Because Front Street Street is one of the few coffee shops that sells Blue Mountain Coffee offline, many coffee lovers come here to taste the once "top-notch" coffee in the coffee world - Blue Mountain Coffee. Yes, I admire the name of Blue Mountain...What’s interesting is that this group of enthusiast friends actually tastedblue mountain coffeeFrom now on, most people will show a puzzled expression: a slightly frowning brow, slightly squinting eyes, and a mouth that keeps moving as they try to find something.Although no one said it explicitly, Front Street believes that everyone is curious about what is so good about Blue Mountain Coffee. Front Street had the same feeling as everyone else when I first tasted Blue Mountain Coffee. Although it tasted very comfortable, it seemed like an ordinary cup of high-quality coffee.Regardless of the taste or flavor, it is not so good that it is outstanding, and it is not so good that it can become the "Emperor of Coffee".indeed! When we think of Blue Mountain Coffee today, it may just be an ordinary cup of delicious coffee. But the reputation of the Blue Mountains is well-deserved. You only need to look back at the history of its fame to know. And the taste of Blue Mountain coffee is not as simple as everyone tastes. So today, Front Street is here to share with you what’s so delicious about Blue Mountain Coffee~What’s so good about Blue Mountain Coffee?The fame of Blue Mountain Coffee did not happen overnight. As early as 1728, coffee took root in the Blue Mountains through the hands of Nicholas Lawes, the Governor of Jamaica. However, due to various reasons, it was not until the 1950s that Blue Mountain Coffee began to embark on the "road to becoming a king".(The cause and effect in the middle is"Portal"Details are shared in this article)In 1952, in order to expand the coffee industry in Jamaica, the Jamaica Coffee Industry Management Office, which was established four years earlier in 1948, was upgraded to the Jamaica Coffee Industry Council.(CIB for short). The CIB is mainly responsible for formulating coffee management standards and supervising the production quality of Jamaican coffee. Because Jamaica is an island country, the area where coffee can be grown is small and it is impossible to win based on quantity. Therefore, if you want to develop the local coffee industry, Jamaican coffee can only develop in the direction of high-quality products. It is this choice that laid a solid foundation for Blue Mountain Coffee to become king in the future.
After CIB was established, it immediately classified the coffee grown in the Blue Mountains. The grading and evaluation items are very complicated, including the size of the coffee beans., color, uniformity, defect rate, moisture content, etc. are all evaluated items, which is enough to show the rigor of its grading.In addition, CIB also found through cupping that it is grown inCoffee beans from certain areas of the Blue Mountains will have a better flavor and taste than other areas, so CIB divided this area in the Blue Mountains and stipulated that only coffee grown in this area can be labeled as"Blue Mountain Coffee"while coffee grown outside the region can only be sold as"Jamaican Mountain Coffee"and"Jamaican Selection of Coffee"sold in the name of.The same goes for the cultivation and processing of coffee! Not only does Jamaica insist on growing Arabica Typica, which has a low yield but excellent flavor, but also insists on washing it to ensure that the processed coffee has lower defect rates and higher quality.Because there was no concept of specialty coffee at that time, many production areas still cultivated and processed coffee in a way that did not focus on quality. Therefore, such operations directly made the quality of Blue Mountain coffee far exceed that of coffee from other production areas at that time, and became one of the most popular coffees at that time.I believe everyone’s ears were already ringing with what happened next. By the end of the 1960s, the coffee industry in Jamaica hadAfter being devastated by the Category 5 Hurricane Gilbert that swept across the country, it was able to regain its life with the help of loans provided by several Japanese trading companies. Then the Jamaican government, in order to thank Japan for its funding,In 1972, a 30-year contract was signed with the Japanese government. The content of the contract is to give priority to Japan for 90% of the Blue Mountain coffee produced in the next 30 years, and the rest can be given to other countries.Due to the scarcity of production and the fact that it is almost monopolized by Japan, the rarity of Blue Mountain coffee has doubled. Finally, thanks to Japanese marketing, the Blue Mountain Coffee craze spread all over the world, and its price and rarity also rose to an unprecedented height. Therefore, Blue Mountain Coffee relied on its extremely high quality, extremely high price, and extremely high rarity to become the "Coffee Emperor" at that time.Although Blue Mountain coffee is no longer monopolized by Japan, is no longer rare, and is no longer expensive, its quality remains the same as before. So today in 2025, we can taste the taste of its all-powerful days from this small cup of coffee. Of course, in addition, the flavor of Blue Mountain coffee is also very unique.A unique taste of terroir“When oranges grow in Huainan, it becomes tangerine; when oranges grow in Huaibei, it becomes tangerine.” This is a saying that Front Street often mentions when sharing the origin of coffee. Because different terroirs will produce different flavor characteristics, the same is true for coffee.The terroir for growing Blue Mountain coffee is very special. It is an island country. Not only is it located in the "golden coffee growing belt" with fertile volcanic soil, but most importantly, it also has an island-type climate that is not found in most producing areas.(Therefore Blue Mountain coffee, coffee grown on islands, is also called "island coffee")。The climate where Blue Mountain coffee is grown is humid, the temperature is suitable, and it is cloudy and rainy all year round. It is a very high-quality environment for coffee growing. And with the blessing of the island climate, the planting environment of Blue Mountain coffee will provide advantages that are much higher than most production areas at the same altitude. Therefore, naturally, the quality of Blue Mountain coffee is much higher than that of coffee grown in most other mainland production areas at the same altitude.As Front Street said, in addition to a better growing environment, CIB has also further improved the quality of Blue Mountain coffee through strict management. Therefore, with the superposition of various advantages, Blue Mountain coffee has three outstanding characteristics: extremely high balance in taste, extremely smooth taste, and extremely unique and elegant fragrance.The Front Street Clifton Estate Blue Mountain Coffee in the Front Street Bean List has these three characteristics. Clifton Estate is one of the earliest estates to grow coffee in Jamaica, and it is the only estate in the country that has been certified by the Rainforest Alliance. It can print the Rainforest Alliance's tree frog mark on the oak barrels packaging Blue Mountain Coffee for export.(Learn about the Rainforest Alliance→"Portal"）。Front Street Coffee: Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 CoffeeVariety: Blue Mountain TypicaTreatment method: washing methodFlavor: dark chocolate, nuts, cream
The brewing parameters are: 15g of powder, 1:15 powder-to-water ratio, 90°C water temperature, 75% sieving rate of No. 20 mesh, three-stage brewing method, Kono filter cup, and 2 minutes of brewing time.When Front Street enters the mouth of the coffee, the first thing he feels is the perfect balance of taste, with just the right amount of sour, sweet, and bitter flavors that complement each other; then he tastes the traditional coffee flavors such as dark chocolate, nuts, and cream, which are prominent but not irritating and very soft; then comes the mouthfeel, which is just as Front Street said before, mellow and smooth; finally, the aftertaste after swallowing is long and lasting. You can taste the rumored elegant fragrance after careful tasting. The overall drink is really comfortable and very good~
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
