Mavis Bank

Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles (16 km) north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland.^[3]

Mavis Bank
Town
Mavis Bank
Coordinates: 18.0314032°N 76.6583705°W / 18.0314032; -76.6583705
Country	Jamaica
Parish	St Andrew
Parliamentary Constituency	East Rural Saint Andrew[1]
Population [2]
• Estimate  (2009)	1,787

The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years, and is the main employer in the area.^[4] One of the coffees produced by the estate is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.^[5]

Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary triangulation station (18.027118°N 76.662512°W / 18.027118; -76.662512).^[3]