Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is mainly produced by the Wallenford, Mavis Bank, Moy Hall, and Old Tavern Estates. We have enjoyed a wonderful relationship with the Clifton Mount Estate and their world class coffees. It is consistently the highest-priced coffee in the world (outside of an auction system). A typical Jamaican farmer will pick his or her own "cherry-berry," and drop them off to these estates for processing and payment.

More recently, we have been fortunate enough to develop a relationship with the Jamaican Coffee Board and work with Jamaican farmers on a very special initiative, a community initiative where profits from coffee production in Jamaica is spent on training coffee laymen so that they may begin a career in coffee production. The initiative has added hundreds of jobs for Jamaican citizens and helped many people bring extra income into their household, and has seen the genesis of what may become a lifelong coffee-cultivation passion for locals in Jamaica. The initiative helps provide education, training and guidance to local Jamaican boys and girls, men and women, and, once we heard about this, we knew we had to be involved partnering.

The benefits of this initiative involve new training provided to coffee farmers involving dynamic and innovative cultivation methods. Sheer meticulousness, dedication and excellence has resulted in the coffee being produced scoring excellently in Jamaican Coffee Board Inspections, where a pass is mandatory in order for the farmer to be permitted to trade, it has also been awarded a Grade 1 scoring based on a panel of adjudicators. This means the coffee is brilliant, from the bean size, moisture content, defect count (<3%), roast consistency and most importantly…taste. The coffee is distinguished as a world class heirloom coffee.

That’s why Boun Beans has began purchasing this coffee directly from the community project in Jamaica, we believe in the values and ethics behind the project, and we believe in investing in people.