What is the Best Coffee from Brazil? The Incredible Flavor Profile of Brazilian Pulped Bourbon Coffee

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Introduction to FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil Bourbon Coffee

In 1720, a variety of Arabica coffee beans—the Typica variety—was introduced to Brazil for cultivation. By the 1850s, Brazil had become the world's major coffee producer. Given the limited yield of Typica beans and declining export potential, Brazilians traveled to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean to collect a Red Bourbon bean variety. By the 1870s, Red Bourbon had become Brazil's main coffee variety. This situation continued until 1871, when something peculiar occurred.

In Botucatu, São Paulo state, a coffee tree unexpectedly produced yellow berries. Researchers believed this was a natural mutation of the Red Bourbon variety, but the yield of these yellow fruits was not high. It wasn't until the 1930s that the true Yellow Bourbon was successfully cultivated and mass-produced, yielding significantly higher than the Red Bourbon variety. For a time, these yellow berries caught the attention of staff at the Campinas Agronomic Institute (IAC) in Brazil, who formally began researching them. IAC planted 30 lineages of this variety and promoted these newly cultivated Yellow Bourbon varieties throughout Brazil for cultivation.

Yellow Bourbon is characterized by its height of 2.8 meters and early maturity. Currently, among the 30 varieties, 17 have achieved commercial cultivation. Due to its susceptibility to coffee leaf rust, Yellow Bourbon requires more care than other varieties. When grown at altitudes of 1000 meters or higher, if the harvesting and processing are handled well, Yellow Bourbon typically exhibits excellent quality. Brazil only cultivates Yellow Bourbon, with no Pink Bourbon cultivation.

The sensory characteristics of FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian Yellow Bourbon are very distinct in the cup, primarily featuring its prominent sweetness, remarkable aroma, and very evident citric acidity. Mature fruits and raisins are the main flavors of FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian Yellow Bourbon.

In 2017, in the "Cup of Excellence" competition, Brazilian Yellow Bourbon scored 92.33 points in the honey process category, selling at an astonishing price of $131 per pound at auction—100 times the price of commercial coffee beans at the time.

Although coffee offers diversity, Brazilian coffee suits popular tastes. For example: coffee produced in the northern coastal regions has a typical iodine flavor, evoking associations with the sea after consumption. This coffee is exported to North America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.

Flavor Profile

Many varieties and diverse flavors exist, but most are low-acidity coffees with smooth textures.

In Summary

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