| A cup of good coffee on the breakfast table is | | | | The upper slopes and the summit are strictly |
| always a great way to welcome the morning. Since | | | | preserved as a forest. The lower slopes, with its rich, |
| its inception centuries ago, coffee has become the | | | | fertile soil and ideal climate, serve as the perfect |
| most popular beverage and the world's most traded | | | | setting for coffee cherries to be grown and |
| and sought-after commodities. | | | | harvested from the Blue Mountains. |
| Over the years, many coffee variants have | | | | 'Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee: A Taste of Heaven |
| originated from different places, which paved the | | | | on Earth' |
| way for gourmet coffee to have a niche in the world | | | | Most coffee plants rely on the climate of the region |
| market. | | | | where they are planted, and this produces the |
| Aside from the basic Robusta and Arabica variants, | | | | distinctive flavor found in the coffee cherries. |
| there are other rare coffee variants which gained a | | | | In the Blue Mountains, the tallest mountain range in |
| good following from coffee aficionados. | | | | the island of Jamaica, the following factors contribute |
| First, there is the Civet coffee or Kopi Luwak, which | | | | to the unique flavor of the coffee: |
| is made from coffee berries which were eaten and | | | | - the hot climate |
| excreted by the common Palm Civet. This rare | | | | - the altitude of the lower mountain peaks where the |
| process takes place only in countries like the | | | | coffee plants are grown and harvested |
| Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Indonesia, Vietnam and | | | | - plenty of rainfall to water the coffee plants |
| India, making Civet coffee one of the more | | | | - the rich and fertile soil of the mountains where the |
| expensive variants. | | | | plants are grown |
| Kona coffee from Hawaii, Turkish, Colombian and | | | | The Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is considered to |
| Maraba coffee are some other premium variants | | | | be the world's finest and rarest coffee variant. |
| which have become popular for coffee drinkers the | | | | Words cannot describe the taste of this premier |
| world over. | | | | coffee blend. |
| 'Jamaica's Blue Mountains' | | | | A 100% Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee has this |
| The island nation of Jamaica, situated within the | | | | distinctively rich taste and aroma. Compared to other |
| Caribbean Sea, has more than just gorgeous beaches | | | | coffee variants, this has a milder flavor which is less |
| to offer. | | | | bitter yet a little sweet, giving it that smooth, clean |
| The amazing Blue Mountains are located at the | | | | taste. |
| eastern side of Jamaica, and this is where the | | | | Because of the high quality expected of this coffee |
| famous Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is grown. | | | | variant, the island country of Jamaica built the |
| Blue Mountains is a Jamaican region where there is a | | | | Jamaican Coffee Industry Board to maintain the |
| wide range of hills with an almost permanent mist | | | | world-class quality of every coffee bean produced in |
| covering the hills giving it a bluish hue, thus the name. | | | | the island. |
| This mountain range boasts of a National Park with | | | | The tedious and time-consuming labor of coffee |
| lush rainforests and rich vegetation. It is also home to | | | | growers in planting, harvesting and processing the |
| hundreds of plants and animal species unique to the | | | | Blue Mountain coffee is truly amazing. |
| region. | | | | |