The island of Jamaica is known for many things, sandy beaches, reggae, Bob Marley, and coffee. The high appreciation of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee under avid coffee drinker has driven its price between $ 26 and $ 40 per pound. What is it about this particular brew, which justifies such a high price tag?
True to its name, is Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee grown in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica, usually between Kingston in the south and Port Maria is located in the north. Rising to 7,500 feet, the Blue Mountains are the highest point in the Caribbean. The area is characterized by cool, moist weather and dark, rich soil with good drainage, ideal conditions for growing coffee. Although coffee is not native to Jamaica, it is the chief export of the island.
Not just any old cup of Joe called Jamaican Blue Mountain. The Coffee Industry Board of Jamaica, each bag of coffee to certify only the highest quality to ensure beans bear the prestigious brand name. The Board recognizes only beans grown in certain communities of Jamaica: St. Andrew, St. Thomas, Portland and St. Mary.
The Coffee Industry Regulation Act, a system of three classes of Jamaican Blue Mountain on the screen or the size of the bean is based. The term refers to the literal display screens used in various sizes, sort the beans by size. The theory behind this practice is that beans are grown at higher altitudes greater and better-tasting coffee than those grown at lower altitudes.
The strict quality standards for Jamaican Blue Mountain excludes beans which would be likely as other fine specialty coffees. The screening process helps eliminate even Maragogipe (elephant beans). A mutant are probably built on Brazil, elephants large beans, green beans, which is porous to absorb the flavor of the land they grow in. The jury still appears on their value, but they are as an intolerable lack of Jamaican Blue Mountain production.
At least 96 percent of beans are used, they must be the same size and bluish-green color. Not more than two percent, the Standard lost in any way. Sour or black beans or foreign matter of any kind will not be covered as unforgivable error, and under the two-percent rule. The indomitable benchmark is necessary to maintain the trains, have come to expect the coffee drinker.
The geographical area, the Jamaican Blue Mountain growing beans, is relatively small and can only produce so much coffee. The limited quantity that will have the incomparable quality of careful cultivation, the alluring fragrance and the names of the renowned Jamaican Blue Mountain doubt its reputation as one who wore the most sought after coffees in the world. As long as hard-core coffee drinkers, it continues to demand, there will also be one of the most expensive.
