New! BRAZIL Coffee Bag Singles - 15-Pack in a resealable Kraft Bag - Smooth body with sweet chocolatey and nutty flavors
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- Minas Gerais Brazil
- Harvest: May/September
- Altitude: 1000 - 1400 masl
- Soil: Clay minerals
- Process: Pulped natural (Honey) and dried in the sun on patios
- Flavor notes: Low acidity, smooth body with sweet flavors. These flavors are primarily chocolatey and nutty.
Brazilian Coffee
It may come as a surprise that American colonists had been drinking coffee for fifty years before the first coffee seed was planted in one of Portugal’s own colonies not far from the Amazon river in 1727. A hundred years later, Brazil accounted for 30% of the world’s coffee supply. A hundred years after that, in the 1920’s, Brazil held a virtual monopoly, producing 80% of the world’s coffee.
Although Brazil’s market share peaked at 80% 90 years ago, its continuing status as the world’s largest coffee producer gave the country considerable influence on the market over the years, including the ability to affect pricing, intentionally and unintentionally. It is often noted that when Brazil sneezes, the coffee world catches cold. On July 18, 1975, Brazil sneezed. A “black frost” destroyed over 70 percent of the crop and as a result coffee prices doubled world-wide.
It may come as a surprise that American colonists had been drinking coffee for fifty years before the first coffee seed was planted in one of Portugal’s own colonies not far from the Amazon river in 1727. A hundred years later, Brazil accounted for 30% of the world’s coffee supply. A hundred years after that, in the 1920’s, Brazil held a virtual monopoly, producing 80% of the world’s coffee.
Although Brazil’s market share peaked at 80% 90 years ago, its continuing status as the world’s largest coffee producer gave the country considerable influence on the market over the years, including the ability to affect pricing, intentionally and unintentionally. It is often noted that when Brazil sneezes, the coffee world catches cold. On July 18, 1975, Brazil sneezed. A “black frost” destroyed over 70 percent of the crop and as a result coffee prices doubled world-wide.