HISTORY OF YOUR FAVOURITE BRAZILIAN COFFEE

1. HISTORY OF YOUR FAVOURITE BRAZILIAN COFFEE One cannot forget to include Brazil while talking about almost everyone’s favorite drink— coffee. Counted among the world’s largest Coffee Bean Exporters, Brazil has its own history behind the production of the special Brazilian coffee. The large production of coffee beans in Brazil is what feeds the big international markets all over the world and hence, this produced coffee holds a greater importance for almost all the professional coffee makers living in various parts of the world. How is coffee related to Brazil? The production of coffee began in Brazil long in the early 18th century. French traders who settled in the state of Para brought a coffee plant to this country. Gradually with time, in the presence of favorable conditions, coffee production started and the fields of coffee spread from the north of the country to the rest of Brazil, concentrating the areas near the seashores. After the majorly produced product (sugarcane) of Brazil started to lose its importance in the international markets, the Brazilian coffee beans took its place, making the country itself a noticeable exporter of different Brazilian Coffee Brands all over the world. This production gained its pace when the planting, as well as production of coffee beans, started occurring in the most fertile soils of Vale do Paraiba. By the start of 19th century, Brazilian Coffee Brands had already received the title of the number one coffee bean exporters, while feeding the European as well as the American markets and in 1840; Brazil was crowned as the new prince of the coffee exporting business. How the coffee business collapsed and then stood up again: When the whole world was busy enjoying the coffee exported by this country, the coffee industry of Brazil was solely based on the working of the slaved, which eventually made it crash in 1888. With the abolition of slavery, the coffee production almost stopped. However, later the Brazilian government came up with their program of encouraging the immigrants from Europe to work in the fields of coffee. This help from European workers not only did add some additional features to the coffee production but also once again increased the demand for Brazilian produced coffee beans in all around the world. Later due to the Great Depression of

2. 1929, the active production and the economic status of the coffee could not survive, and with time, the demands for the same literally dried up. Even though this happened, the Brazilian coffee industry never forgot its part in the Brazilian economic activity and hence, it is still counted as one of the priceless commodities there. Status of Brazilian coffee industry today: There is no doubt in the fact that Brazil is still the largest producer of coffee in the world, which controls almost 30% of the coffee production, internationally. Various brands of coffee are exported from Brazil to different countries all over the world. Around 10%-exported coffee is mainly of the type Arabica, while this is followed by the 5% exporting of Robusta type Brazilian coffee. The coffee is mostly exported in the form of green, soluble, roasted, and ground coffee, along with the basic yet important residues of the same coffee. Being among the world’s largest coffee bean exporters, Brazil is itself a fan of its coffee; Brazilians prefer drinking coffee as their happy beverage and hence, the country has the title of the largest consumers of coffee. This consumption is large to the extent that it is worse than the actual production of coffee in the field. This is why; Brazilians prefer to drink the cheap and popular brand of coffee in Brazil, costing only about BRL 2.00 per cup. Strong and cheap is what matters to these Brazilian people and hence, spending more than their usual price for a coffee cup may sound something strange to a Brazilian ear. Visit for original source: http://www.article1.co.uk/Articles-of-2018-Europe-UK-US/history- your-favourite-brazilian-coffee