Coffee basic knowledge the flavor of the prairie Serrado coffee

When it comes to Minas province, we have to talk about the famous Serrado prairie.

Deep in the Serrado prairie, Brazil has an inland area of 1.2 million square kilometers, accounting for 22% of Brazil's total area, about three times the size of Texas. Cerrado', which means "closed land" in Portuguese, begins in the southwestern province of Mato Grosso (Mato Grosso), through the west-central part of Minas, and north to the western part of Bahia province. There are 10, 000 species of plants and 1600 species of mammals, birds and reptiles in this vast prairie, which is the most diverse prairie in the world. Coffee fans should note that not all coffee produced on this prairie can bear the reputation of Serrado, but only in the Mesa of the central and western Minas province, which is as high as 1100m to 1300m above sea level. Here is the essence of the Serrado prairie, high altitude, soil fertilizer, to grow sweet, mellow thickness and no soil fishy taste of boutique coffee. As for the northern Minas province and the western Bahia province, the terrain is lower, although it is also part of the Serrado prairie, but the coffee has an earthy flavor, far inferior to the Minas central and western Mesa, and is not really Serrado. It is difficult to buy 100% Serrado coffee, and farmers here are used to mixing inferior coffee in the north, east or southeast of Minas to fish in troubled waters. To avoid the trap of fakes, there is no choice but to look for Serrado's established and reputable well-known estates.