Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian cafezinho

With the 2014 World Cup settled, Rio de Janeiro spent several sleepless nights with its buddies during this warm midsummer, and the next close contact with Rio may not be until the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio Janeiro Rio de Janeiro is not only the name of a famous city in Brazil, but also the name of a state. The state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the state capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro.

If you want to write about the coffee producing areas of Brazil, perhaps Rio de Janeiro is not the most prominent one, and the most noteworthy should be santos, the first largest coffee export port, and Minas Giles Minas Gerais, the classic producing area. However, the state of Rio de Janeiro is also a coffee-producing area and an important commercial coffee-producing area in Brazil, and if you review the previous introduction to Brazilian coffee, it is easy to find that Rio de Janeiro is located in the Brazilian coffee-producing region, adjacent to the states of San Paulo and minas gerais, where santos is located. In addition, coffee was first grown in Brazil, in the northern province of para, and was later transplanted from para to the interior of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gilles in 1770. In the 1820s, Rio, Minas and Sao Paulo accounted for 20% of the world's coffee production, and in the 1930s, Brazil became the largest exporter of coffee.

Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city in Brazil, was the capital from 1793 to 1960 before the Brazilian capital moved to Brasilia, Brasilia.

Rio Janeiro, which is January River in Portuguese, "River of January", is a poetic name because Portuguese navigators first discovered the place in January 1505 and thought it was the mouth of a great river. The city was founded in 1565 and became the capital in 1793.

Rio was once the original stronghold of European colonists. Later, after the Portuguese became the suzerain of Brazil, the city continued to develop, and the important development opportunity came from the relocation of the Portuguese royal family. In 1808, because of the war waged by Napoleon, the Portuguese royal family moved from Lisbon to Brazil, and Rio was luckily chosen as the new royal court and the only imperial capital outside the European royal family. In order to accommodate many aristocrats and upper-class people, the city of Rio has been expanded on a large scale.

Since then, until the relocation of the capital of Brazil, Rio has always been the first city-the first city in politics-only that Prince Pedro declared Brazil's independence as the regional capital in 1822 and naturally upgraded to the capital of the country after independence.

For a long time, Rio remained the largest city in Brazil, but was later overtaken by the new city of Sao Paulo. In the final analysis, coffee plays an important role in the rise of S ã o Paulo. Sao Paulo's population gathering and urban development took place in the second half of the 19th century, when Brazil's coffee production had reached the top of the world, and the international trade in slaves, the labor force that large plantations depend on, had been banned. The gap in the slave labor force has been replaced by hundreds of thousands of foreign immigrants brought about by the Brazilian immigration program, mainly from Europe and also from Asia. Immigrants have brought new blood to S ã o Paulo, not only to make up for the labor shortage, but also to bring new ideas and opportunities. The city of S ã o Paulo expanded massively and finally overtook Rio to become the largest city and has remained so far.

Although Rio is not the most important coffee producing area, it is the Red Sea of real coffee consumption. In addition to being the largest coffee producer in the world, Brazil's coffee consumption is also at the forefront of all countries. In addition to the traditional way of coffee consumption, the coffee trend that swept the world in the new era will not miss the international metropolis of Rio. In addition to some world-famous chain brands, such as Starbucks, there are many local coffee companies. For many coffee farms with long-term development plans, it is taken for granted to set foot in the terminal coffee consumption market. after all, the sale of raw coffee beans is priced by weight, while coffee sold as a drink is priced by the cup. Profit margins alone are attractive enough, not to mention to better upgrade their own raw bean brands. Rio has become the first choice for interested farms to set up stores.

Rio is one of the most important tourist destinations in South America, not only the world-famous carnival, samba, hot beauty, Basanova, but also the natural beauty, such as the lovely Bread Mountain. And the most famous scenic spot is the statue of Christ overlooking the whole city, which looks familiar to you. Of course, landmarks, if there is a background involving South America or Brazil in many blockbusters, you only need to take an aerial photograph and scan a 360-degree image of the god of Jesus, and you basically don't have to waste any more breath.

Cafezinho: coffee Life of Brazilians

Brazilians are also addicted to coffee, with three meals with coffee, and usually have coffee time in the afternoon. The most common one is called Cafezinho, Portuguese.

If you visit a Brazilian home, the host will ask if you want cafezinho, which is basically unacceptable. Traditional cafezinho is similar to Ethiopian coffee gifts, such as coffee is also very strong, coffee is divided into small coffee cups to drink. Of course, it's just similar.

One of the traditional ways to make Cafezinho: find a small saucepan with a long handle and deep, put in water, add sugar, dissolve the sugar in water, and then heat it over medium heat until it boils. Note, here is the point: pour the ground coffee powder into the boiling sugar water, stir properly, and remove from the fire. Brewed coffee, to be filtered, the traditional filter is to use fabric to filter, now filter paper has become a more convenient choice for people. The filtered coffee is served in a small cup.

Brazilians are comfortable drinking coffee, even convenience stores have cafezinho to drink, and much of the coffee is sold in thermos. Doesn't that sound rustic? Most bakeries and even Italian coffee shops serve coffee in a local way.