Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

Jamaica Blue Mountain is the name of an Arabica coffee variety, which grows in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.

Cultivation area

Blue Mountain coffee is one with a few other coffees to the top category of specialty coffees. The coffee trees are grown between 910 meters and 1700 meters altitude. The growing area is just 6,000 acres. The areas above 1700 meters are densely wooded and preserved as a forest reserve. The fog, cool temperatures and heavy precipitation are in the Blue Mountains, the main factors for a particular climate, making the coffee cherries grow much more slowly.

Through this long maturation create a special flavor with recognition value, which is highly appreciated by coffee experts. The subtle aroma, low crop yield and hand plucked, special packaging in wooden barrels and elaborate marketing make the " Jamaica Blue Mountain" with a market price of about $ 100 per kilogram to one of the most expensive coffees worldwide.

History

According to the Jamaica coffee came in 1728 by the Governor Nicholas Lawes. By 1800 there were already 700 plantations, because the climate was found to be suitable for coffee cultivation. This led in 1814 to an export quantity of about 15,000 metric tons. With the abolition of slavery in the 1830s ( while officially 1807) was farming the plantation difficult and the coffee exports fell in 1850 to 1,500 tons from.

Even later fought the coffee industry against setbacks. To 1943, this industry collapsed due to lack of manpower, organization and mismanagement almost. The quality of the coffee exported was no longer satisfactory for many foreign customers and sales declined. This led to the founding of the " Coffee Industry Board" ( CIB). This is a public institution, the increased sales with strict quality control, centralized marketing and the takeover of the entire export. The CIB guarantees the required quality and the authenticity of the coffee exported to this day.

Classifications

Blue Mountain coffee is divided into different quality levels. In total, there are five classifications, which are broken down by factors such as size, color, moisture content and defects as follows:

  • Jamaica Blue Mountain No.. 1: 96 % of the beans have a size from 6.75 to 7 mm ( Screen Size 17/18) to no more than 2% of significant deficiencies
  • Jamaica Blue Mountain No.. 2: 96 % of the beans have a size from 6.5 to 6.75 mm (Screen Size 16 /17) to no more than 2% of significant deficiencies
  • Jamaica Blue Mountain No.. 3: 96 % of the beans have a size of 6 to 6.5 mm ( Screen Size 15/16) to no more than 2% of significant deficiencies
  • Jamaica Blue Mountain Peaberry: 96 % of the beans have a size of at least 4 mm ( Screen Size 10 ) no more than 2% of significant deficiencies on
  • Jamaica Blue Mountain Triage: Contains beans classifications No. 1 to no. 3 with not more than 4 % of significant deficiencies

The green coffee of classes No. 1 to Peaberry is bottled in wooden casks, the class triage in bags.

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