Jamaican Coffee 101 |
| Jamaica Blue Mountain® Coffee | Jamaica High Mountain Coffee (Jamaica Mountain Choice®) |
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| Coffee Arabica (Arabica Coffee) : Coffee we roast |
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| Coffea arabica takes about seven years to mature fully and does best with 1-1.5 meters (about 40-59 inches) of rain, evenly distributed throughout the year. It is usually cultivated between 1,300 and 1,500 m altitude, but there are plantations as low as sea level and as high as 2,800 m. |
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| The plant can tolerate low temperatures, but not frost, and it does best when the temperature hovers around 20 °C (68 °F). Commercial cultivars mostly only grow to about 5 m, and are frequently trimmed as low as 2 m to facilitate harvesting. Unlike Coffea canephora, Coffea arabica prefers to be grown in light shade. |
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| *Coffea Canephora (Robusta Coffee) : *Not grown in Jamaica |
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| Canephora is easier to care for than the other major species of coffee, Coffea arabica, and, because of this, is cheaper to produce. Since arabica beans are often considered superior, robusta is usually limited to lower grade coffee blends as a filler. It is however often included in instant coffee, and in espresso blends to promote the formation of "crema". |
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Jamaica Blue Mountain® Coffee |
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee or Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is a classification of coffee grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.It is grown primarily at altitudes between 3,000-5,500 feet. The best lots of Blue Mountain coffee are noted for their mild flavour and lack of bitterness. Over the last several decades, this coffee has developed a reputation that has made it one of the most expensive and sought-after coffees in the world.
 Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Products |
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Grade A:
Green Beans that are processed in the zoned area of the Blue Mountain are screened to produce a uniform and typically large sized bean.
Grade B:
Green Beans that are similarly processed but are smaller in size to the grade A beans still maintaining the blue/grey colour code. |
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Jamaica Mountain Choice® Coffee |
Jamaican High Mountain Coffee or what we retail as Jamaica Mountain Choice Coffee is a classification of coffee grown in several parishes throughout Jamaica. It is grown primarily at altitudes between 1,500-3,000 feet.
Strong competitor for Jamaica Blue Mountain regarding overall taste and flavour.
Jamaica Mountain Choice Coffee Products
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Grade A:
Green Beans that are processed outside the zoned area of the Blue Mountain are screened to produce a uniform sized bean.
Grade B:
Green Beans that are similarly processed but are smaller in size to the grade A beans. |
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