A brief introduction to the history and culture of the origin and development of balanced and supple Brazilian boutique coffee beans

Santos is a descendant of the bourbon species, hence the name for the port of Santos export. In the first three or four years before the coffee tree began to bear fruit, the beans were small and curved, with excellent flavor, and became the "Bourbon Santos". After that, the beans became bigger, flat in shape, no longer bent, and became "flat bean Santos". The flavor was not as good as before. Brazilian coffee can be found everywhere in Taiwan, but most of them are flat bean Santos. In fact, there are still high-quality coffee beans in various parts of Brazil, which will be sold on the market under their own name and are no longer commonly known as "Brazilian coffee." Some farms still retain the old bourbon species, with small particles of raw beans, obvious bending, red silk on the central line and the nickname "red center". Bourbon beans taste full, strong aroma, like drinking old wine, it is well worth a try

Coffee is now cultivated in new places inland, thanks to natural benefits. Panama became famous after the war as a new coffee producer in Brazil, and because its natural conditions are not superior, it is still inferior in quality compared with that produced in Sao Paulo. Now in the northern part of the state of Sao Paulo, Riberon, Bredo, and Franka, the interior of Mogianashi is the best producer of Brazilian coffee.

In addition, Mogiana in the northeast of Sao Paulo Province (north to South Minas) is also dominated by shaded bourbon, which is ranked as the three major boutique producing areas in Brazil along with Serrado and South Minas. Well-known estates in South Minas include Hope Manor and Montague. The famous "Datra Manor" and "Highland Manor" groups also have several large estates in Serrado and Mojiana. The winning estates of the four cup tests have become the treasures of the town shops of South Minas, Serrado and Mojiana.

Although coffee is diverse, Brazilian coffee is suitable for the taste of the public. For example, coffee produced in the northern coastal areas has a typical iodine taste, reminiscent of the sea after drinking. This coffee is exported to North America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Another kind of coffee that is interesting and worth looking for is washed Bahia coffee. This kind of coffee is not easy to find because Brazil is the world's largest consumer of coffee after the United States, and many of the best coffee can only be found in its domestic market.

In Brazil, the largest producer is Robbins. This kind of coffee is sold in the supermarket. Brazilian Robbins Coffee, sold under the name Conillon, accounts for 15 per cent of total production

Product name: Brazil yellow bourbon Brazil Chacal Estate Yellow Bourbon

Brazil is vividly compared to the "giant" and "monarch" of the coffee world. There are about 3.97 billion coffee trees there, and small farmers now grow 75% of Brazil's total coffee production. The number of coffee producers in Brazil is twice or even three times that of Colombia, the second largest coffee producer in the world.

Gauge: 227 grams

Raw bean producing country: Brazil

Producing area: Minas Minas Llicinea

Villa: waterfall Manor

Variety: yellow bourbon

Class: 2 d/300gr, 17-18 mesh

Height of origin: 1200m ~ 1380m

Treatment: insolation

Baking degree: medium and deep baking

Taste characteristics: sweet and smooth fruit sweetness, obvious nutty flavor, balanced and supple acidity, weak and clean bitterness, rich chocolate aroma and nutty flavor, bright and fresh taste.

Recommended brewing equipment: French pressure, hand flushing, siphon

Since the introduction of coffee trees from French Guiana (Guyana) in 1720, coffee production has gradually become a science. Before 1990, the Brazilian government carried out strict monitoring of the coffee industry, with both strict intervention and price protection measures, and the state has been implementing minimum price protection measures for farmers, resulting in coffee overproduction. Before World War II, the surplus stock reached 78 million bags, which had to be burned by fire or thrown into the water to destroy.

Other kinds of Brazilian coffee, such as Rio and Parana, can be produced in large quantities because they do not require too much care. Although the taste is rough, it is a kind of high-quality and inexpensive coffee, which has its own standards because it is distributed all over Brazil and varies in quality (NO.2~NO.8 according to the number of sundries, NO.13~NO.19 according to the size of beans, and six grades according to taste). Almost all Arabica varieties are of good quality and stable in price. The most famous one is "Brazil Santos", which has been a necessity of blended coffee and is familiar to the public since ancient times. Recently, the rating of "Guilma Cup" is also very high.

There are many large farms in Brazil, which run endless coffee plantations. They use machines to harvest and dry them. They are so efficient in automation that they regard coffee as a general agricultural material and completely abandon the flavor and flavor. As a result, many select coffee companies simply do not sell Brazilian beans so as not to demean themselves. In select coffee shops, there are still occasional Brazilian "santos" coffee, but they are all "Bourbon Santos" (bourban santos) rather than low-priced "Ping Dou Santos".