Blue Mountain coffee costs US$80 per pound (1 pound is approximately 454 grams).

Blue Mountain coffee is a famous coffee variety, and its production is very small, so it is expensive. The cheaper "Blue Mountain Blend" or "Blue Mountain Style" coffee on the market is usually a blend made mainly with better-quality Colombian beans, intended to imitate Blue Mountain's coffee. smell.

Orthodox production technology tradition

The ability of Blue Mountain Coffee to maintain its top-quality status today is also inseparable from local business policies. In 1932, Jamaica adopted a policy to encourage coffee production and reduce the island's dependence on sugar exports. The local government does not plant a large amount of high-yield but poor-quality coffee in order to increase output value, as most coffee-producing countries do. Instead, the local government prioritizes quality and would rather sacrifice coffee output to ensure the quality of Blue Mountain coffee. Therefore, Jamaica is currently one of the countries in the world that produces less coffee. Brazil, the world's largest coffee exporter, produces 30 million bags of coffee every year, while Blue Mountain Coffee only produces about 40,000 bags every year.

In addition, the processing and production of Blue Mountain coffee is also very sophisticated. Strict and detailed standards have been formulated for processing, baking, packaging, etc., and there are regulations on what organic fertilizers need to be used during the growth period. All harvests are done by hand. Jamaica is also the last country that still uses traditional wooden barrels to transport coffee.

Only after passing this series of stringent standard appraisals stipulated by the Jamaica Coffee Industry Bureau, can coffee obtain a certificate of guarantee issued by the government and be officially named "Blue Mountain".