What are the matters of coffee cultivation in Jamaica?

Question

What are the matters of coffee cultivation in Jamaica?

Answer 1

Can you restate your question?

I don't understand if you mean, "what is the matter with coffee cultivation in Jamaica?" or are you trying to ask what problems or issues are associated with coffee cultivation in Jamaica?

Answer 2

The problems with coffee cultivation in Jamaica are problems everyone wishes they had. They are selling all the Blue Mountain that they can grow for over ten times the price of other coffees. After Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica in 1988, leaving much of the island looking like a plucked chicken, prices soared on the Japanese coffee market. In a gesture that left a lasting impression, Jamaican growers say that Japanese importers were on the telephone in the first days after the storm offering whatever help they needed in restoring their operations.

Now the Japanese have a near lock on the market, and little genuine Blue Mountain coffee reaches American consumers, although it can be found in gourmet shops selling for $20 to $40 a pound. Seeking to cash in on the cachet of Jamaica's beans, many retailers in the United States sell coffee that has little or no Jamaican content under deceptive names like Blue Mountain blend, or style.

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