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| From Bonnie Hamre,Your Guide to South
America for Visitors.
Although Latin America was late in getting into the wildly profitable
coffee producing business, South American countries now produce most
of the coffee consumed worldwide. Requiring specialized climactic conditions to grow well and produce the most flavorful beans, the coffee plant takes on local characteristics due to soil, altitude, climate and other factors. See map. There are two main types of beans: Arabica and Robusta. Arabica beans, grown best in warm, humid climates between 4000 and 6000 ft (1212 to 1818 m), produce the wonderfully flavored and aromatic beans consumed around the world. Robusta beans are more "robust," resilient to climactic changes, and grow best at sea level and up to 2500 ft (757 m) high. These beans are grown mostly in West Africa and Southeast Asia and mostly used for instant coffee. There are varietals, of course.
Colombia and Brazil are most noted for their coffee. Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru produce smaller crops, mostly consumed in-country, but Peruvian coffee is increasingly exported. Brazil In a good year, Brazil produces about a third of the world's coffee, both Arabica and Robusto. See Brazilian Coffee Production for maps, statistics and crop calendar. Most of Brazil's coffee is drinkable, "everyday" coffee with the exception of some of the coffee in São Paulo state, where coffee was first introduced to Brazil. The best known is Santos, named for the port; it comes from the original plants imported into the country, and is considered the best coffee: Bourbon Santos from beans culled during the first four years of growing
is the highest quality Colombia Colombia is known for full-bodied, flavorful coffee accounting for about twelve percent of the world's consumption. The qualities of the coffee beans vary by where they are grown in the country. (photos) Central cordilleras around Medellin, Armenia, and Manizales, noted
as MAM to the coffee world, with Medellin producing coffee with heavy
body, rich flavor, and fine, balanced acidity. Now producing about one percent of the world's coffee, most of it consumed at home, Venezuela once rivaled Colombia in coffee production. Recent efforts to revive and expand the industry concentrate on beans produced in the following areas: In the western part of the country, nearest Colombia, Cucuta, Merida,
Trujillo, and Tachira are shipped through Maracaibo and thus known by
that port name. Café Imperial is a prime example. Making a niche for itself in the organic coffee market grown in the Apurimac River and elsewhere, Peru also produces mild, flavorful and aromatic coffee in the Chanchamayo and Urubamba valleys. Ecuador Most of Ecuador's sizable coffee production is consumed in-country, and is usually thin to medium body coffee with sharp acidity; however there is a growing effort to market coffee abroad. Next time you enjoy a cup of coffee, it might just have come from South
America! http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/CulCoffee_p.htm |
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