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Bengal — Coffea benffalensis Heyne ex Roem. & Schult. 



Coffea Jenkinsii Hook. f. 



Cojfea khasiana Hook. f. 

 East India — Cojfea fragrans Wall, ex Hook. f. 



§ b. THE PRINCIPAL COFFEE-GROWING COUNTRIES 

 AND EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN COMMER- 

 CIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Brazil: — Rio, Santos, Bourbon Santos. 



Rio coffees are lowland and strong varieties, r Most Santos coffees 

 are highland, mild and much better flavor. 



Rio coffees — Beans vary in size; color dark green to light yellow; 

 heavy body; distinctly characteristic flavor and aroma. 



Santos coffees — Beans vary in size; color green and rich yellow 

 to pale yellow; excellent quality and milder than Rio; substituted 

 widely for Java. 



Bourbon Santos — Beans small; acid or vinous; formerly sold as 

 "Mocha" seed. 



Red Bean Santos — From Campinas district; richer than other 

 Santos. 



Other minor types of Brazilian coffee are Victoria or Capotinea, 

 Bahia, and Liberian Rio. 



< There are eight distinct grades of Rio coffee recognized in trade.' 

 Examination of these type grades in the collection of Economic 

 Plant Products at the Bussey Institution for Applied Biology of 

 Harvard University shows clearly grades two to eight inclusive, 

 grade one being ideal and non-existent. Santos coffees are exported 

 from Santos, and are the best Brazilian coffees. They make up the 

 bulk of the commercial coffee. 



Colombia: — Bucaramanga, Bogota, "Savanilla." 

 Bucaramanga coffee^ — Beans large, solid; liquor full, fragrant 

 aroma. One of the finest of American coffees. 



Bogota coffee — Beans large, uniform ; color bluish green ; liquor 

 full-bodied, round, fragrant. This coffee forms the basis of numer- 

 ous high-grade blends. 



"Savanilla" coffee is merely a general term used commercially for 

 all Colombian coffees. 



