medium roast whole bean coffee from brazil - PREMIUM BRAZILIAN WHOLE BEANS COFFEE, medium roast, 100% Arabica, low acidity, non gmo - natural coffee beans, by SWAN LIFE ESSENTIALS - (24 Ounce 2 Bags) Coffee production in Brazil is responsible for about a third of all coffee, making Brazil by far the world's largest producer. Coffee plantations, covering some 27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi), are mainly located in the south-eastern states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná where the environment and climate provide ideal growing conditions. The crop first arrived in Brazil in the 18th century, and the country had become the dominant producer by the 1840s. Brazilian coffee prospered since the early 19th century, when the Italian immigrants came to work in the coffee plantations. Production as a share of world coffee output peaked in the 1920s but has declined since the 1950s due to increased global production.