Category: Coffee Varieties
Jamaican Blue Coffee
Written by Madison
Tuesday, 07 June 2011 05:13
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When you think of Jamaica, music and dance probably come to mind. Reggae is the most well known of music styles, and Bob Marley was probably the best-known reggae musician until his death in 1981. You probably think of the famous dances of Jamaica, too. The "jonkonnu," "bruckins," and "ska" are all dances that you are very likely to think about when you think about Jamaica.

Maybe you should also think about coffee. Yes, coffee!

On the eastern end of the island of Jamaica there is a range of hills that are called the Blue Mountains. (They really don't qualify as mountains, but that is the name that is used.) The Blue Mountains are about 5,500 feet above sea level. There are thick woods, and the land is a forest preserve. Just below the hilltops, there is land that is absolutely, perfectly suited for growing the world's most delicious coffee. There is a perfect rainfall pattern and a prevailing mist that supplies constant moisture to the delicate coffee bean plants.

Jamaican Blue coffee is not going to be found on the shelves of your local grocery store of chain discount store. You can find Jamaican Blue coffee or roasted Jamaican Blue coffee beans in specialized coffee shops, or you can order them over the Internet. But you had best be prepared for a little sticker shock. Jamaican blue coffee isn't cheap, but then it IS one of the world's best tasting coffees, so you have to expect to pay a premium price for it.

Jamaican blue coffee is going to cost you nearly $30 for one pound of ground coffee. Yes, thirty dollars for ONE pound. You can buy one pound of roasted whole beans for about the same price.

 
Organic Coffee
Written by Madison
Sunday, 05 June 2011 17:11
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Organically grown coffee is said to taste better. Coffee that is grown organically has not been subjected to chemicals of any kind. No artificial fertilizers have been used, and no toxic bug sprays have been applied. For those who are concerned about our environment, organically grown coffee is the only reasonable choice.

When coffee is grown organically, it is just so much better for the coffee farm land as well as for all of the land that surrounds the coffee farm. Water quality is improved for the entire area where organic coffee farms operate.

Of course, buying organic coffee can be a real challenge for organic coffee producing companies. Most coffee farms grow their coffee beans with the help of fertilizers and pesticides. Organic coffee farms are small and usually family operated or are cooperatively owned farms where income as well as tools, mills, mulches, and organic methods of raising organic coffee beans are shared. The idea of organically grown coffee beans is to produce higher quality coffee beans that simply produce a better tasting cup of coffee.

Organically grown coffee beans are raised in the shade. A lot of shade over the coffee trees produced by larger trees that actually make a canopy above the coffee trees means that the sun can't bleach out the nutrients that are naturally in the coffee beans. It also helps to prevent pests and prevents the depletion of the topsoil.

Those who are not very concerned about the environment still look for coffee that has been made from organically grown coffee beans for one very simple reason. The entire organic process means that the coffee beans will simply produce a better tasting cup of coffee, and a better tasting cup of coffee is a universal pursuit of happiness.