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All,
Like to share a bad experience getting ground coffee as gifts from Mobay Airport "Blue Mountain Coffee" store at departure terminal. They seemed to be vacuum packed but result was so old it didn't even smell like coffee any more. Darned shame because we spent a lot of money on that coffee.
My point here is to warn you guys to get coffee somewhere else.
I did buy what I thought to be good coffee from Cafe Goa - but only problem was it came in an unsealed plain plastic bag not suitable to be given as a gift. Too bad.
no expiration date?
My friends brought me back some Jablum in January and the expiration date was Sept 2014. Was not very good.
Expiry date of what we got was sometime in 2016. I think we will get the Cafe Goa coffee for ourselves and find something other than coffee for gifts.
Thunder's Coffee is awesome. Expensive, but awesome.
Thanks for the warning.Quote:
Originally Posted by frankk
I was tempted to buy some last time.
I will stick to drinking it in JA, maybe with some rum cream:rolleyes:
Back in the early '90s, I stayed a time or two with an old friend James Dennis who had a small coffee plantation and a guest accommodation (very rustic) near Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains. "Baps" (as I called him) was an old man then so he has probably passed but he grew what many consider to be the finest "coffee on Earth". I can't say that but it was black and syrupy and awfully strong. I wrote about my stay there one time and will try to look it up for anyone interested. Anyways, here is a link to a National Geographic Adventure story about him. http://adventure.nationalgeographic....om-clynes-text
He never produced enough to really go commercial with it but did supply a few aficionados with a private stash. He introduced me to the Wallenford plantation and, in fact, he did often sell them some of his beans. Wallenford is the only Jamaican Coffee I purchase now and it is quite expensive as well. They always "sell out" all they produce so it doesn't stay on the shelves long enough to go stale. Here is a link to them http://shop.wallenford.com/
Some things I look for bargains when purchasing but I am willing to pay the price for the best.
Hope this helps someone get some good coffee next time.
Peace and Guidance
It's cheaper to buy at the grocery store any ways and you have more of a choice of brands, I alway bring home 5lbs of at least 3 diff. brand and then its packed away.
One year on the way home I bought one of the big bags of beans at the airport, 5lbs I think, and it was expensive.
It was also not very good. I won't do that again.
As mentioned. I just buy from the grocery store, usually Value Master.
The only issue I ever had was once when I purchased a package that had the vacuum seal compromised. So now I just give a quick check to see that everything looks well vacuum sealed before I buy.
I purchased a few packs of Island Blue 8 oz. at the airport on Saturday. Packs were dated 4/8/2015 and best before 4/2016. Had some yesterday morning (Sunday) and it was very good!
Got 10# from a guy named LeRoy this year (Conquering Lion) was cheaper than what I could find in any of the stores or shops and was good coffee. I am not a coffee aficionado or connoisseur of any sort but I know what I like and it was good.
LeRoy's is good, but not real JBM.
I've enjoyed Bigroy's JBM from Cafe Goa for the last few years. True it's not pretty vacuum packed, but never lasts long enough to matter:)
We always enjoy certified Blue Mountain coffee while on the island but we buy the less expensive High Mountain coffee to bring home. We usually bring back 10 or more pounds of it and it is still better than anything I can get at home for the same price.