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New York Caffè Brazil Santos made of 100% of the finest Arabica, classy, intense, spicy and long lasting flavour.
Brazil Santos is grown in highlands above 1200 to 1500m.
New York Caffè uses only 100% Arabica beans for this coffee which make it an extraordinary pleasure. Main features of Brazil Santos are its pleasant full-bodied aroma and flavour, its excellent texture, mild and harmonious acidity and a perfect balance and presence.
Having 4 million coffee trees Brazil is justifiably called a giant in the coffee market. 75% of the crop which encompasses an endless number of cross breeds and varietals is produced by small farmers. In the world market this wet-fermented coffee is divided into Brazil, Mild and Other Arabica. Although 17 out of 26 Brazilian federal states produce coffee only 4, i.e. Parana, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo, produce 98% of the overall crop of which Parana, situated in the South, produces 50%.
Bahia is among the most interesting and best coffee varietals. Unfortunately, this varietal is very hard to buy because Brazil, besides exports to the United States, consumes most of its coffee at home which means that many great coffees are not exported.
Genuine Blue Mountain is a high grown plant and comes almost exclusively from small plantations such as Wallenford Estate, Silver Hill Estate or Atlanta Estate. Contrary to many people’s opinion Robusta beans from Brazil are only supermarket quality. In Minas Gerais state old Bourbon varietals were discovered recently in the Cerrado regions which are now offered as plantation coffee such as Capin Branco and Vista Allegre. Capin Branco is milder in flavour than the rather spicy and fruity Vista Allegre. Both are relatively low in acidity. Yet, as with all Brazilian coffees they should be used as long as they are young because they develop too much acid when stored for a long time.
Apart from a number of Arabica varietals they also grow Conillon, a Robusta varietal. The plants introduced in French Guyana in 1720 usually produce average quality. However, there are also very good qualities in part. There is something for every taste. Rio, which has a medicinal flavour, is being consumed in Brazil. The coffees grown in the North near the coast have a flavour of the sea and the newly cultivated old Bourbon beans grown in the south eastern Cerada region are mild and low in acidity.
Devastating sudden frosts in the South of the country have grave effects on the world market. That is why the Brazilian economy regained its independence from the once dominating coffee industry, which was strictly supervised and regimented by the state until 1990. And the times when overproduction was dumped into the sea to keep prices in the world market stable are also over. Price per 1000g = € 23.96. | 
