How are the coffee beans in Brazil, a coffee-producing country in South America, as mellow as chocolate nuts?

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Qianjie-introduction of coffee producing areas in Brazil

The terrain of Brazil is very obvious, with a vast Amazon plain in the north, like a vibrant green leaf, higher terrain in the south, hills in the middle, and the famous Brazilian plateau on the southeastern edge. Brazilian coffee beans come from the mountains of southeastern Brazil.

After coffee was introduced into Brazil, it was only planted on a small scale in the early stage, and coffee farms appeared after it extended to the south. Coffee was grown on a commercial scale in Rio de Janeiro (Rio for short). Located in the coastal area of southeastern Brazil, Rio belongs to the tropical rain forest climate, with high temperature all the year round, small annual and daily temperature difference, and relatively uniform seasonal distribution. That's why coffee can be grown here on a large scale.

The early prosperity of Brazilian coffee cultivation is inseparable from slavery, whether local slaves or slaves imported from Africa, are the main force of Brazilian coffee production. Britain banned the introduction of African slaves to Brazil in 1850. By the end of slavery in 1888, Brazilian coffee production remained stable.

After that, there was a relatively chaotic situation in the coffee market, coupled with the strange characteristics of Brazilian coffee production which was high and low in one year, and the sudden attack of black frost, which made the Brazilian coffee production extremely unstable at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.

As Brazil is a large plantation, coffee picking is mostly industrial machines, usually no matter whether the coffee beans are all ripe or not, even the coffee pulp will be directly removed, the method is very poor, resulting in low quality of coffee. However, some plantations plant Arabica seeds at high altitudes in pursuit of excellent quality, picking all coffee beans manually, and only in the 1990s did they introduce Brazilian half-sun drying or local washing to treat raw beans. make the coffee quality enough to compete with other boutique coffee in the world.

Brazil's high-quality coffee beans usually come from large plantations, while other shoddy coffee cannot be found, but not all large plantations produce boutique coffee. As mentioned above, it is impossible to produce boutique coffee by mechanized "rough peeling".

Brazilian coffee flavor: mellow and sweet, low acidity, chocolate nut flavor, elegant and delicious.

Knowledge: most coffee grows in the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer. Coffee planting belt and origin will have a great influence on its flavor.

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