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The tech helping to bring you your morning coffee, By Luana Ferreira
Business reporter, BrazilFor an estimated one billion people around the world drinking coffee is a daily regime.
Yet what many coffee lovers might not know is that they are often drinking a brew made, at least in part, from Brazilian beans.
"Brazilian beans have popular characteristics, and are known for their body and sweetness," says Christiano Borges, boss of the country's largest grower, Ipanema Coffees.
"Therefore, many coffee blends in the world use our coffee as a base."
Brazil is far and away the world's largest grower of coffee beans. It accounts for more than one third of all global supplies, or 37% in 2020, to be exact. In second place is Vietnam with 17% of supplies.
Some 70% of Brazil's coffee plants are the highly-priced arabica species, used in fresh coffee. The remaining 30% are robusta, which is used primarily for instant coffee. ...
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