What is the country with the largest coffee production? What are the flavor characteristics of Brazilian coffee beans? What is the main variety of Brazilian coffee?

Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer, coffee is mostly produced in the plain or plateau savanna climate zone, the average annual temperature is about 20 ℃, excellent climate and most flat geographical conditions can be large-scale coffee planting in Brazil, and the use of machinery to harvest coffee fruits, it is conceivable that the output is amazing.

The history of coffee in Brazil

Brazilian coffee was introduced to Brazil from French Guiana in the 1720s. Francesco Paletta, a Portuguese captain from Brazil, captured the heart of the then governor's wife in Cayenne, the capital of French Guinea, and successfully brought coffee seeds to Brazil. Since then, coffee has adapted rapidly in Brazil, spreading from the north to the southeastern state of Sao Paulo. By 1845, Brazilian coffee beans accounted for 45% of the world's coffee beans and became the main source of income in the state of Sao Paulo.

What are the flavor characteristics of Brazilian coffee beans?

The altitude of Brazilian coffee is about 400-1600 meters above sea level, and the altitude is relatively low. Compared with Central American coffee, the density of Brazilian coffee beans is not particularly high. As a result, the taste of Brazilian coffee is not as high as that from many high altitude producing areas, and the coffee flavor is monotonous. Brazilian coffee taste is supple, balanced, nutty, grassy, chocolate, not too sour and bitter, so it is often used to make Italian blending. But coastal Rio coffee even has an iodine and salty taste, which is thought to be the result of some kind of microbial action, but even if it is grown in the same soil, it does not necessarily produce this flavor every year.

What is the mainstream variety of Brazilian coffee?

There are many varieties of coffee grown in Brazil, with red bourbon, yellow bourbon, New World and Kaduai as the main varieties. Kaddura, Akaia, Obata, Alamosa, pointed body bourbon and so on have also been planted and studied.