A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAMAICA BLUE MOUNTAIN TRADERS
In 1999. Damian Nelson approached Jerry Delince to create a new web presence for his fledgling web site named www.jamaicabluemountaincoffee.com. Mr. Nelson, a native of Jamaica had been imported and reselling JABLUM Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee to friends, colleagues and select clients via his fledgling web site. Mr. Delince had one request in order to evaluating the offer, he requested a sample of the coffee in order to judge its quality. Two days later a partnership was formed. From these humble beginnings was born Jamaica Blue Mountain Traders, the world of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee would never be the same again.
Enlisting the assistance of Mr. Marc Aptakin, the three partners began a tireless search for exceptional Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, exceptional single orgin coffees and proper brewing, serving and storage items to ensure unparallel enjoyment of fine Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. Immediately the partners began the hard task of evaluating various Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee from a variety of source Mavis Bank Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, JABLUM Blue Mountain Coffee, Wallenford Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, Wallenford Blue Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee the touchstones in large scale processing, roasting and packaging of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee at origin. Along the way there were many new acquaintances formed with smaller farms offering Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffees of exceptional quality such as RSW Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee (Resource, Sherwood Forest, and Whitfield Hall) and Country Traders Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee.
Among industry firsts, www.jamaicabluemountaincoffee.com was first to enable customer tracking of all order via it’s web site., first to offer hyper-premier Jamaica Blue Mountain #1 beans roasted to order then shipped within 24 hours to clients worldwide and first to institute a rigid five cupping evaluation process in the selection of each single origin coffee prior to contract.
Jamaicabluemountaincoffee.com was also first to marry the legendary quality of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee with the exceptional craftsmanship of Europe and Asia’s premier industrial design houses such as EvaSolo, Stelton, Alessi, ChilliChilly of Hong Kong, Lexon and Menu of Scandinavia. Not to mention first to offer world class brewing technology from legendary manufacturers such as Krups and Gaggia.
Since 1999 we have been engaged in a quest to marry exceptional coffee with exceptional customer service, selection and attention to detail. Today www.jamaicabluemountaincoffee.com is the web’s largest purveyor of fine Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee based in the United States of America.
"Every aspect of our business from selection criteria to answering every single customer inquiry with reverence and respect is a constant push towards a single goal, establishing America's preeminent source of exquisite single origin coffees and the commitment to delivering the world’s best customer service." — Jerry Delince, partner.
"Jamaica Blue Mountain Traders was established in 1999 with a simple mission - provide our discerning clients with outstanding 100% pure Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffees. This is a commitment that informs every decision we make everyday pertaining to our client’s experience." — Damian Nelson, partner.
"Exceptional coffee only exists in those places where geography and climate have combined to produce an Arabica bean of rare body, aroma and flavour. I feel that our endeavor is to identify and capture that essence then transport it fresh into each and every client’s cup." — Marc Aptakin, partner.
