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100 Percent JAMAICAN BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee the most famous coffee in the world. Blue Mountain Coffee must be grown in prescribed areas within the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Andrew and Portland in the eastern part of the island at altitudes between 2,000 - 5,000 ft. above sea level. Blue Mountain Coffee was first introduced into Jamaica from 1728. Jamaica's natural climatic conditions produced a bean of such high quality that the island's Coffee Industry quickly expanded and by 1814 there were over 600 coffee plantations in Jamaica. Production originally began in the foothills of St. Andrew, and gradually spread into the Blue Mountains and the mountains of Manchester, St. Ann and St. Elizabeth. The abolition of slavery in 1834 marked the beginning of a dramatic decline in the Industry and by 1850 only 186 plantations remained in operation. Despite efforts at revival in the early twentieth century, the lack of organization within the Industry, the shortage of labor and the activities of unscrupulous produce dealers brought the Industry to virtual collapse in 1943. Export markets, disgruntled with poor quality and the lack of consistency, particularly with Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, stopped buying. In 1953 the Colonial Secretary, following the recommendations of the famous "Wakefield Report," established the Coffee Industry Board and charged it with the development of the island's Coffee Industry. With their intervention, production was re-organized, technical assistance provided to farmers, processing and marketing centralized and a rigid quality control system implemented. Quality again became the hallmark of Jamaican Coffee. THE COFFEE INDUSTRY TODAY The Coffee Industry today include farmer co-operatives, regional pulperies and one centralized facility for processing and quality control - The Coffee Industry Board (CIB). Farmers send all their berries to designated pulperies and receive agreed payments per box from CIB. There are many Coffee Co-operatives, Coffee Pulperies and coffee roasters in operation today. The coffee roasters are licensed by the Coffee Industry Board and authorized to market Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee both domestically and internationally. Only the Coffee Industry Board approves all export of coffee from Jamaica and, without exception, all commercial shipments are inspected by the CIB and certified as to quality and origin, guaranteeing the authenticity of the coffee. Why Buy From Us ?
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