When the Blue Mountain I ordered came in I first inspected the green beans themselves. Perrrrffect, absolutely perfect. Each bean appeared to have been hand chosen and hand washed. Each was a beautiful shade of light green and each was as clean as freshly washed infant.
When I began to roast the Blue Mountain, many of the beans began to blow out of the machine to the waste bin - Eeeek!!! At $48.00 a pound I was burning my hands trying to save these most precious and expensive beans. I told my wife how the price changed in my mind the value of the individual beans themselves. The fact that many of the beans were blowing out of the machine indicated that the water-content of the beans themselves were much lower than the standard beans that I was used to cooking. Proving that it was indeed unique. The chaff was less than normal and they roasted up without any complaint. I was careful to not roast too much past the first crack in order to retain the natural flavor of the bean.I would never had paid the price for this coffee but since I had some in the house, and I was selling it to a client, I decided that I had better brew some and taste it. I have decided to refrain from an extensive review of this coffee here (lest my praise be deemed not worthy) but I will point out that the flavor of the Jamaican Blue Mountain has the best balance that I have ever tasted in a coffee before.
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