Due to the small growing area for these beans, Jamaican Blue Mountain® coffee is in limited supply. There is only a small are of the mountains that produces the perfect coffee. On top of that, close to 80% of Jamaican Blue Mountain® Coffee is immediately exported to Japan.
Another factor in the short supply of Jamaican Blue Mountain® coffee is growing time. Plants in this area take almost twice as long to mature as coffee grown in other regions. Once ripe the beans are all harvested and processed by hand, adding even more time and labour to the process.