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A Day in the Blue Mountains
Led by Lynda Lee Burks, the day begins with an early morning flight to Kingston where you will be met by the driver, pass through the exuberant hustle and bustle of the capital and ascend the foot of the mountains towards Papine. The first stop is Belcour Lodge, a historic 18th century former coffee estate great house and the home of Robin Lumsden and her husband Michael. A noted and celebrated cook and the owner of Belcour Preserves, Robin will cook a hearty brunch which will be served in the great house accompanied by her recounting the fascinating story of her family history.
After to you leave Belcour, with a copy of Robins's recently published book, your journey will continue high into the mountains and up to Newcastle, home of the Jamaica Defence Force and a former 19th century British military barracks. You will pass through the camp where original buildings still stand and ascend higher to Clifton Mount, a coffee plantation owned by the Sharp family since 1977. It also happens to be the only Rainforest Alliance Certified Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Estate in North America. On a plateau surrounded by an English garden is the estate house, surrounded on all sides by stupendous mountain views. You will be able to see how the coffee is grown, watched it being pressed and naturally, sample it.
From Clifton Mount, the journey continues through Hardware Gap emerging into the other side of the mountains where the flora is immediately more lush, vibrant and intense. Descending slightly you stop at Old Tavern, the first and only single estate coffee plantation in Jamaica owned by Dorothy Twyman and her son. Here the coffee is grown, processed, packed and marketed by the same family. Old Tavern is one of only a handful of coffee estates that produces Peaberry beans. Dorothy and her son David -if he is there will entertain you, show you their process and serve you their coffee which has a fabulous hint of caramel.
From Old Tavern - complete with a pack of coffee you will descend via the utterly lovely Buff Bay Road to the coast and then to Firefly, the former home of Noel Coward for cocktails before heading back to Rose Hall and Half Moon.
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