When the coffee plant was introduced to Brazil in the 1700s, legend has it via a cunning bit of bio-espionage, it flourished. Francisco de Melo Palheta planted the first coffee tree in the state of Pará in 1727 and coffee then spread south reaching Rio de Janeiro in 1770. At first, Brazilian coffee was mainly […]
Supply woes from Brazil to Vietnam sent coffee prices to a seven-year high with poor weather, shipping snarls and soaring fertilizer costs threatening to curb supply. Arabica futures for March delivery rose as much as 4.8% to $2.235 a pound in New York, the highest for a most-active contract since October 2014. Prices have almost […]
A Japanese-Brazilian is Brazilian citizen with Japanese ascendants. The use of the term Nikkei is currently used to name the Japanese and their descendants. The Japanese-Brazilian population are divided into: Isseis (Japanese first generation, born in Japan) 12.51%; Nisseis (children of Japanese) 30.85%; Sansei (grandchildren of Japanese) 41.33%; Yonseis (great-grandchildren of Japanese) make up 12.95% […]
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