Intro
Before you get to the interesting bit, my ramblings; fuelled in part by my own-grown JBM, and the odd bottle ...
Growing: Part 1
A year in the life of a jamaican Blue Mountain coffee grower (Introduction part 1) August: Here we are at the start ...
Growing: Part 2
A Year in the life of a Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee grower (Introduction part 2) Firstly, get your bit of land!! ...
Hurricanes
A year in the life (part 2) Hurricanes Hello, again: If there is one major downside to growing coffee, in a tropical ...
SPECIAL: Coffee borer beetle in Hawaii
"Special" Edition. It was with great consternation that I recently heard about the Coffee Borer Beetle, being identified, in the Kona ...
Gallery
Jamaica - the land of excellent coffee and beautiful lands - is presented here as viewed through the eyes of ...
A year in the life..What makes JBM, the 'legend' of coffee?
Hello again, What is it that makes Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, the 'legend', that it is? THIS? a view to our South, ...
A New Year on the Plantation
Hello, again: In these Blue Mountains, the climate is somewhat warmer than you, my esteemed readers, will probably have been experiencing ...
Tropical Storm Nichole
Part 2: News report: September 29th. Tropical Storm Nichole. The following has been transcribed from the pages I wrote last night, ...
Assessing your coffee (part 1)
Hello again, Your coffee: real or phoney: quality or rubbish?? Just thought this would get you in relaxed, "tropical paradise" mode!! One of ...
Assessing your coffee (part 2)
Green beans:- The top quality coffee (No 1) check that it is not called "A" grade!! ("A" grade is NOT an ...
Assessing your coffee (part 3)
If your beans pass the "size" test:- there are some "less than scrupulous" people who will spray the freshly roasted beans ...
Processing our coffee (part 1)
Hello again, The first of the seasons coffee, and how we process it:- Part one:- Late October, and the first few cherries ...
Processing our coffee (part 2)
We have spent the last couple of weeks, turning the coffee on the drying trays, and checking it daily. When ...
Everything you wanted to know about the Coffee Board
Hello again, The Jamaican Coffee Industry Board. In September of 2008, I was fortunate enough to find a few spare moments in ...
A Visit to Paradise
Hello Again, Making your vacation plans?? If you have been reading the previous episodes of my "ramblings", and seen some of the ...
Growing a coffee plant at home
Hello again, Growing your own coffee plant, at home. Couple of days ago I read in the "Forum", about some sickly coffee ...
Jamaican newsletter
Dear Friends, Trust you all had a wonderful Christmas, and celebrated the New Year: appropriately! I must apologise for the delay in ...
Jamaican food (part 1)
Hello again, Today I thought I would try and give you some insight, into Jamaican food. Before being able to understand the ...
Jamaican food (part 2)
Some storm debris, still on the beach. One of the lovely, deserted beaches along the North coast: the Caribbean sea, warm ...
Jamaican food (part 3)
At the other end of the food market, there is vast range of restaurants, serving a wide range of foods, ...
Trivia and other ramblings: part 2
The Jamaican flag, is one, of only 3 in the world, that does not share a colour with either the ...
Trivia and other ramblings: part 1
A few bits of trivia, which I hope you will find interesting, and some of my "ramblings". A coffee bean is ...
Random thoughts on the end of the world
Your last chance to sample some real JBM (part I) Dear Readers, This may be your last chance to sample a cup ...
Random thoughts on the end of the world (II)
Your Last Chance to Sample Some Real JBM Part II There is a theory that the Great Pyramid, is in fact, ...
Economics of JBM. Part 1
Thought you might be interested in the economics of growing Blue Mountain coffee, and how the farmers/growers survive in the ...
Economics of JBM. Part 2
A view over Kingston, on a rainy day; taken about 4,000 feet above the city. The grower has picked a few ...
Growing Coffee. Part 1
Hello again; Growing coffee: how we do it! But first, to give you some idea of the way the coffee bush produces ...
Growing Coffee. Part 2
The bushes are ( topography allowing ) planted 5 feet apart along the slope, and 10 feet apart, up/down the ...
Growing Coffee. Part 3
Growing coffee from seed. This set of pictures was taken in mid October, the smallest plants only a few days since ...
Growing Coffee. Part 4
The soil on my plantation, is quite stony; so the planting holes are "chopped" out with a pickaxe, a few ...
Growing Coffee. Part 5
After the rains, some water in a usually dry gully. Another 12 months have sailed past, and it is time to ...
Living in Paradise: Part I
Even paradise has its down-sides: Apart from the more obvious things, like tropical storms, and hurricanes, there are many other "little" ...
Living in Paradise: Part II
The "Saga" of the water pipe (a tale of the way things get done in Jamaica ). Once upon a time, ...
Living in Paradise: Part III
The "Plantation" house. [ the "lump" on the front of my car, is an electric winch - has proved to ...
Special Report: Coffee Leaf Rust Fungus Part 1
Coffee Leaf Rust Fungus Hemileia vastatrix I am sure, you will have heard about the Coffee Leaf Rust Fungus; a fungal ...
Special Report: Coffee Leaf Rust Fungus Part 2
The recommended fungicides:- Tilt 240 - a systemic fungicide, that actually kills the fungus: but it is not available locally, as ...
