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    Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee

    Jamaica coffee is universally regarded as one of the best in the world. We went to Jamaica to visit a plantation of the famous Blue Mountain coffee at Mr.. McGowan di Trumpet Tree Coffee Factory. Blue Mountain coffee has been grown in Jamaica since 1728 when the first seedling arrived from the neighboring island of Martinique as a gift to Governor Sir Nicholas Lawes. From that moment it became one of the most prized and sought after coffee by connoisseurs. The Blue Mountains rise in 2256 meters above sea level in the eastern part of the island and are among the highest mountains in the Caribbean. The name Blue Mountain is given to the mountain by the fog…