Jamaica

Blue Mountain

Mountain range / recognised coffee-growing region (not itself a formal administrative unit) · Spans the parishes of Portland, St Thomas, St Mary and St Andrew · Jamaica

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
1,200 m · 1 of 1 catalogue coffees report altitude. Very small sample. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Climate
Higher elevations catch moisture-laden winds and exceed 5,080mm of rain per year (some areas over 7,620mm); high elevations have a subtropical highland (Köppen Cfb) climate
Terrain
Longest mountain range in Jamaica, containing the island's highest point (Blue Mountain Peak, 2,256m); rises from the coastal plain to its summits in about 16km, one of the steepest general gradients in the world
Soil
Cool, misty climate with high rainfall and rich, well-drained soil, considered ideal conditions for coffee cultivation
Varieties
Typica
Base process
Washed

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is a globally protected certification mark / geographical indication; only coffee certified by Jamaica's coffee regulatory authority from the recognised Blue Mountain growing region may use the name

Across Blue Mountain1 coffee with no finer area recorded