Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee grown below elevation is called Jamaica Supreme or Jamaica Low Mountain. (All land in Jamaica above is a forest preserve, so no coffee is grown there.) As with most other varieties of coffee, there are several grades assigned to different lots, based on factors such as size, appearance, and defects allowed. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee or Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is a classification of coffee grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The coffee was introduced to Jamaica in 1728. The best lots of Blue Mountain coffee are noted for their mild flavour and lack of
Sand Mountain blue while the subspecies "E. p. arenamontana" has been labeled as critically imperiled, at great risk of extinction. In 2004 a petition was filed to investigate the status of the Sand Mountain blue and whether it should be placed on the endangered or threatened species lists. Currently Sand Mountain blues are referred to as "rare" because of their small geographical distribution around the Sand Mountain dune. In March 2007, several off-road vehicle trails were closed off in order to protect the species and its host plant from intrusion. Sand Mountain blue The Sand Mountain blue ("Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana") is a butterfly