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Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world, accounting for about 30% of coffee production, but because Brazil is located in tropical rain forest areas with relatively flat terrain and few high-altitude mountain forests, most coffee is grown in low-altitude non-volcanic soil areas. And there is not much shade for shading, resulting in the disadvantage that Brazilian beans grow quickly, but the density and soft flavor of coffee does not change much. Coupled with large-scale machine harvesting of coffee beans with a wide range of maturity differences in coffee harvesting at the same time, so that the quality of Brazilian beans is not particularly outstanding has always stayed in the category of commercial beans.

After 2000, due to the inducement of coffee competition, the quality of coffee beans produced in the high-altitude areas of the south was appreciated, mainly by the farms around the Minas platform, and the coffee quality was also the largest among Brazilian beans, such as Sirado in the west of Minas and Matas in the east, Bashiya in the north or small farms in the south, Minas almost became synonymous with Brazilian boutique coffee.

In recent years, the coffee competition is so accurate that it is separated by treatment (water treatment, half water washing, half sun drying), which has developed a variety of flavors and taste, which is completely different from that of traditional Brazilian coffee. In particular, the half-sun method and the sun method perform best, the aroma of clean low-acid fruit increases, so that the rich chocolate flavor is reduced.

Minas Gerais, Brazil has almost become synonymous with Brazilian boutique coffee, in recent years through different treatments to show the unique taste of Brazilian beans.

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There are many different varieties of coffee in Brazil, many of which were developed or evolved here, including Mondonovo, Huangbourne, Kaddura and Katuai.

Minas Gerais, state of

Located in southeastern Brazil, the state of Minas Gerais has some of the highest mountains in the country, providing the elevation needed to grow coffee.

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CERRADO

The word Cerrado means savanna. Although the word can be used to refer to the prairie that stretches through several states of Brazil, it is only used on coffee in the Cerrado district of the western state of Minas Gerais.

This area is a relatively new coffee producing area, and perhaps because of this, it is mostly a large-scale and mechanically harvested coffee garden. More than 90% of the coffee plantations in this area cover an area of more than 10 hectares.

SULDE MINAS

The area has long been home to most Brazilian coffee and has many small farmers handed down from generation to generation, so perhaps the common cooperatives here have flourished.

Even though small-scale coffee production is quite common, there are still many quite industrialized areas in this area, and many use mechanical harvesting. Many areas in the region have also attracted public attention recently, including Carmo de Minas. This municipality around the village of Carmo has many producers who make good use of the soil and climate to produce excellent coffee.

Qianjie Coffee recommends the parameters you choose when brewing coffee beans in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais:

Suggested cooking method: hand flushing

Filter cup: KONO filter cup

Water temperature: 86-88 ℃

Degree of grinding: moderate grinding, that is, sugar thickness

Powder / water ratio: 1:13-1:14

Extraction time: about one minute and fifty seconds

Extraction technique: segmented extraction.

17 grams of powder, first steam with water twice the weight of powder (that is, 34 grams of water) for about 30 seconds. When the coffee powder bed begins to dry, the steaming can be over. Use large water to gently circle water injection to 120-130 grams of water, liquid level drop is about to expose the powder bed, continue to water injection to about 221 grams, liquid level drop is about to expose the powder bed to remove the filter cup.