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People always pursue the best things, such as the most fragrant wine, the most charming cigar or the most noble champagne, etc. The same is true for coffee. Drinking good coffee makes people feel happy, so people also begin to pursue better coffee. From the former Jamaican Blue Mountain or Hawaiian Kona to the most popular Geisha coffee today, people have been pursuing the most distinctive and delicious coffee beans.

Blue Mountain, Jamaica

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is a coffee that has been very popular in competitions and bidding. It has a very balanced and smooth taste with a combination of sour, bitter and sweet. It is grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, which are the highest mountains in the Caribbean. The rich soil and high-altitude climate give the coffee here a special flavor.

Some people say that Blue Mountain can maintain a certain balanced taste at any temperature. Wallenford Estate, Mavis Bank Estate, Silver Hill Estate, Atlanta Estate, MOY HALL and GOLD CUP are well-known estates producing Blue Mountain coffee.

History of Blue Mountain Coffee

The history of Jamaican coffee can be traced back to the 18th century, when the British introduced coffee trees to Jamaica and planted coffee in the Blue Mountains. Coffee is further divided into high-altitude Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, Jamaican High Mountain Coffee, and Jamaican Coffee. Different grades also determine different prices.

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

(Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee), among which Blue Mountain Coffee and High Mountain Coffee are divided into four grades. From the highest to the lowest, they are NO.1, NO.2, NO.3 and PB, PB is round beans. According to CIB standards, only coffee grown above 666 meters above sea level is called Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee;

Jamaican High Mountain Coffee

(Jamaica High Mountain Supreme Coffee Beans) The coffee produced below 666 meters in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica is called high mountain coffee. It is also the coffee with quality second only to Blue Mountain coffee. It is called the brother variety of Blue Mountain coffee by industry insiders. The caffeine production of Jamaica Blue Mountain is very small, so if you want to taste Jamaican-flavored coffee, then Jamaican High Mountain Coffee is your best choice.

Jamaican Coffee

(Jamaica Prime Coffee Beans). Coffee grown outside the Blue Mountains is called Jamaican coffee. It turns out that Chinese coffee farmers generally have a wrong understanding that only coffee grown in the Blue Mountains above 1,800 meters above sea level can be called Blue Mountain coffee. In fact, there is only one manor on the top of the Blue Mountains above 1,800 meters, which is Amber. It is of Chinese descent. The owner of the manor is named Lyn (Lin), and his ancestral home is Guangdong, China. The manor has only 30 hectares of land and the output is very small. Blue Mountain coffee is mainly distributed in five mountainous areas of the Blue Mountains, including John Crow, St. John's Peak, Mossman's Peak, High Peak, and Blue Mountian Peak.

Geisha Coffee

Geisha Coffee, in English, is called Geisha Coffee. Because the pronunciation is the same as the Japanese Geisha, it is named Geisha Coffee. However, many baristas do not like this title. They think that this coffee should not have the impression of a Japanese geisha. Therefore, more and more people use the Chinese name Geisha, which is more beautiful in the literal sense.

The foreign prince: Taking root and becoming king

Gesha coffee was developed in the estates of Panama, but it is a story of a foreign prince who successfully became the new king. The Gesha coffee tree species was discovered in Ethiopia, and then moved from the Kenyan Coffee Research Institute to many African countries such as Uganda and Tanzania. It was not taken seriously as a coffee variety and was only used for research.

Later, after someone introduced Gesha to Costa Rica, Gesha coffee was brought to Panama through the Don Pachi estate. Gesha trees can be seen in various estates because they are used as windbreaks for coffee trees. Yes, you read that right, windbreaks. The yield of Gesha trees is not stable, and they are often mixed with ordinary coffee beans. It is not a main coffee bean project. It was not until around the 21st century that some estates discovered that Gesha tastes very delicious. Although they were happy, they were not sure whether this taste could cater to the picky coffee lovers.

The ever-victorious general in the coffee world

In 2003, Geisha won the first place in the Best Panama for the first time. It was produced by the famous Emerald Manor. Many baristas were amazed after drinking Geisha for the first time. It felt like a Cinderella story. The originally inconspicuous windbreak tree turned into a star coffee tree. In the following ten years until today, Geisha is still the first choice in major cupping tests and coffee competitions, and it has also surpassed the two star coffee beans of Blue Mountain and Kona, becoming the mainstream boutique on the market.

Roots Journey

As mentioned above, Gesha was discovered in Ethiopia, which naturally inspired many people with a strong desire to explore to find the roots of Gesha. Willem Boot, the founder of La Mula Mule Farm, and Joseph Brodsky, the founder of Ninety Plus, have both done so, but there is no special harvest. Nature is so wonderful. People all over the world are growing Gesha coffee, even in Taiwan, China. Although the flavor is not as amazing as Panama, it is also a very good coffee bean. I believe that each coffee variety has a most suitable temperature, soil, climate and other factors. It is really a daydream to want to easily copy the taste buds of coffee.

Jamaica Blue Mountains

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Panama Gesha

Today's two protagonists are the Jamaican Blue Mountain, which is "sour, sweet, mellow, bitter, and perfect", and the Panamanian Geisha, which is "a fruit bomb that explodes in your mouth". So what is the difference in flavor and taste between the Jamaican Blue Mountain and Panamanian Geisha?

Today, let’s do a comparative cupping test to measure the performance of the two “big names” in the coffee world and see which one is more delicious and better-tasting!

Treatment

Jamaica Blue Mountains:

Completely washed method (Washed):

The peel, pulp and mucous membrane are removed by washing and fermentation. Farms that use the washing method must build a washing pool and be able to introduce a constant supply of running water. During processing, the fermented beans are placed in the pool and pushed back and forth, using the friction of the beans and the power of the running water to wash the coffee beans until they are smooth and clean.

After washing, the coffee beans are still wrapped in the endocarp and have a moisture content of 50%. They must be dried to reduce the moisture content to 12%, otherwise they will continue to ferment and become moldy and corrupt.

A better processing method is to use sun drying. Although it takes 1 to 3 weeks, the flavor is excellent and is quite popular.

Blue Mountain: Typica

Panama Gesha:

Natural/Dried-in-the-Fruit:

After picking, the cherries are dried in the sun without any processing. This is the oldest existing processing method. The drying process usually lasts about 4 weeks. The processing method must be very strict to ensure that the coffee does not lose any flavor. The natural sun drying method requires an extremely dry local climate and the full red cherries must be picked by hand to ensure that the defect rate is not too high.

Panama: Geisha

Coffee Bean Appearance

Green beans:

The raw beans of Jamaican Blue Mountain are green, round and slightly smaller, and the overall size of the beans is uniform;

The green beans of Panama Natural Gesha are yellow-green in color, with a long and pointed body. The overall grain size is more uniform but not as good as Blue Mountain.

Cooked beans:

Although Jamaican Blue Mountain is roasted more deeply, it still has more silver skin.

Panama Natural Gesha has less silver skin. The size difference between the two has been reduced.

Start cupping

Cupping Preparation:

Water ratio : 8.2-8.3 grams of coffee beans with 150 ml of water, water-to-powder ratio 1:18.18, water temperature should be 94°C;

Cups for cupping: should be made of tempered glass or ceramic.

Cup volume: 207ml to 266ml,

Cup diameter: 76–89 mm. All cups should be made of the same volume, size and material.

Spoon for cupping: Use anti-static metal material (mostly stainless steel), each spoon can hold 4-5ml.

Cupping process:

1. Grind the beans to be cupped into powder (grinding degree: BG : 3B).

2. Smell the dry aroma

3. Pour hot water (94 degrees) into the cup until it is full and count down to 4 minutes

4. After 2 minutes, smell the aroma

5. After 4 minutes, the slag can be broken.

"Breaking the grounds" : Use a cupping spoon to push away the coffee powder that floats on the surface to make the aroma underneath burst out. Confirm the aroma of the coffee, stir it gently about 3 times with the cupping spoon and let it stand for 2 minutes.

6. After 2 minutes, you can remove the residue

"Scooping out the grounds": Use a cupping spoon to scoop up the foam on the surface. Clean the cupping spoon every time you scoop it up to avoid leaving bad flavors that affect the coffee.

7. Use a cupping spoon to scoop up the coffee liquid and cup it by sipping. Sipping will make the coffee liquid disperse in the mouth in the form of mist, and the flavor molecules can be more clearly displayed.

8. Spit the coffee in your mouth into the spit cup.

The difference between dry and wet incense:

Jamaican Blue Mountain : dark chocolate; nuts; brown sugar.

Panama Gesha : Fruity wine aroma; peach.

The difference in cupping flavor:

Jamaican Blue Mountain : chocolate, nuts, cream, brown sugar. Balanced sweetness, sourness and bitterness, moderate and perfect acidity, with a slight fruity aroma.

Panama Gesha: Strawberry; peach; citrus; floral; winey; dark berry flavors; full flavor, multi-layered sweet and sour amplitude.

Cupping score comparison:

Jamaica Blue Mountains:

Cleanliness:

Sweetness:

Acidity:

Taste:

Flavor:

Aftertaste:

balanced:

Overall rating:

Total score: 88.5

Panama Gesha:

Total score: 89.5

【COE Cupping Table】

The scores are summarized after multiple rounds of cupping.

Final words:

Obviously, judging by the cupping results, the advantage of Jamaica Blue Mountain is its balance. It has no obvious flaws and no particularly prominent flavor, but it definitely fits most people's impression of "coffee flavor", making it the most "pure" coffee that has endured for a long time.

Panama Geisha is worthy of being the "victorious general" in various brewing competitions. It has an explosive sweet and sour taste, and its floral and fruity acidity is very recognizable. Although its balance is slightly inferior to Blue Mountain, it is also very balanced. Except for those who are very obsessed with bitterness, it is estimated that no one will feel disgusted with Geisha.

Of course, there are many world firsts in the coffee industry. Some coffees have the highest sales, some have the highest auction prices, and some have the highest reviews, but no coffee can ever be called the best - but there is definitely one that you like the most.

I wonder which type of coffee is your favorite?

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