Has anyone stayed up in the Blue Mountains at a coffee plantation recently?? I would love to stay a few days there before heading to Negril on my next visit! How cool would that be for a coffee and Jamaica enthusiast!?
Has anyone stayed up in the Blue Mountains at a coffee plantation recently?? I would love to stay a few days there before heading to Negril on my next visit! How cool would that be for a coffee and Jamaica enthusiast!?
As I'm sure butch knows, coffee is at its peak from when it is 3 or 4 days old up to about 2 weeks old. What is sold at the airport and duty free stores could be a year or two old. They have a best by date on that is just ridiculous. I've seen some two years in the future. I toured a coffee factory (no cheap prices) and I was surprised that ground coffee was a little cheaper than whole bean. Since that involves an extra step I was puzzled. He confided in me that they used quakers, pales, and bits, all coffee defects when they grind the beans so unground is a much higher quality bean. If you go for a visit to the South Coast, the town of Santa Cruz has some decent green beans for sale at the market but no matter what you are told, they are not Blue Mountain. PNG, Papua New Guinea coffee, are offshoots from JBM beans planted in the 1920's. Excellent tasting coffee, but it does not have that silky mouthfeel that JBM gives you. It would be my first choice after real Kona for an island tasty coffee.
Big Roy puts out a nice product never been disappointed in all the years he has been at that location.
His coffee is now 25usd a pound
Originally Posted by butch
Visit Old Tavern Coffee and stay at Prince Valley.....both are a cheap ride up from Kingston on a route bus or Prince Valley can pick you up in town. Avoid Rafjam, I once gave them a thumbs up but now a triple thumbs down. Old Tavern sells at about $50 a pound and it's f-ing mint! The tour of their tiny place only takes an hour or two....on and Prince Valley grows as well but in my opinion both are a must do. I have a bunch of youtube videos of my travels in the Blue Mountains if you search some might be a spoiler. Oh....you will love it up in the mountains, almost zero tourist type of stuff(bullsh!T)....local prices and no beggy beggy. Stock up on supermarket stuff before heading up since there are not many options up there.
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