Chicory Root: The Ancient Remedy and Modern Prebiotic Powerhouse
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With a distinct aroma and irresistible flavor, it has commanded the attention of the world. The coffee trade is immense, second only to that of oil in its value. The history of coffee is filled with stories of those who sought to control that trade, who exacted high tariffs on coffee roasters and those who found ways to circumvent those controls.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Coffee from Brazil
Latin America countries dominated coffee production and exports, with Brazil as the main actor. It is the leading coffee producer worldwide, also is the second largest consumer after the United States.
Brazil is the largest Arabica producer in the world, and its coffee plantations are composed of 73% Arabica and 27% Robusta trees.
Brazil is experiencing a yearly increase of 5% in coffee consumption and will soon have am internal consumption rate of twenty-one million bags yearly, closed to the twenty-five million consumed in the USA.
Brazil has long been the world’s largest producer, but production has recently been boosted by changes in how and where coffee is grown.
Coffee was introduced into south-eastern Brazil around 1774, and at first became established in cleared lands previously planted in sugarcane.
Throughout the 1880s and into the early twentieth century, Brazil produced more than half of the world’s coffee.
Coffee is grown on some 2.5 million ha between latitudes 10 and 24 degree S, mostly on gently sloping land, often with high tech cultivation practices.
This country ranks first in coffee production, with a yield of around 44 million 60 kg-bags in 2006, this represent 30% of the world’s coffee production.
Most of Brazil’s coffee was exported to Europe, especially Germany, the Low Countries and Scandinavia, and to the United States, the largest single market.
There is some Brazilian coffee in almost every cup of espresso and in most canned coffee and major roaster’s blends. Coffee from Brazil has delighted the world for many years, bringing with it the contagious joy of its people, their colorfulness, their taste and their smells.
Coffee from Brazil
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