Good Morning Coffee Lovers,
Today the Vermont gourmet coffee world tour takes off from the Brown and Jenkins' roastery in the Green Mountains for the continent of South America. This continent, and the many diverse countries and coffee growing regions in it, will wrap up our whirlwind tour. Of the many countries in South America, Columbia and Brazil are probably the most famous exporters of coffee beans. South American coffees tend to have a light body, sharp acidity, brightness and a clean finish to them.
Brazilian Coffee Beans
Despite producing almost a third of the world's coffee much of what comes out of Brazil are the lower quality Robusta coffee beans. Conversely, the Brazilian Bourbon Santos is the finest grade of coffee available in the country and it is fantastic. Bourbon Santos beans are only viable for the first few years of production of plant before they lose quality. Then they are called flat bean Santos and are not as desirable.
Columbian Coffee Beans
Columbia is second only to Brazil in the amount of coffee sold to the world. Columbian coffees offer many high quality Arabica beans grown in three main mountain ranges: Medellin, Armenia and Manizales. Supremo is a grade given to the highest rated Columbian coffee bean. Columbian Supremo coffee is full-bodied with winey overtones.
As a final note in your world coffee tutorial, coffee is grown in about 65 countries around the globe. All are within the tropics which explains why the only coffee grown in the US comes from Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Hope you've enjoyed your gourmet coffee world tour. But don't worry- the adventure is not over! Stick around and we'll drink more great coffee and learn more about what makes it so great.
Until our next cup,
Sandy Riggen
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