The "secret" of why Blue Mountain Coffee tastes pure: Their coffee trees all grow on rugged slopes, and the picking process is very difficult, which is beyond the competence of local skilled female workers. It is very important to choose the right mature coffee beans when picking. Immature or mature coffee beans will affect the quality of coffee. The picked coffee beans should be shelled on the same day and then allowed to ferment 12- 18 hours. After that, the coffee beans are washed and screened. The next step is drying in the sun, which must be carried out on cement floor or thick blanket until the humidity of coffee beans drops to 12%- 14%. Then put it in a special warehouse for storage. Take it out and bake it when necessary, and then grind it into powder. These procedures must be strictly controlled, otherwise, the quality of coffee will be affected.
King Louis XV of France ordered coffee to be grown in Jamaica. In the mid-1920s, the Governor-General of Jamaica, Sir Nicholas Rouse, imported Arabica seeds from Martinique and began to promote them in St Andrew's. Until today, St. Andrew's area is still one of the three major producing areas of Blue Mountain coffee in Jamaica, and the other two producing areas are Portland and St. Thomas. In eight years, Jamaica has exported more than 375 tons of pure coffee. 1932, the coffee production reached its peak, and the harvested coffee exceeded 15000 tons.
On 1950, the Jamaican government established the Jamaica Coffee Industry Committee to set quality standards for Jamaican coffee and supervise the implementation of quality standards to ensure the quality of Jamaican coffee. The Committee awarded a special official seal to the raw coffee and roasted coffee exported by Jamaica, which is the highest-level national coffee institution in the world. At present, there are Mafeesur Riverside Central Factory (M.B.C.E), Blue Mountain Coffee Cooperative Factory (M.H.C.C.T), Portland Blue Mountain Coffee Cooperative Factory (P.X.X.S.H), Coffee Industry Association (Warren Ford) and Coffee Industry Association (St. John's Peak) that can represent the origin of Blue Mountain Coffee.
By 1969, the situation had improved, because Japanese loans were used to improve production quality, thus ensuring the market. Today, this kind of coffee has reached the point where it is enthusiastically loved.
By 198 1 year, about 1500 hectares of land in Jamaica were reclaimed for coffee cultivation, and another 6,000 hectares of coffee fields were invested for coffee. In fact, today's Blue Mountain area is a very small place, with a planting area of only 6,000 hectares. It is impossible to grow all the coffee marked "Blue Mountain" there. In addition, 12000 hectares of land is used to grow two other kinds of coffee: alpine top coffee and Jamaican premium coffee.
From the above, we can know the general production situation of blue mountain coffee, and pay attention to the blue mountain 99 that can be drunk in China now. 9% coffee is only grown near the Blue Mountains. Only 6,000 hectares of coffee with an altitude of 1.600 meters above sea level can be called blue mountain, and the output has been below 900 tons. According to the principle that 10% is supplied to the whole world outside Japan, this kind of world can only consume 90 tons of coffee a year. Can you drink it in any coffee shop for tens of dollars?
The best blue mountain coffee is undoubtedly one of the best coffees. Although the price can ensure an adequate supply of Blue Mountain coffee, it does not guarantee that coffee has the best taste. Besides, this kind of coffee tastes much more expensive than it looks. If you want to taste its best flavor, you should put more coffee beans than other coffees, otherwise the flavor will be a little inconsistent, so the flavor is reflected by adding 10% to 15% more coffee beans than the coffee at the second price.
Real blue mountain coffee is made from the best raw coffee beans in the area, which is the pleasure of regular tasters. Its flavor is rich, balanced, fruity and sour, which can meet people's various needs. In addition, high-quality fresh blue mountain coffee has a particularly lasting flavor, just as coffee drinkers say.
The best blue mountain coffee bean is peaberry 1, also known as pearl bean, which is a small round bean carefully selected from the products at an altitude of 2 100 meters, and it is a boutique in the boutique.
Flavor: The fragrance is very rich, with persistent fruit flavor.
Particle: Fuller
Suggested baking method: moderate baking
The caffeine content of Blue Mountain Coffee is very low, less than half of other coffees, which is in line with modern people's health concept.
No matter whether you plant the same coffee tree in Hawaii, Kenya, Papua New Guinea or other places with similar climate, you can't produce the taste of blue mountain coffee beans.
The pure Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee perfectly combines the unique taste of sour, bitter, sweet and alcohol in coffee, forming a strong attractive and elegant atmosphere, which is beyond the reach of other coffees. People who love blue mountain coffee say, "It is a kind of' coffee beauty', which integrates all the advantages of good coffee." Jim, the general manager of Pete's company, which is famous for its coffee and tea business in the United States, described Blue Mountain Coffee as follows: "It tastes fragrant, smooth and mellow, giving me a feeling as precious as a gem. It is precisely because the taste of Blue Mountain Coffee is moderate and perfect, so Blue Mountain Coffee is generally drunk in the form of black coffee. " Its liquid is golden yellow in the sun and its taste is smooth. According to the coffee book, Blue Mountain is the only kind of coffee in the world that is sour, bitter and enjoyable. Drink it and you'll understand.
The annual harvest period of Blue Mountain Coffee in Jamaica is from June to 1 1 month. It is usually picked by hand. After picking, it goes through cleaning, peeling, fermentation, dehydration, sun drying, hulling, baking and other processes in turn, thus obtaining a cooked blue mountain coffee bean. In the process of raw bean processing, there is a special person responsible for quality supervision at each step. For the very precious blue mountain coffee, the packaging and transportation methods adopted by the Jamaican government are also different. Different from other coffees, Blue Mountain Coffee is packed and transported in 60kg/ bag instead of 70kg/ barrel. Jamaica is also the last country that still uses traditional wooden barrel packaging to transport coffee. Blue Mountain coffee beans in Jamaica must obtain the quality accreditation certificate issued by Jamaica Coffee Industry Council, which is the only institution in Jamaica that has the right to issue such certificates. Moreover, each batch of exported coffee will have a special quality supervision expert responsible for coffee sampling, baking, grinding and brewing, and finally make a judgment on whether it meets the standards.
Because of its high price, Blue Mountain Coffee has a relatively fixed consumer group, and its sales are 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, sweet, strong, slightly bitter, harmonious in taste and excellent in flavor, and it is suitable for making single-flavor coffee. Medium roasting can retain the original flavor of coffee to the greatest extent and enhance the aftertaste.
In recent years, with the improvement of domestic coffee consumption level, a large number of cafes have begun to supply "Blue Mountain Coffee", and its price is often only one tenth or one tenth of that of authentic Blue Mountain Coffee. In 2005, under the guidance of coffee merchants in Taiwan Province Province, a large number of domestic media began to pay attention to and report the authenticity of Blue Mountain Coffee. So far, the price and supply of authentic Blue Mountain coffee in the mainland market are still beyond the reach of most domestic consumers.
Blue mountain coffee can maintain its best state today, which is inseparable from the local business policy. From 65438 to 0932, Jamaica reduced its dependence on sugar exports by encouraging coffee production policies. Unlike most coffee-producing countries, the local government does not plant a large number of high-yield and poor-quality coffee in order to increase the output value, but prefers quality, preferring to sacrifice output and ensure quality. Therefore, Jamaica is one of the countries with less coffee production in the world. Brazil, the world's largest coffee exporter, produces 30 million bags of coffee every year, while Blue Mountain Coffee only produces about 40,000 bags every year.
At present, there are very few blue mountain coffee beans in the "blue mountain" coffee on the market. There is a kind of "Jamaican Mixed Blue Mountain Coffee" which is a mixture of 30% Blue Mountain Coffee and 70% best Jamaican Alpine Coffee. Both of the above coffees try to imitate the Blue Mountain Coffee, but they are not perfect.
The "cold reception" of Blue Mountain Coffee in America is related to American habits. Since 1970s, flavored coffee has gradually become popular. It adds spices to coffee beans, or coffee partners to cooked coffee. There are hundreds of flavors of coffee. Flavored coffee is mostly made from cheap coffee beans. When Blue Mountain coffee is generally 80 dollars a pound, Maxwell coffee is only 3 dollars a pound.