Where are the main coffee growing regions in Brazil? How Brazil's coffee growing conditions determine flavor quality

Brazilian Coffee Introduction by FrontStreet Coffee

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Brazil is located in the tropical region, with a tropical rainforest climate in the north that is hot and humid year-round, suitable for the growth of tropical crops. Coffee trees are sun-loving plants, and ample sunlight provides the conditions for their growth. As Brazil was a Portuguese colony for a long time, to meet Western European demand, Brazilian coffee long followed single-crop cultivation, developing a tropical plantation economy. Thus, Brazilian coffee was its pillar industry for a very long period.

Unlike most coffee growing regions globally that are located in high mountains, most Brazilian coffee is grown in plain areas. Although Brazil's plains have low altitudes (ranging from 600-900m), they are vast in area and located in temperate regions with suitable temperatures, making them suitable for coffee growth. Therefore, Brazil adopted a strategy of winning through quantity.

It is precisely for this reason that Brazilian coffee lacks the hardness and strong acidity of high-altitude coffee. The beans themselves tend to be softer, so most commercial Brazilian beans are easy to roast and have a milder flavor profile.

The vast majority of Brazilian coffee has balanced acidity, sweetness, and bitterness, with a mild and versatile character. When paired with rich Indonesian Mandheling, it creates a mellow, intense chocolate flavor; when blended with African beans that highlight fruity and floral notes, it emphasizes special aromas of fruit and nuts.

As the "backbone of coffee," Brazilian coffee often undergoes medium to dark roasting designed to extract rich crema. Finally presented before you are espresso, Americano, latte, or various sweet and mellow beverages accompanied by milk, syrup, and cream, extracted from espresso machines. Due to industrial production and mechanical harvesting, Brazilian coffee has high yields, easier cost control, and wider distribution.

Brazil has many large farms that manage vast coffee plantations.

They use mechanical harvesting and mechanical drying, with high automation efficiency, treating coffee as a general agricultural material, but completely abandoning special flavors in the process. Therefore, many specialty coffee shops simply do not sell Brazilian beans to avoid devaluing themselves.

However, various regions in Brazil still produce high-quality coffee beans that are sold on the market under their own names, no longer generically called "Brazilian coffee."

Some farms still preserve the old Bourbon variety, with small raw beans that are obviously curved, with a red thread in the center line, earning it the nickname "red center."

Knowledge Point

Brazilian coffee is relatively mild and common, suitable for medium roasting and brewed using the most popular methods. It is the best raw material for making Italian espresso and various specialty coffees.

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