Coffee in Brazil

Let’s check out the history of coffee in Brazil. Brazil produces about one-third of the world’s coffee. Coffee was first brought to Brazil around the 18th century. Coffee became one of the largest production in Brazil by 1920’s, providing about 80% of the world’s coffee beans, but it declined as other countries began to produce coffee.

Around 1727, Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggled coffee seeds from French Guinea. Francisco was on his way back to Brazil after a diplomatic mission. Coffee was first grown domestically until the US and European countries saw an increase in demand. There were three main locations for coffee growth Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais.

By the early 20th century, the coffee production made up around 16% of Brazil’s economy. Brazil grows both types of beans, arabica and robusta. Arabica coffee is produced in the southeastern regions of Minas Gerais, San Paulo, and Parana.  Robusta coffee is produced in the northwestern area of Brazil, Espirito Santo. Brazil also uses the sun to dry their coffee beans, like Honduras, after harvesting them. Brazil’s coffee gives you a low acidity, clear, sweet, medium bodied coffee taste. Producing more than 2.7 million tons of Arabica and Robusta coffee, with over 220,000 farms, has made Brazil first of the world’s coffee production!

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Brazil

http://www.ncausa.org/About-Coffee/Coffee-Around-the-World

Origin of Coffee- Yemen

In a port called Al-Mokha, which is located in Yemen, it has been said that coffee originated from there. In this small city, the locals gave coffee its original Arabic name qahwa and mocha came from this port, port Al-Mokha.

According to World.Mic, coffee was everything to Yemen. Coffee was handed down from generation to generation, and it was one of the most important plants there was for Yemenis. Coffee was considered the “Wine of Arabia”, where monks in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen drank it to help them stay up for midnight prayers. Coffee spread from the monks to everyone, for everyday use and it was also included in trades as an exquisite item. It spread all over the Islamic world creating different coffee houses in areas including Persia, Egypt, Turkey, and North Africa. Coffee spread all over Europe by the Ottoman Empire and by trading markets by the Yemeni in the port of Mocha. England and the Dutch East India Companies were able to transport the Mocha beans and trees back to England, India, Sumatra, Bali and other islands in the East Indies.

Although now coffee is not as big anymore in Yemen, the taste and smell of Arabica coffee are unique as it takes a while to create and perfect. The coffee beans can only be harvested five years after being planted at 2,500 meters (about 8,200 feet above sea level). The coffee beans are handpicked at a specific time, dried outside by the sun, and then peel the dried skin. Yemenis use every part of the coffee plant. The leaves are used to make a red tea that's like herbal medicine, and the husk is used within a drink, which contains a lot of antioxidants.

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