BRAZILIAN COFFEES. 177 



Rio Coffees Are almost too well known to need 

 description ; the bean, however, varies widely in size 

 and color ranging from small to large, and from dark 

 green to light yellow, being known to trade as " Light," 

 "Dark" and "Golden." They are heavy in body, 

 possessing a flavor and aroma peculiarly distinct from that 

 of all other coffees, and which is so marked in degree as 

 to be readily detected by the most inexpert, excepting 

 " Golden Rio " which, aside from its rich color, possesses 

 a markedly pungent liquor and pleasing flavor. 



Pole-cat Rio Is a very dark, almost black bean 

 coffee, which, although muddy and dark in liquor, is 

 nevertheless much appreciated by many coffee drinkers. 



Liberian Rio Grown from Liberian plants in Brazil, 

 is little thought of, producing little, and that irregularly. 

 The fruit also requires special machinery to prepare it, 

 the husk being too thick and leathery to pass through 

 the regular machines. 



Rio Hache Though frequently classed with Rio 

 coffees, as a matter of fact is not grown in that country, 

 but in Colombia. The bean is yellowish-brown in color, 

 light in weight and liquor, and somewhat mawkish in 

 flavor. Like all other coffees, Rios improve with age, 

 and with time loses their harsh flavor, which becomes 

 greatly modified by storing, disappearing altogether in 

 from three to four years, particularly when kept in an 

 even temperature. 



Santos Coffees Produced in the adjoining province 

 of Sao Paulo, but deriving its trade-name from the port of 

 shipment, ranges from small to large in size and from 

 green and yellow to. a full white in color according to its 

 maturity, it is an immensely popular sort among Ameri- 

 can consumers as well as in Europe, having more than 



