Brazil
Warm, flat terrain with a defined dry season for natural-process drying.
Soil profile
Red latosol, deep and well-drained.
Growing regions
- Minas Gerais — Largest producing state
- Cerrado — Mechanized, high-volume farms
Seasonal cycle
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Priced against the C-market; large estates sell via forward contracts.
The story here
Legend says a French Guianese official's wife smuggled the first seedlings across the border hidden in a bouquet in the 1720s. Within two centuries Brazil became the world's largest coffee producer — a title it still holds — with vast farms across Minas Gerais and São Paulo shaping both the global market and the nation's own economic story.