Blu Mountain Coffeee

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Originally Posted by Bnewb

FYI...the Blue Mountain is over 7000ft or up to 2256m tall and coffee is grown all over it.
To be classified as Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee it has to be grown at elevations between 3000ft and 5500ft.
To be classified as Jamaican High Mountain it has to be grown between 1500ft and 3000ft.
A combination of the two is called a blend...interesting current read...http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/b...e-retail-trade
Anything higher than 5500ft is classified as a forest and can not be grown there.

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Something else new I learned today! Thanks, Bnewb ..... uh - so what's "mountain" coffee, then? I see that, too.

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Originally Posted by rooster

SLP..where is Thunder at?

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Thunder is across the road from Alfred's. Walk down a bit past Sweet Spot and look for a pinkish house nestled on the morass. If you can't find him ask anyone around there. His coffee is High Blue Mountain and my friends LOVE it. I don't drink coffee but manage to bring back 8 pounds anyway - LOL

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Originally Posted by SLP

I get mine in Negril from Thunder for $20. He goes to the Blue Mountains to get his beans and roasts them however you want.

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Thunder is 'good people' fer sure :)
http://eyeneyecoffee.com/

Last week, the dramatically increased price for Blue Mountain coffee was a constant topic of conversation. Everyone who is saying $20./lb., I assume your information is not recent. I don't drink coffee, but our friends who usually bring some home experienced sticker shock when they saw the $45. price tag in the airport.

I think you'll also find that the online sources cited in this thread have also increased their prices quite a bit.

The people who are buying for $20-25/lb are not buying Blue Mountain, it's High Mountain, even if the person selling it calls it "Blue Mountain". You can't buy Blue Mountain coffee for that price anywhere unless you're buying the beans green and in bulk, then roasting yourself.

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Originally Posted by wrtiii

$45. price tag in the airport.

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airport prices have always been on the high side, bordering on ridiculous :(
cost for the same item at HiLo or Valuemaster is much lower

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Originally Posted by TAH

The people who are buying for $20-25/lb are not buying Blue Mountain, it's High Mountain, even if the person selling it calls it "Blue Mountain". You can't buy Blue Mountain coffee for that price anywhere unless you're buying the beans green and in bulk, then roasting yourself.

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One pound of JBM from these suppliers cost $40. The lower price is from buying in 10/20 lb bulk. Wallenford would never let these giant importers of their green beans falsely advertise and diminish their brand.

Suh top yuh nize bwai een don run yuh mout like chicken batty.

i was in Ja the first two weeks of feb. coffee prices in Lucea were high . i remember over 3700 for wallenford bmc.I bought an 8 oz. bag of high mountain for under 700 . still steep. Online price for a single pound of wallingfords BM is over 40.00 us. , but a purchase of 4 or more pounds can bring it down to less than 20.00 a pound delivered . fact

LOL Scottie

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Originally Posted by scottie

One pound of JBM from these suppliers cost $40. The lower price is from buying in 10/20 lb bulk. Wallenford would never let these giant importers of their green beans falsely advertise and diminish their brand.

Suh top yuh nize bwai een don run yuh mout like chicken batty.

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Yeah, I was only talking about the stuff people are buying in Jamaica. I wasn't referring to the bulk buy you posted, I had forgotten about that since the conversation shifted to Thunder. I can speak patois as well, thanks for that, man. A little over the top maybe?