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Top Brazilian coffees judged berry-flavored, buttery

Out of hundreds of coffee varieties, the product from a grower in the relatively dry northeast state of Bahia emerged as the top choice

By Peter Murphy  /  REUTERS , MACHADO, BRAZIL

Itoi said Japanese consumers had a soft spot for Brazilian coffee, even though not an elite origin like Colombia or Guatemala, because their countrymen had helped make Brazil into the world’s biggest producer.

“For Japan, Brazil coffee has a very special position because we immigrated 100 years ago” to farm it in Brazil, she said.

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