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Insight from our Master Coffee
Importer
Brazil is a coffee giant producing
over 40 percent of the world's
coffee! Most of this is lower
grade arabica and even lower grade
robusta, but there are some
special Brazilian coffees out
there, and if you ever have had an
espresso or cappuccino, there is a
great chance you have had a
Brazilian coffee before. Many
Brazilian coffees are mechanically
stripped from the coffee tree, not
lovingly hand picked. This
mechanical picking results in many
less-than-ripe cherries taken off
the tree. Another factor in
Brazil's coffee is altitude, or
lack thereof. Much of Brazil's
coffee is lower grown in grassland
areas in non-volcanic soil. These
conditions are less than ideal for
specialty coffee and this comes
through in the cup. There are some
very good Brazilian coffees. A
great high quality Brazil is soft,
nutty, low acid, with nice
bittersweet chocolate tastes. A
good Brazil can add a lot to
espresso blends, and is great
straight! One of our consistent
favorites is a natural Brazil,
where the coffee is laid out to
sun dry with the cherry on. This
imparts a rich dry fruit flavor
onto the coffee bean, and adds to
the body of the cup!
So in summary, there are some very
good Brazils out there. So we cup
and cup to find those that are
special and pick them out of the
rather large crowd of humdrum (or
so-so) Brazilian coffees.
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