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Two of the Largest Coffee Growing Countries

What two countries produce the most coffee in the world? The answer is: Brazil and Vietnam. You may be surprised about one of these countries, but we all know that Brazil is a major coffee powerhouse! Vietnam – that’s the surprise. The amount of coffee exported from these two countries is slightly larger than 2 million metric tons every single year! That is a very large amount of coffee.

South America – Brazil

Brazil is the world’s leading coffee producer, as we who perform espresso machine reviews are aware of, as Brazil exports a very large percentage of all coffee the entire world consumes. Very few people are aware of the fact that the coffee plant is not a natural plant of Brazil, the coffee plants of today were initially imported into the country centuries ago. When coffee plants were introduced to Brazil back in the 18th century it created a brand new industry, especially for the areas where the coffee plant was heavily grown. As the number of coffee plantations grew the city of São Paulo quickly became the most populated city in Brazil as these very coffee plantations brought with them a large number of immigrant workers. So what would your guess be for the population of São Paulo? If you guessed 19 million people you would be correct. Wow!

With over 6 billion coffee plants, 10,000 square miles of Brazil land area is dedicated to coffee production. That is a very substantial percentage of the country of Brazil when compared against other agricultural products. Brazil has been the world’s leading producer of coffee for the past 150 years, and at one point exported 90% of the world’s entire coffee supply. Just how much coffee does Brazil produced every year? Well, in 2007 alone Brazil produced over 2 million metric tons of coffee. That is not equaled by any country today. One would think that coffee production in the country of Brazil is controlled by Brazilian companies. This is not true as the two top companies that are responsible for a large percentage of Brazil’s coffee production are American.

South East Asia – Vietnam

Since the 1900s Vietnam has been growing and producing coffee. The coffee plant is not indigenous to Vietnam, much like in the country of Brazil. French explorers introduced the coffee bean in the 1850s and Vietnamese plantations have been growing it ever since, except for during a short disruption during the Vietnam War. Vietnam was the first country to establish a manufacturing plant that made instant coffee.

Surprisingly coffee is not Vietnam’s top agricultural export; that title belongs solely to – Rice. While not at the same level of export as Brazil Vietnam still manages to sell over 1 million metric tons of coffee every single year worldwide. Most Vietnam coffee plantations are locally-owned or owned by the state.

The type of coffee grown in Vietnam is not widely available outside of Asia. Buôn Ma Thuột is a name that describes several types of coffee, named for the region in which they grow. The coffee is brewed in single serving cups and usually lightened with sweetened condensed milk.

While there may be other countries that grow and produce coffee these two countries are some of the largest coffee exporters to the United States, and the rest of the world. If you are truly a coffee aficionado you will more than likely seek out coffee beans that are grown and imported from these two countries if you have not already. More likely than not you have had a mixture of these beans in your ground coffee that is purchased at your local grocery store. While these may be considered exotic imports, both Brazilian and Vietnamese coffee beans have been making their way into American coffee brands throughout the past several decades.

About the Author

Dave Lashier wrote this article because he loves coffee. For espresso machine reviews that give you the most thorough information pertaining to espresso machine reviews found anywhere online visit www.ESPRESSOMACHINEREVIEWS.biz

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