Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee or Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is a classification of coffee grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The coffee was introduced to Jamaica in 1728.[1]
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is an Arabica coffee-bean variety called Typica,[2] which originated in southwestern Ethiopia.[3]
The best lots of Blue Mountain coffee are noted for their mild flavour and lack of bitterness. Over the past few decades, this coffee has developed a reputation that has made it one of the world's most expensive and sought-after coffees. Over 80% of all Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is exported to Japan.[4] In addition to their use for brewed coffee, the beans are the flavour base of Tia Maria coffee liqueur.
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is a globally protected certification mark, meaning only coffee certified by the Jamaica Commodities Regulatory Authority[5] (previously the Coffee Industry Board of Jamaica) can be labelled as such. It comes from a recognised growing region in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica, and the Coffee Industry Board of Jamaica monitors its cultivation.
Generally located between Kingston to the south and Port Antonio to the north, the Blue Mountains are some of the highest mountains in the Caribbean, rising to 2,256 metres (7,402 ft). The region's climate is cool and misty with high rainfall, and the soil is rich with excellent drainage, conditions considered ideal for coffee cultivation.[6]
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- ^ "Arabica Coffee Varieties | Typica". varieties.worldcoffeeresearch.org. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ "Embassy of Jamaica - Tokyo". Archived from the original on 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ^ "Background – Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority". Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee: The History, 2020" Eighty Seven Plus Coffee