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I've had it. I really liked it. I think Induban should think about making the packaging more distinct. If you don't look closely, you don't notice it is a different product than Cafe Santo Domingo.
The coffee rust destroyed 90+% of the high-altitude coffee crop in the DR, including the plantations around Juncalito.
You are correct, two more years until the crop is back. The rust has created some serious hardships for coffee growers in the area.
We never really had a name. It was "estate coffee" for family and friends, best of the best with a custom medium roast.
I hope to have 100lbs this year. That's it.
Nah. It had a name on it, but for the life of me I can't remember it.
If you're expecting 100, I'll be glad to take 50 off of your hands... lol
Years ago I bought some Blue Mountain beans in some fancy spot in Florida. It was expensive but if I could have replicated the coffee I had in your home country it would have been well worth it. For whatever reason it wasn't even close. I was SOOOO disappointed.
The other thing I remember (food wise) about Jamaica was how sweet the butter was.
I think to really appreciate the coffee it is best drank black (no cream/or sugar). I laugh when I see people that like a little coffee with their sugar. - to each their own.
i am highly suspicious of some of the Blue Mountain coffee that is being sold outside of Jamaica. there seems to be no control on dishonest vendors slapping the name on substandard crap. as to the butter...you are so right. the common brand is Anchor, from New Zealand, and it has this sweet taste to it. as to black coffee...i must agree. it is like buying a 25 year old bottle of brandy, then chasing it with Red Bull.
much of the coffee in Colombia is low acid, slightly sweet, and very aromatic. Juan Valdez sells about 40 different brands of different beans and different roasts. Coffee taste is an individual thing. I personally don't care for most dark roast but there is a local coffee here in Jarabacoa- Don Miguel that is dark roast and is damn good. Many of the small estate coffees don't have enough to sell on a national basis but locally there are a number of different coffees worth trying. I love Blue Mountain and Kona from Hawaii, along with Kenyan and Ethiopian coffee but the best I've had was from Peru. Half a teaspoon of sugar is fine for me.
Obviously CB will have to put them on EBAY so they can be sold to the highest bidder....:cheeky:
........years ago traveled to Jamaica, many times, liked the coffee sooo much on 2 occasions bought some to bring home.... it was total crap.......Found some blue Mountain on amazon yesterday, price $60 usd plus shipping per pound, its certified, guaranteed, has the papal stamp of approval, ect. wouldnt trust it......found some of the best coffee I have ever had, in small towns in central america, and a few in south america, same as here, small batches that never seem to leave the area.......anyway still on my hunt for high quality blue Mountain, or something equal.........
like everywhere else, there are fraudsters who are going to sell you crud. if you go into the hill country of the DR, you are going to drink cups of coffee you will never be able to duplicate with beans you buy at the airport. that stuff is for suckers.
if you said overpriced, i would have agreed. overrated...not really, unless you can show me better.
We brought home about 10 pounds those beans, and were glad when we finished it, found it bitter. Also had Induban, Santo Domingo and Mama Ines beans, liked all those better. Maybe was a bad batch, because when we had the Carocolillo in DR, we really liked it
JD wants 50 pounds, we will take the other 50!! Dead serious, in beans please.
PS. I'll take care of Tambo from mine.
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