Recently, a friend asked Front Street whether the Blue Mountain coffee sold online for tens of dollars per bag is real? Indeed, because of Blue Mountain Coffee’s far-reaching reputation, counterfeit products emerge in endlessly. So Front Street will teach you how to identify authentic Blue Mountain coffee beans.What are authentic Blue Mountain coffee beans?
Authentic Blue Mountain coffee must come in the form of coffee beans, which refer to coffee beans produced in the core area of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The flavor characteristics are a balance of sour, sweet and bitter, and the taste is mellow, smooth and comfortable.
The reason why it is so famous is that in the 1970s and 1980s, only Blue Mountain coffee beans in the world paid attention to quality. Coupled with the spread of the Japanese, Blue Mountain coffee ascended to the status of the king of coffee. Blue Mountain is famous in China because when the reforms came into effect in the 1990s, high-end hotels would be equipped with coffee. These coffees were originally used to entertain foreign guests, and the best among them was Blue Mountain Coffee. Later, if you have money, you can drink a cup of coffee in the hotel.Generally speaking, Blue Mountain Coffee No. 1 is called Blue Mountain Coffee by default in China, but in fact, as Front Street has always shared, Blue Mountain Coffee also includes No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and round beans. No. 1 is the highest grade of Blue Mountain coffee beans and the best coffee beans.In the early days, Blue Mountain coffee beans were not directly imported into the mainland. They could only be introduced in small batches from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and Japan, so they were extra precious. It was not until 2010 that the Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Industry Association was invited to visit Jamaica and signed a letter of intent to be the general agent of Blue Mountain coffee beans in China. In May 2011, the first container of Blue Mountain green beans arrived at Ningbo Port, and China had directly imported Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans.
Authentic Blue Mountain coffee beans are imported from original wooden barrels and are available in three sizes: 15kg, 30kg, and 70kg, because some small cafes cannot afford the price of a barrel.(or sales volume)Therefore, some people choose to order together, which makes it difficult to prove to consumers that it is the real Blue Mountain. From the very beginning, Front Street purchased Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans by the barrel directly from Clifton Farm, which was also the earliest coffee bean producer to trade with China.
Interestingly, because the pricing of Front Street Blue Mountain coffee beans follows the same style as Front Street, some friends began to worry that some low-priced batches were fakes when they saw that the average price of Blue Mountain coffee beans in a certain store was 300-500 yuan. But you can rest assured that the price of Blue Mountain coffee was indeed relatively expensive before. This was mainly because domestic quotas were very small, scarcity was more expensive, and agents increased prices at different levels; but after opening up the channels, China’s share of buying Blue Mountain coffee beans has also increased, and the selling price of coffee beans has naturally returned to normal.Which “Blue Mountain Coffee” looks fake at first glance?
After talking about which ones are the real Blue Mountain, Front Street shared several types of Blue Mountain coffee that are fake at first glance. After you see that these coffees have the characteristics introduced by Front Street, you have no doubt that they are fakes.The first one, Blue Mountain instant coffee
Blue Mountain coffee must appear in the form of coffee beans or ground powder. Instant coffee is basically a fake Blue Mountain, or it is used to deceive the public in the name of Blue Mountain.The second type, Blue Mountain flavor, Blue Mountain blend
This one is also playing around with the edges. Although the product does not indicate that this is the real Blue Mountain, it only says Blue Mountain flavor coffee and Blue Mountain blended coffee. However, these are basically using other coffee beans to imitate the "Blue Mountain coffee taste" through dark roasting and blending. In this case, it must not be a real Blue Mountain coffee product.The third type, the price is very low, so low that it is unreasonable
The very low price mentioned here refers to the situation where it is so low that it is unreasonable. For example, although Blue Mountain Coffee on Front Street Street is considered low among Blue Mountain beans, it is still positioned to make a profit after calculating the cost. Some Blue Mountain products sold for tens of dollars per kilogram are undoubtedly fake products. After all, if it were true, wouldn't the business owner lose money the more he sells, so as consumers, we must keep our eyes open and never take advantage of petty gains.
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
