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Common sense of grading coffee beans in coffee producing areas of Brazil

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Compared with other producing countries in Central and South America, Brazil is significantly lower, with a larger proportion of estates less than 1000 meters. The landform here is flat and monotonous, lack of microclimate, and accustomed to unshaded tree (sun-exposed) planting, resulting in the development of Brazil's unique soft bean flavor-low sour taste, heavy nutty flavor, good chocolate sweetness and mellowness, but slightly woody and earthy, floral and

Compared with other producing countries in Central and South America, Brazil is significantly lower, with a larger proportion of estates less than 1000 meters. The flat and monotonous landform, lack of micro-climate, and accustomed to unshaded tree (sun-exposed) planting have developed Brazil's unique soft bean flavor-low sour taste, high nutty flavor, good chocolate sweetness and mellowness, but slightly woody and earthy flavor, flower and orange fragrance is not obvious. To put it simply, Brazilian coffee is relatively light, and it is not easy to drink the sour and orange aromas of wild African beans.

Brazilian coffee interprets the aesthetics of soft beans in five levels, in the following order: strictlySoft (strictlySoft), → (soft), Softish (Softish), → (Hardish) and Rioy (iodine). In other words, Brazilian beans do not emphasize the lively acidity, rhythm and transparency of hard beans, but focus on the mild, smooth, mellow and sweet characteristics of soft beans, so Brazilian beans are the most suitable formula for espresso.

According to this standard, the producing areas of Brazil can also be divided into five grades:

Extremely meek: South Minas, Serrado platform in the central and western part of Minas / Mojiana / Bahia Diamond Plateau in northeastern Sao Paulo province

Supple: slightly higher in Bahia / Minas southeast forest / Parana / San Espiritu (mausoleum) / central and western S ã o Paulo

A little softer: East and northeast of Minas

Not easy to read: Espiritu Santo / Parana (low altitude)

Iodine choking: slightly lower southeast of Minas / Espiritu Santo (flat)

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