Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, this is a verified purchase review. I really bought the product. The product is Volcanica Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Peaberry, 100% arabica coffee (whole bean). This review applies to no other products purchased on Amazon. OK, so here's the gist of it: I am a connoisseur of fine coffees, including genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. I started drinking Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee way back in the early 1980s, when I first purchased it from a small roasting company in Palo Alto, California. I have subsequently purchased whole bean Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee from Peet's Coffee (when available, and not very often) and even from Starbucks (again, available only infrequently). Since genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain whole bean coffee is becoming harder and harder to find (fewer roasters are offering it because it is too expensive to appeal to most coffee drinkers and probably more of a hassle for roasters to obtain), I have turned to Amazon to try to satisfy my cravings for truly fine genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain whole bean coffee. While Amazon cannot be faulted in any way (their shipment arrived right on time, in perfect condition), Volcanica Coffee can certainly be faulted. If what I purchased here was truly genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain whole bean 100% arabica coffee (peaberry variety), then this coffee is a poor excuse for coffee bearing the "Jamaica Blue Mountain" name and label. Do not purchase this coffee unless you obtain some perverse pleasure from wasting your money. This stuff costs close to $100 for 16 oz (1 pound), and it is no better than any other "plain Jane" coffee you can purchase at Starbucks or online from Amazon. This coffee bears absolutely no resemblance in flavor qualities or after-taste compared to genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain whole bean coffee I have purchased directly from Peet's coffee or from Starbucks. I tried hard to give it a chance -- made several pots. Even took it to work with me in a thermos. It was barely drinkable. I mean I had to add sugar to it to make it even somewhat palatable. This is not what I remember genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee to be like. True genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain whole bean coffee is exceptionally smooth with a sweet after-taste (consumed black). In fact, true genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is deceptively smooth -- but very strong. It will give you a true jolt like almost no other coffee I have ever had. This coffee (under review) had none of these properties. I can only give it one star, and I would give it only 1/2 star if I could figure out how to do it. So, in summary, as they say in New Yawk, don't bother! Don't waste your hard-earned dollars on Volcanica Coffee brand Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee. Save your money for when you can find the real deal on the Peet's website or when Starbucks offers it locally somewhere in your community. The real deal is well worth having, and I recommend that all coffee drinkers try genuine Jamaican Blue Mountain whole bean coffee at last once before they die, because it is truly one of the world's finest coffees. But don't buy it from Volcanica Coffee. This purchase was sorely disappointing to me, and I will never again purchase it. This is a totally honest, unbiased, and objective review. I am just trying to save you your money.