Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

[loki]

i'll be there next month, i'll pm you with a price if I can find it. PM me on the 14th of next month to remind me

[forgop]

Originally Posted by loki

i'll be there next month, i'll pm you with a price if I can find it. PM me on the 14th of next month to remind me

You'll find blue mountain coffee in all of the tourist gift shops. Chances are I'm guessing most of what you'll see are the blends that aren't 100% JBM coffee though.

Just an opinion, but for the price there are much better coffees available. I would take a good ethiopian sidamo or yirg over JBM. Not that JBM is not good coffee--if you actually get a quality lot, but for the cost of a pound you could have several pounds of high quality single origin beans.

[floydpink]

Originally Posted by forgop

You'll find blue mountain coffee in all of the tourist gift shops. Chances are I'm guessing most of what you'll see are the blends that aren't 100% JBM coffee though.

Anthony Bordain from Travel Channel did a show on Jamaica and he went to the Blue Mountains and did a plantation tour.

I found it interesting that Jamaica is not a coffee consuming country, exports 80% of the Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 10% to the US, and most of the rest to the remaining buyers, keeping very little in country.

The demand far exceeds the supply.

Personally, I find it good, but not worth seeking and paying the high price.

I'll take most South and Central American beans over JBM any day.

[MarkinAZ]

If you know how to roast your own or know of someone who does roast coffee beans, you may give this well known place a shot:

http://coffeeproject.com/shop/magento/raw-coffee-beans/caribbean-colombia/jamaica-blue-mountain.html

Originally Posted by floydpink

I found it interesting that Jamaica is not a coffee consuming country, exports 80% of the Blue Mountain coffee to Japan, 10% to the US, and most of the rest to the remaining buyers, keeping very little in country.

That is sooooooooo true. Japan bogarts a majority of those beans and has been doing so for many many years too...

Originally Posted by awsmith4

I've never tried it, but Norman at Uncle Beanz carries it and he is reputable in my book

http://www.unclebeanz.com/merchant2/...tegory_Code=RE

I'll second that!

[floydpink]

And they apparantly don't mind washing down the $75 an ounce Kobe beef with an $18 cup of coffee.

Top it off with a high priced Geisha girl and one night in Bangkok makes a tough guy crumble.