Story of the Development History of Brazilian Coffee Bean Outstanding Cup the output of Brazilian coffee beans ranks first in the world in terms of taste.

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The history behind the excellent Cup

Brazil has been a huge contributor to the global coffee market for decades. Plants from Ethiopia were brought to the country when French immigrants settled in Para in the 18th century. The activity of growing coffee beans began in the north and quickly spread to coastal areas. At that time, sugar cane was the largest crop in Brazil and a major contributor to the Brazilian economy. When sugar production in the Caribbean was booming, Brazil could not compete with their prices, so production fell sharply. Brazil then shifted its focus to coffee production to meet fast-growing global demand. By around 1820, coffee quickly replaced sugar as Brazil's most exported product. The fertile soil of Brazil's Vale do Paraiba, located in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, is the main producer of this prosperity.

Demand for Brazilian coffee is growing rapidly, especially in the United States and Europe. By 1840, Brazil had become the world's largest exporter of coffee. The by-product is the social and economic transformation of Brazil. The owner of Brazil's largest coffee plantation now holds full economic, social and political power. These "coffee tycoons" even declared Brazil a republic on November 15, 1889, a historic day celebrated every year to commemorate the end of the old empire. The coffee age has brought wealth and progress to many Brazilians. Coffee has attracted investment in railway infrastructure, credit expansion, banking infrastructure development and general industrialization. These Brazilian coffee beans have changed the whole society and economy, just like the ones in front of me now.

However, there is also a dark side to Brazil's coffee age-slavery. Unfortunately, slavery was, and still is, a worrying issue in Brazil. It's just that slavery in Brazil now refers to sexual slavery and human trafficking, when it was slave labor. The abolition of the slave trade in 1888 almost destroyed the Brazilian coffee industry because many coffee slaves were freed. However, the Brazilian government has implemented a new project to actively encourage European workers to come to Brazilian farms to grow coffee. This has not only enhanced Brazil's status as a multicultural country, but also strengthened ties between Brazil and European countries that consume their coffee.

Brazil's coffee industry was adjusted after the abolition of the slave trade, but faced a new and difficult challenge during the Great Depression of 1929. Since the United States is the main buyer of Brazilian coffee, followed by Europe, the Great Depression dealt a heavy blow to the coffee trade. Prices plummeted and trade fell, so thousands of bags of Brazilian coffee beans were burned. Producers will never be able to make up for these losses. Although this may seem like the end of Brazil's great coffee era, the wealth and industrial progress brought about by coffee have laid the foundation for other industries to prosper and adapt to changing economic needs. In the following half century, Brazil still struggled economically and politically, but the coffee industry has not been completely destroyed and will one day rise again.

Despite overcoming economic and political difficulties, Brazil remains the world's largest coffee producer. Brazil accounts for 30 per cent of global output, almost three times that of Vietnam, the second-largest producer. In 2011, coffee accounted for 10.2% of Brazil's total exports, generating revenue of about US $784.1 billion. If you want to know-Brazilians themselves like coffee, it is the most consumed product for people over the age of 10. The average person drinks 79.7 litres of coffee per year!

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