Brazilian Coffee

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Comment by Bruno Sanches on April 17, 2008 at 11:38pm

Hey Lia, what's up?

'Mineiro' means 'from Minas Gerais'. Minas is the biggest coffee producer state in Brazil, and its coffee is well known as the best of Brazil, especially the 'Sul de Minas or Sul Mineiro' (it means the same thing). I have already tried and it is really good.

'Cerrado' is a brazilian native type of vegetation, the best word to describe it are actually two: 'savannah-like'. By the way, I really don't like this translation, to me it is kinda poor.

Here are some links explaining better what is the meaning of Cerrado (all in english, so you don't have to worry about it).

http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/cerrado/Pages/default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrado

Thanks for the tip, take care.

Comment by Lia on April 17, 2008 at 8:10pm

(how can you translate 'cerrado'?)

Comment by Lia on April 17, 2008 at 8:10pm

Bruno, I found out the coffee from Cerrado Mineiro (sorry non-portuguese speakers) and it's really really good - sweet and strong. You should try it.

Comment by Debbie on April 17, 2008 at 3:03pm

I went to Borders yesterday to find some books on Coffee Beans, History, Roasts etc.... pretty much anything I could find on coffee and I couldn't believe the incredibly small selection on Coffee Books!

Comment by Bruno Sanches on April 16, 2008 at 7:36pm

I'm pretty sure you have.

Brazil is responsible for 30% of all coffee in the world and it is used in coffee blends from all around the globe.

"What's like?" it's really trick because coffee is produced in many areas here in Brazil, each one of them gives the coffee a particular body, flavour, acidity and so on.

Nowadays the most famous brazilian coffee is the 'Sul de Minas' produced in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. I enjoy the 'Norte do Paraná', produced in the north of the state of Paraná.

Comment by Debbie on April 15, 2008 at 10:17pm

I'm not sure if I have tried brazilian coffee. What's it like?