Island Shop: A Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Candle

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - August 20, 2014 - 5:58 am

Above: a Blue Mountain Coffee Candle (CJ Photo)

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor

Whether you’re a java junkie, trying to cut back on your caffeine, or just love the aroma of coffee, you’ll enjoy Starfish Oils’ Blue Mountain coffee-scented luminary.

Made with essential oils and beans from the prized Jamaican beverage, the hand-poured candle emits a heady scent that’ll put you in an island state of mind faster than you can say “Make mine a venti.”

And at approximately $12, it’s a whole lot cheaper than buying the real thing, which goes for upward of $40 a pound.

It’s available at Things Jamaican at Montego Bay’s Sangster International airport, or online at starfishoils.com.

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