DMP 1.01 A Brief History of Brazilian Coffee

How Brazil Emerged as the World’s Biggest Coffee Producer

1. Coffee Around the World in the 1800s:

• In the mid-1800s, coffee was grown in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Brazil. Sri Lanka was the biggest producer.

2. A Coffee Disease Changed Everything:

• In 1869, a disease called coffee leaf rust wiped out Sri Lanka’s coffee crops.