Historic coffee state whose Paraíba Valley boom predates São Paulo's rise. Output is small today.
Coffee reached Rio de Janeiro by about 1770, before it spread to Minas Gerais, and the Paraíba Valley became Brazil's first great coffee-farming area from about 1825. Soil depletion from poor cultivation practices pushed production west to São Paulo's plateau by about 1870. Rio de Janeiro is among Brazil's smallest coffee producers today.
Elsewhere in Brazil
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