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How Did Coffee Come To Brazil?

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How Did Coffee Come To Brazil?

Today, the words Brazil and coffee are almost synonyms. It is hard to even imagine that 300 years ago, there was not a single coffee bush in these territories. Thousands of square kilometers of plantations, mild, humid climate, a huge number of sunny days a year – the country has everything to cultivate the best coffee in the world. The legend of coffee in Brazil is very interesting and, like any other remarkable story, must be shrouded in a beautiful legend.

History Of Brazilian Coffee

The plant came to Brazil in 1727 thanks to the smart Portuguese traveler and diplomat Francisco de Melo Palheta. Moreover, the seedling came to the territory of the country illegally because the Portuguese had not been able to get plants officially for a long time. That man had to take a risk and get the tree by fraud. De Melo seduced the wife of the governor of Guyana and received from her a bush of coffee as a gift, which was secretly shipped to Brazil.

  • For many years (until the early 19th century), the elite boosting drink was available only to rich people. There were few trees, and there were not enough berries for the industrial production of the drink.
  • Coffee was made only for personal consumption by the country’s inhabitants and colonists. In the 1930s and 1950s, Brazilian coffee came to the United States, where it caused an unprecedented boom. Since then, the spread of the Brazilian drink has not stopped.
  • In the 1990s, Brazilian coffee was facing a crisis that forced producers to reconsider their views on the cultivation and processing of coffee beans. Consumers demanded high quality, which began to appreciate more than huge volumes.

For Brazil, such a change meant a coffee crisis and the need to restructure production completely. Thanks to the change in approaches to coffee production, today, the drink from Brazilian highlands is considered the best in the world.