Buying coffee to bring home?

[marley9808]

Honestly I think they are all pretty good. I got some conquering lion and some jablum this last trip....both are yummy (to me), however, I will say that the conquering lion had a much richer aroma

But my question is this.....I wonder what it is that they serve at all of the restaurants around Negril

[BR Mon]

Marley 9808....most places serve "High Mountain" which to me is great coffee it just does not come from the "region' required to be called Blue Mtn...

[garysteph1018]

Marley 9808....most places serve "High Mountain" which to me is great coffee it just does not come from the "region' required to be called Blue Mtn...

Marley that's what I bought as well & I love it. It's what we get at Catcha. And I love the instant... it's so good! I know it's instant but it's not Folgers instant, I promise.

BR Mon... You know where I can order some from? I found a place but the bought of paying $13 in shipping kinda sux!!!

[BR Mon]

Last year I went to see Thunder...Go to Miss Sonias and ask them to point you over to his place...He had just returned from the Blue Mountains and had a couple of 100lb burlap bags of fresh unroasted beans. For what it is worth both bags had the certification labels that certified Blue Mountain Coffee beans. he has been around a long time and best I can tell his stuff is legit....For 25 years i keep hearing that we never get the 'good" stuff and blah blah blah....I can say this...I like Ja Blum and used to get it as Mavis Banks before the name change...I like it and I buy it and I enjoy drinking it...I also bought some from Thunder and made a pot of it shortly after it was roasted. Might have been the best pot of coffee I have ever drank.. He roast it out back over a wood fire...It smells wonderful around the dutch oven he is roasting in. His coffee was most excellent. I think there is as much myth as truth in the coffee debate.... If you like the way it smells and taste then you found your coffee....Be prepared for an interesting visit with his wife Barbara...That is all i will say...she is nice but it willbe an interesting visit for sure..Question for all the people that support the "you never got the good stuff" debate...have you ever found it and can you tell me where....No disrespect intended but I would really like for some one to add to this discussion with some facts as to where you get the really legit Blue Mountain Coffee....Please don't say The Blue Mountains.....

[SLP]

Last year I went to see Thunder...Go to Miss Sonias and ask them to point you over to his place...He had just returned from the Blue Mountains and had a couple of 100lb burlap bags of fresh unroasted beans... He roast it out back over a wood fire...It smells wonderful around the dutch oven he is roasting in. ....

Thunder is a wonderful man and you can watch him roasting if you like. He will explain the whole process to you which is fascinating.

Raw Beans







Roasted Beans cooling

[liz h]

I am intrigued by this thread. Where is Cafe Goa? I am having trouble locating it. I don't really know my way around Negril.

[BR Mon]

Look on the Negril Maps for Salina's...It was Busta's before that and now it is GOA CAfe....It is on the other side of the road from the beach...you can ask for a sample to take back to your room and try it...Thunder gave me a half pound...I only wish I had bought more from him...

[smith744]

hey, boardie-Dave ..!!!..
THANK-you for that video(s)

i LOVE seeing him stir dem beans with that big-long-piece of split bamboo

one-more thing i can add to '..my-list of-uses-of-bamboo..'

:-)




* sigh *

"..land we love...... la la la..."

[dave]

one-more thing i can add to '..my-list of-uses-of-bamboo..'

[Ras Walleye]

The Coffee Industry Regulation Act specifies what coffee may use the Blue Mountain label. Additionally, it restricts the use of the Blue Mountain trademark to those authorized by the Coffee Industry Board. Broadly speaking, coffee harvested from the parishes of Saint Andrew, Saint Thomas, Portland and Saint Mary may be considered Blue Mountain coffee.
Traditionally, only coffee grown at elevations between 3,000 and 5,500 feet (1,700 m) could be called Jamaica Blue Mountain. Coffee grown at elevations between 1,500 and 3,000 feet (910 m) is called Jamaica High Mountain, and coffee grown below 1,500-foot (460 m) elevation is called Jamaica Supreme or Jamaica Low Mountain.

The reason that the coffee sold by Big Roy or Thunder is superior to the commercially available pre-packaged for tourist coffee, besides being fresh roasted, is that it is single estate, whole crop coffee. The commercial stuff is blended from numerous estates and is sorted by bean size. The largest beans, the ones with the least amount of flavor, are the ones that get packaged for commercial sale. The smaller the bean the greater the flavor.