was the owner of the farm at that time. This map shows that Clifton Mountain is divided into two parts: 427 acres of pastures with 80 acres of coffee at the top, 111 acres of coffee and 264 acres of pastures at the foot of the mountain.

In 1872, Ms. Marianne Ross, a famous British painter and writer, visited Jamaica and stayed on Clifton Hill for five months. In her autobiography memories of Happy Life, she mentions the Clifton Hotel where she stayed: "the Clifton Hotel belongs to a local gentleman who has lost his wife. Instead of staying in a hotel, he rents it out to different people every week, so that more people can experience the cold air at an altitude of 5000 feet and have the opportunity to walk among the ancient coffee plantations in Jamaica.

The earliest "Jamaican Blue Mountain" refers to the coffee produced by "Warren Ford Farm" and "Silver Hill Farm", with the former of the best quality; today, the Jamaican Blue Mountain refers to coffee beans growing in the Blue Mountain area (more than 1000 meters high) east of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Now Mawei is the largest manor, its barrel is printed with M.B.C.F, and its products are often found in Taiwan. The quality control of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica is very strict, and the certification work is carried out by the government's "Coffee Industry Committee".

Coffee beans that generally grow at low elevations and other areas can only be called "Jamaican mountain beans" or "Jamaican waterwashed beans". Compared with the Jamaican Blue Mountains, the flavor is very different, but, the area of these producing areas is twice that of the real blue mountain area, and the output accounts for 75% of the country's output, so when you buy Jamaican coffee, don't think that you have bought Blue Mountain coffee.