M'Yamaye L.L.C. is
a marketing company that specializes
in the best of the World’s Best
coffee – Jamaica Blue Mountain
Estate Coffee from Resource,
Sherwood and Whitfield Hall
Farms (RSW Estates).
Altogether, the farms comprise
just ... acres in the heart
of the Blue Mountains. The
PEABERRY bean
Once the red outer skin
is removed, normally two beans
would be revealed inside,
each wrapped in their own
protective skin (mucilage).
About 4% of the coffee beans
reveal one round bean inside.
This is known as a Peaberry.
The taste is similar to the
gourmet Blue Mountain Coffee,
only a touch sweeter.
This limited supply will
be introduced to M’Yamaye
clientele in the near future.
The Process...
It
starts with a seed.
The seeds and seedlings
are planted by hand
and cared for in the
shady nurseries of Resource,
Sherwood and Whitfield
Hall Farms.
Our seedlings are then
introduced to the fields
after a 6 to 9 month
stay in the nursery.
These Arabica trees
produce viable blossoms
in their 3rd year, reaching
full potential in their
12th to 15th year of
life. The trees, with
proper care, will last
for over 50 years.
The unique taste comes
from a combination of
the altitude, the soil
and the climatic conditions
specific to the Blue
Mountain region of Jamaica.
The acidic soil, the
rainfall levels and
the cloud cover, as
well as the treatment
after harvest, have
all contributed to the
renown that Jamaica
Blue Mountain coffee
holds today as the finest
mild Arabic coffee in
the world.
Although technically
“one crop”, the picking
lasts over a period
of 7 to 9 months, with
the blossoms coming
in “showers” of delicate
white flowers. Over
time these blossoms
fall away to reveal
the bright green berries,
which ripen and mature
to a rich red. These
berries are hand picked
and transported to our
own factory.
Once at the factory,
the coffee is pulped
to remove the bright
red outer skin, the
low quality beans are
then floated off.
The drying of the coffee
bean takes place on
large ‘barbecues’, a
flat expanse of concrete,
allowing the sun to
dry the beans naturally
while being raked by
hand to ensure they
dry properly. This continues
until the moisture content
in each bean reaches
a level of only 11-
13%. At this point,
the beans are placed
in sacks and stored
in a humidity controlled
environment with Relative
Humidity (RH) of 55%.
There they stay for
a minimum of 8 weeks
to mature.
After their stay in
storage the beans are
placed back on the barbecues
for a short 2 hour period
to help with the hulling
process. The sun helps
make the removal of
the final crispy parchment
an easier process. They
are then replaced in
the huller for polishing.
The coffee is then ‘graded’,
meaning sorted to size.
Gravity helps pick out
any beans that are not
considered to be of
the caliber we require,
and further quality
control is exercised
by handpicking the remainder
to remove beans defective
in shape or colour.
Following this meticulous
scrutiny, the beans
have yet another level
of quality control to
undergo, as any coffee
being commercially exported,
including what M’Yamaye,
L.L.C. distributes,
has to be examined by
the Coffee Industry
Board (CIB) , for it
to be cup tested and
then certified, if it
passes, a ‘100% Jamaica
Blue Mountain Coffee’.
Almost all of the beans
from RSW Estates Ltd
are exported as clean
green beans in oak barrels
to places such as Japan,
the UK, Belgium, France,
Italy and California
in the USA.
A small percentage of
the certified coffee
is set aside exclusively
for M’Yamaye, and sent
to local roasters and
packagers in Kingston,
Jamaica, and then shipped
directly to Miami. It
is placed in bags created
by artisans from the
Blue Mountains of Jamaica
and prepared for distribution
to be shipped directly
to you through US Priority
Mail.
It
starts with a seed.
The seeds and seedlings
are planted by hand
and cared for in the
shady nurseries of Resource,
Sherwood and Whitfield
Hall Farms.
Our seedlings are then
introduced to the fields
after a 6 to 9 month
stay in the nursery.
These Arabica trees
produce viable blossoms
in their 3rd year, reaching
full potential in their
12th to 15th year of
life. The trees, with
proper care, will last
for over 50 years.
Kingston,
Jamaica, and then shipped
directly to Miami. It
is placed in bags created
by artisans from the
Blue Mountains of Jamaica
and prepared for distribution
to be shipped directly
to you through US Priority
Mail.