Google Maps - Jamaica

Google Maps - Growing Regions
Blue Mountains

Altitude (Meters) - 600-2000

Cup Profile
Mellow, balanced, and rich

Language
English, Creole

Coffee Production (lbs.)
NA

Exports (lbs.)
NA

Botanical Varieties
Blue Mountain, Typica

Wet Processed - Yes
Dry Processed - NA

Jamaica
Jamaican coffee IS . . . Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. Jamaican coffee is consistently the highest priced coffee in the world, and with these prices (up to 20 times regular coffee) there is a very strict certification program to insure that if you buy Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee you get Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee.

Sometimes you will see Jamaican High Mountain coffee. High Mountain is coffee grown outside of the Blue Mountain region, and thus, does not carry the Blue Mountain name. The major producers of Jamaican Blue Mountain are Wallenford, Mavis Bank, Old Tavern Estate, and Moy Hall. We cup and choose from these elite sources only for Blue Mountains we carry.

Jamaican Blue Mountain fits the Island coffee profile (Hawaiian, St. Helena, Puerto Rico) of balanced, rich, delicate, and mild. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee comes in wooden barrels rather than in the familiar burlap bags, and most of the 165 barrels go straight from Jamaica to Japan, where the coffee fetches a very high premium.

Is the price of this coffee worth it? It's kind of a relative question, as in what makes a diamond worth so much? Rarity in supply, and high demand, plus desirable characteristics. If you want Jamaican Blue Mountain, you won't be getting any discounts from the Jamaicans and if you're getting discounts, you're not getting Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee.