CAFETIERE

Brazil

Have you ever heard about cafezinho? It is a tiny cup of usually good quality black coffee that most of Brazilians drink several times a day. "Cafe da manha" is another Brazil's word for breakfast which mean "morning coffee". It is not surprisingly that the Brazilians love coffee. Rather exporting their good quality coffee, they consuming them first then exporting the rest.

Brazil grows both arabica and robusta coffee as well. But mostly dry processed arabica. And amazingly, it is about 8 millions acres of Brazilian land is dedicated for the coffee trees. There are seventeen (17) Brazilian states grow many varieties of coffee. But only five regions that dominate the exportable coffee cultivation in Brazil. The large state of Minas Gerais (Sul de Minas) is an excellent coffee, uses both the ports of Santos, which is also the port for the various coffees produced in the state of Sao Paulo. Santos Exports the Flat Bean Santos and the superior Bourbon Santos.

 

Brazil coffee is poor to average quality, low to moderate acidity and neutral or bland in flavor. But there are states in southern Brazil where high quality is pursued intensely, and careful tending and detailed experimentation in processing have led to the production of some truly wonderful coffee. Smooth, well balanced and mellow, which comes from young Bourbon variety, whose small, rounded beans produce excellent cup qualities, fine acidity and sweetness. But after few crops, the bean becoming larger and lose a bit of their flavor, then described as "flat bean Santos". Are you the coffee lovers of coffee from Brazil? How do handle the cup of coffee from there? Cafezinho?