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A History of the Blue Mountain Coffee

The Blue Mountain coffee is considered to be the best coffee in the whole galaxy. This 100% Jamaican coffee is taken as black gold and is well known for its flavor. A balanced cup of this rare coffee contains a sweet and smooth aromatic flavor. The blue mountains of Jamaica are tremendously fertile. As a result, this coffee is the world’s highest grown coffees because the coffee crops are usually cultivated between 3,500 and 5,000 feet.

Coffee was introduced in Jamaica in 1728 when Sir Nicholas Lawes, who is then the Governor of Jamaica, brought in Arabica seedlings originated from the Island of Martinique. It was soon discovered that this country was suitable for the coffee cultivation and soon nine years after about 83,000 lbs. of this coffee was exported.  Next, in the year 1891, qualified instructors were sent out to certain districts to educate people on the art of cultivating and curing coffee. In order to increase the production of coffee, more efforts were taken to build a Central Coffee Work for coffee processing and grading. Since then, the Coffee Industry Board which exists in June 1950 is officially responsible to raise and maintain the quality of exported coffee. The Blue Mountain region is located in the East of the island and JBM is a name only for coffee grown within. The coffee production started to expand widely as the new home for these seedlings proved to be the ideal place.  On the other hand, support from government and training in the art of coffee cultivation allowed the industry to grow with reputation and quality.

The availability of the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee type is restricted due to it is exceptionally high in quality. The limited geographical area of the Blue Mountain has to be carefully defined. The biggest buyer will be the Japanese who purchases over 80 percent of the total product other than owning large investments in the coffee industry too. It is undeniable then that the rest of the world has to wrestle forcefully to secure for themselves the remaining 15 percent. The high-quality of each hand-picked bean is one of the main reasons the Blue Mountain is the most expensive coffee in the world. If we look at some of the world’s most distinguished coffee shops, the retail value can stand at US $55 per pound which is four or five times the cost of other pure Arabica coffees. 

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