Blue Mountain Coffee Of Jamaica

Right before the Blue Mountain Coffee of Jamaica came into being, it was said that the plant was discovered by an Ethiopian shepherd by the name of Khaldi. Each time his sheep would eat one of the “red cherries” found in the bush around the pasture, the animal would react in a very lively manner. Can you just imagine his pet running and jumping around like a wild ass? Khaldi must have a headache getting him back to the fold. Anyhow, this made Khaldi wonder why so he also tried and got the same response.

The news reached the ears of the local monks and branded it as “devil’s fruit” but soon they found themselves munching it in order to keep them all awake for their prayers. Good thing, when it reached the Caribbean, Blue Mountain Coffee of Jamaica already had a name because the locals could have mistaken it as something else especially that it is the home of the Rastafarians who are into ganja. During a trade expedition, the Arabians decided to bring back some beans to their homeland. Some boiled it and were able to produce a drink that they called as “qahwa”, meaning being “unable to sleep.”

The popularity of the Blue Mountain Coffee of Jamaica is actually just a repeat of history. In 1453, it gained fame when the Ottoman Turks presented it to Constantinople and by 1475, there was the world’s first cafe named “Kiva Han.” It became a craze to the extent that wives would call their marriage quits if their husbands would fail to provide them with a daily ration. It also came to a point that plantations were closely guarded since Arabian Baba Budan started to illegally export it to other countries. He smuggled it to Mysore in India where the descendants of those who enjoyed it are still existing until this juncture.

In 1600, which is like centuries before there was Blue Mountain Coffee of Jamaica, merchants in Italy brought some to Pope Clement VII who was motivated to ban the beverage as “unholy” since it came from the Muslims that were not Christians. Surprisingly, he baptized it so it was then acceptable to those that are part of the church. Then the Dutch came into the picture where they unlawfully sold it to the port of Espresso to the island of Ceylon as well as in the East Indian colony of Java. By 1713, unwittingly gave a bush to Louis XIV of France where later a French naval officer, Gabriel Mathieu do Clieu, stole a seedling and took it to Martinique. Believe it or not, but almost a hundred percent of the world’s coffee came from that.