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Brazilian Coffee Foodways

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Brazil has been the world’s largest coffee producer for over 150 years and still grows roughly a third of global supply — Minas Gerais above all, with São Paulo, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Paraná and Rondônia for robusta. ⚠ THE COFFEE ECONOMY WAS BUILT ON SLAVERY and then, after 1888, on European and Japanese immigrant labour under conditions that were themselves contested; the Paraíba valley barons, the "coffee with milk" republic, the 1929 crash and the state burning of stocks are all part of it. Domestically: the cafezinho, small, strong and pre-sweetened, offered as a matter of courtesy, and a serious modern specialty sector.

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Languages: Portuguese

What is recorded

  • Coffee expansion in the Paraíba valley and São Paulo, built first on enslaved and then on immigrant labour. documented

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This foodway relates to

  • related to Slavery and Brazilian Food documented

    The coffee economy was built on enslaved labour and then on immigrant labour after 1888.

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