Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee rainfall. The soil is rich, with excellent drainage. This combination of climate and soil is considered ideal for coffee. The Coffee Industry Regulation Act specifies what coffee may use the Blue Mountain label. Additionally, it restricts the use of the Blue Mountain trademark to those authorized by the Coffee Industry Board. Broadly speaking, coffee harvested from the parishes of Saint Andrew, Saint Thomas, Portland and Saint Mary may be considered Blue Mountain coffee. Traditionally, only coffee grown at elevations between and could be called Jamaica Blue Mountain. Coffee grown at elevations between and is called Jamaica High Mountain, and coffee
Sand Mountain blue Sand Mountain blue The Sand Mountain blue ("Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana") is a butterfly of the gossamer winged variety that is only found around the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada. This species is one of several belonging to the "blue" subfamily of Lycaenidae. These butterflies are known for their almost complete dependence upon Kearney buckwheat; eating the fallen leaves of the plant as larvae, and drinking the nectar of the flowers as adults - however, the adults occasionally feed on other plant species. Like many gossamer-winged butterflies, Sand Mountain blues have a close relationship with ants; in this case,