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Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is said to be the best tasting coffee in the world.
And I agree.
It has a special taste all its own.
Where It's Grown
The coffee is grown at Blue Mountain Peak that is at the most eastern end of the beautiful island of Jamaica and is the highest point in Jamaica, where the cool misty condition mixed with rich earth and wild ginger flowers is where Jamaica blue mountain coffee is grown.
This world famed quality coffee bean, the arabica bean, that is of a blue green color after the outer shell is removed, is grown in a designated area of the Blue Mountains and is very flavorful.
I heard that Ian Fleming, the noted novelist of the James Bood series, who lived part-time in Jamaica, would not allow his literary hero James Bond to drink any other coffee.
Its Production and Taste
Because of the rainfall pattern, the cool misty mist conditions, mixed into the rich earth, the best condition for the cultivation of the world's best tasting coffee to be produced.
The coffee has good acidity, with a clean full body taste with an intense aroma that comes from the type of color the beans are.
The cherry ripe completely red berries are hand picked and floated in water on two occasions before processing.
Our blue mountain coffee berries are only made from top quality beans that have gone through extensive examination and elimination process.
If the beans are not of high quality they are discarded especially if they are underdeveloped or have insect damage.
The Coffee Industry Board grade the beans according to certain verified characteristics and also according to size, that are sorted as Grade I, Grade II, Grade III, and Peaberry beans.
A Peaberry bean is a closed bean.
Next the beans must past stringent tests, with one of the test done by hand, where every bean is examined, and the other test is the coffee's taste, body and color.
Other Types of Jamaican Coffee
There are other types of Jamaican coffee known as High Mountain Blend or Low Land and this depending on their origin.
These are grown at a lower altitude.
It is a good tasting cup of coffee, but not like the legendary Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.
But you can click on this link and purchase Jablum Coffee or purchase other fine Jamaican Coffee here today.
How It Is Stored
Then Aspen wood barrels are filled with the highest quality of Jamaican blue mountain coffee beans the blue mountain peak has to offer, that is then certified by the Jamaica Coffee Industry Board.