Is Blue Mountain a variety of coffee beans?
No, Blue Mountain Coffee is mainly Tibica. The poor disease resistance of traditional Tiebica leads to the unstable quality of Blue Mountain coffee. Therefore, in recent years, Jamaica began to introduce other soybean varieties with stronger disease resistance, but the flavor of the improved varieties will be slightly worse than that of the traditional varieties.
What is the blue mountain?
Blue Mountain is a mountain range in eastern Jamaica. The Blue Mountains are often shrouded in fog and seem to emit blue light under the sunlight, hence the name. The original blue mountain coffee refers to the Tiebica coffee planted in St. Andrew's manor near the blue mountain range. At present, there are four certified authentic blue mountain coffee producing areas in Jamaica: St. Andrew, St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland. Coffee grown at an altitude of 1000~ 1700 meters can be marked with the blue mountain logo. Those planted in these four administrative regions, but with an altitude of 500 ~ 1000 meters, were rated as Jamaican high mountains. Those below 500 meters above sea level were rated as the highest in Jamaica.
Why is Blue Mountain Coffee so famous?
There was no concept of fine coffee in the early years. Coffee beans sold in the market are mainly commercial coffee beans. Compared with ordinary commercial coffee beans, Blue Mountain Coffee has a clean taste, outstanding sweetness and sufficient aroma, which is sought after by Japanese people. The output of authentic blue mountain coffee is small, only 600~ 1000 tons per year. In earlier years, 80%~90% of Blue Mountain Coffee was exported to Japan.
Why is Blue Mountain Coffee so famous?
Blue mountain coffee is very balanced in acidity, sweetness and bitterness, with soft entrance and long aftertaste, as well as fruity and nutty aroma. Mr. Han Huaizong described this in the book "World Coffee Research": The blue mountain of wine is soft and sour, with the sweet smell of toffee, and the most fascinating thing is that it has a delicate fragrance.
How to grade Blue Mountain Coffee?
Blue Mountain Coffee is divided into four grades, namely: No.65438 +0, No.2, No.3 and PB. 1 indicates that 96% of raw beans are 17/ 18 mesh, and the defective rate is less than 2%; No.2 means that 96% of raw beans are 16/ 17 mesh, and the defective rate is less than 2%; No.3 means that 96% of raw beans are 15/ 16 mesh, and the defective rate is less than 2%; Raw beans with 96% PB are small round beans, and the defective rate is less than 2%.
Generally speaking, a coffee cherry will contain two seeds, but sometimes there may be only one. This seed is called a small round bean. The "mesh number" of coffee refers to the size of coffee particles, 1 mesh = 1/64 inch =25.4/64 mm.