Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

[1] Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is an Arabica coffee-bean variety called Typica,[2] which originated in southwestern Ethiopia.

[3] The best lots of Blue Mountain coffee are noted for their mild flavour and lack of bitterness.

The region's climate is cool and misty with high rainfall, and the soil is rich with excellent drainage, conditions considered ideal for coffee cultivation.

Blue Mountain Coffee is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as a certification mark (No.

[12] This day is in recognition of January 9, 1967 when 60% of that year's harvest was shipped from the Port of Kingston, Jamaica to Japan.

[12][13][14] This very large shipment of coffee marked the beginning of a new relationship between Jamaica and Japan after the second world war.

[15] The inaugural Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Festival took place over three days on March 23, 24, and 25 in 2018 at Newcastle in St. Andrew, Jamaica.

[18] The festival featured Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee products, promoted vendors, and showcased performers, tours, barista competitions, and food demonstrations for local and international attendees from producers, processors, consumers, and vendors.