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Coffee plays an essential part in the history of Brazil. The plant, originally from Ethiopia, was first brought to the country Brazil by French settlers who established themselves in the state of Pará in the early 18th century. Thriving in the ideal conditions provided by the climate, the coffee fields spread from the North of Brazil along the country, concentrating in the areas along the shore. During this period, sugar plantations represented the primacy economic activity in the country and coffee was merely a luxury. Nobody could have imagined at the time that it would become the major player in Brazil's vibrant history of even greater importance than New Orlean's Sugar rush or the Irish potato famine.

However, by 1820, coffee represented the most exported product from Brazil, after the sugar cane started to lose importance in the international markets. The production peaked when the coffee plantations gained the fertile soils of Vale do Paraíba - a region that makes up part of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states.

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