Jamaica Blue Mountain Clydesdale Jamaica: Blue Mountain, Clydesdale

I'm giving this coffee the highest marks. I found the coffee absolutely amazing. I was worried that the price was just for a limited supply coffee on the market. My wife treated me to this for my birthday and I now know that this is some truly great coffee. I roasted it just a few seconds into the second crack and rested it two days. Then I brewed it in an old pour over comet drip pot and it yielded such a wonderful cup that I could not believe it. Very oily in the cup with wonderful nuttiness and a floral bouquet that was like a tropic paradise. I roasted it lighter also. Good, but I highly recommend a full city+ roast(amazing!!) For espresso geeks( I am Silvia+Rocky) This absolutely was the best shot of espresso in my seven years as a coffee geek. I'm just sorry I can't afford this more often. Do it, you won't be sorry!

This is not a review specifically of any coffee from Jamaica, but rather a comment on how thorough, competent and reliable the Coffee Bean Corral is. I ordered some Jamaican Blue Mountain beans and some Panama Geisha beans. The order arrived in poor shape with the packaging open and damp from being left out in the rain by the carrier. I emailed Coffee Bean Corral and told them. Michelle immediately wrote back offering a replacement order for the damp beans. These Folk are the very best! They stand behind their products and customers. Thank you Michelle and Coffee Bean Corral.

The coffee tastes great. The beans were gray in color and very dry.We thought the beans were going to be green and be more fresh. We are dissapointed with the product we recieved for the price we paid. We ordered three pounds and it wasn't cheap. Pictures and description on the website is unaccurate. Coffee tasted great but it was an old product unfortunately..

Impression on two Clydesdale JBM roasts on SR800 with Razzo V5 extension: It is my understanding that the Clydesdale JBM shines as a more fruit forward JBM not the most intensely complex JBM but a quality JBM nonetheless. My results confirm this. My longer roast took this to 430F and while beautiful in color and aroma, much of the floral aspects were lost. My shorter roast past first crack was pulled at 401F. This yielded a delightful cup with Clydesdale JBM qualities shining through. Hope this helps.

This is a fine coffee but, I’m afraid, not worth the premium. Good aroma and mild flavor. I roasted it to one minute 30 seconds beyond first crack which occurred 16 minutes into the roasting on a Behmor roaster at P5 (up to 305 degrees.). Medium roast. It’s not the fault of the bean but the roaster does not allow visual check of the process so I cannot be sure when to stop the roast. But that’s the roaster’s problem and not the bean. In general, I would advise to get 5 pounds of something else at the same price as 1 pound of this good coffee.

All I can say... I was late to the party. It is clear I had nearly missed out on a very good thing. I managed to snag a pound of this bean before they sold out. With that pound, two batches were made of about a half-pound each (227 gram). The first roast of this bean was really enjoyable, but felt some goodness the bean could provide, was left on the table. The second roast had one of the temperature steps shortened by 30 seconds, and it made a difference. Previously there was no detectable floral (It wasn't expect it, as it was not in the description). The second batch added a light note of floral, which complemented the chocolate and (unexpected) caramel flavors. Other people had described it as honey, but it was definately caramel. (The wife double checked it, and gave the same interpretation). I did not manage to coax any of the berry flavors out of the bean with my roasts. The coffee is often tasted "blind", i.e. It is tasted without cheating and looking at the description. Expectations create bias with how flavors are interpreted. When the review is written, is when the description is compared with the cupping experience. Cupping flavors: Clearly defined milk Chocolate with notes of floral and caramel. The coffee presented with a velvety body and a lucious full mouth-feel. Statistics: Roast level City to City+, Moisture loss was a light 11.36 percent, Development was at 19.2%. Green Been description: Very consistent in size and character. There was no doubt this batch would roast very evenly. This is NOT a higher altitude bean, so an agressive roast cycle would not be tolerated well by these beans (roast similar to Kona). Roasting challenges: This bean has a lot of hidden character which is obliterated by longer roasts, so the goal was to get to "almost 20 percent development and NO more". Roaster Gene Cafe CBR101 2016 model. Roast description: (uniquely for Gene Cafe CBR 101 models). *Preheat the empty drum to 402 F (206 C) for 5 minutes. *Rapidly stop and remove the drum. Quickly fill with 8 ounces (227g) of green beans. Re-insert the drum, start the roast at 402 F, start kitchen timer. *At 5 minutes on the timer, raise the temperature to 460 F (238 C). *Continue at this temperature until the first pops of First crack PLUS 60 seconds. *On this roast, first crack began at 10 minutes 30 seconds, temperature was lowered at 11 minutes and 30 seconds to 450 F (232 C). *Continue to roast at 450 F until roast is complete. *The goal on this roast was City+, this goal was reached 13 minutes 00 seconds into the roast. Almost all of the beans had VERY light cracks at the tips. *The beans were dumped and force cooled. This was before Second crack began by a very large margin. Post Roast Notation: The great post-roast smell made it quite tempting to make a cup of coffee, but patience prevailed. Roasting notes: Temperature raised from 402 to 460 at 5 minutes. Full Yellow reached at 6 minutes. The first pops of first crack were heard at 10:30. Temperature was lowered to 450 at 11 minutes and 30 seconds. Beans dropped at 13 minutes. Bean appearance: Nice uniform brown, except for a ribbon of golden chaff at the seam.

This is an expensive coffee but considering all the $$ I have spent over the past several years looking for good JBM coffee, this is the first I have found since the big hurricane that has that true, deep flavored flavor that I have missed so much. What a wonderful, rich coffee it is.

The order came fast, very pleased with it. I did a Vienna roast with a cast iron skillet , came out amazingly. I definitely recommend that at least owe it to yourself to at least try the Jamaican blue mountain once In your life. As a treat and the flavor is amazing. Nicely sweet tasting and light body it worth the price.

Impression on two Clydesdale JBM roasts on SR800 with Razzo V5 extension: It is my understanding that the Clydesdale JBM shines as a more fruit forward JBM not the most intensely complex JBM but a quality JBM nonetheless. My results confirm this. My longer roast took this to 430F and while beautiful in color and aroma, much of the floral aspects were lost. My shorter roast past first crack was pulled at 401F. This yielded a delightful cup with Clydesdale JBM qualities shining through. Hope this helps.

The flavor is absolutely wonderful :)

Best JBM we've had since before the hurricane. Fine tuning my roast but enjoying every pot. I'll be re-ordering, mostly for special occasions. I just WISH I could drink it every day!

Jim Rydberg Love it just can't afford it very often.

got half pound of JBM two weeks ago, try it right away. my wife like it very much, try to buy more but it is out of stock. hopeful can get it in the near future.

Fantastic JBM. We are selling this as a pour over at our cafe. We roast to a finish temp of 430F just before SC. We allow a slow dry to FC in about 10 minutes and a final temp at about 15:30 minutes. It has a sweet and spicy aroma out of the roaster. It is well balanced and mild, medium bodied. While it may seem like middle of the road on acidity, body, balance...that is what is so wonderful. It has an initial nutty flavor with chocolates and spice notes. You may smell a tea fragrance or slight rootbeer essence as it cools in the cup. Very pleasant and worth the experience.

This coffee seems to be one of the best to medium roast to bring out chocolate and caramel. I roast and end 6 batches between first and second crack and blend them. I have a drum roaster and use 300g each roast. I roast to temps instead of time. I have altered my roasting profile to get about 20 minutes between first and second crack.

This is excellent coffee. It's very simple (at my 14% and 15.6% roasts) but in a really nice way. Immediately I taste a very milk chocolate sweetness. It's not overpowering but it's unmistakable. That's followed simply by the recognition of that unique velvety smooth mouthfeel. I'll continue buying Haiti coffees to get close to this taste, but wow, that mouthfeel... Nothing gets close. This is a must-try

Love this coffee!

JBM is one of a kind. it's pricey so not the every day cup for most but dont deny yourself the opportunity to have a truly amazing cup of Joe! Paradise in a cup!I prefer a medium dark roast, just prior to the second crack!

Can’t wait! 😊 This is my most favorite coffee ☕️ in the world!!! Ordered for winter holidays!! They look great! 👍 They’re green! 😂 Never had green ‘Blue’ before! Never roasted ‘The Blue’ before. I’ll let you know 🤔 As soon as I know! 😀 P.S. Any chance you have an empty barrel? It on my bucket (barrel) list!! 😂