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The opinion of anybody who thinks that South American coffees are the best in the world is already suspect. True experts may argue between East African, Arabian, and Pacific islands coffees as being the best at any given time (e.g. Yergacheffe, Sanani, Mattari, Kalossi, etc.) but I don't know of anyone who would say that South American coffees are the best. In fact, I don't know of any that even exceed the better Central American coffees.

Brazil may be the #1 producer by sheer volume, but that's not because their product is better.

I have had some really great Brazilian coffee, but I don't think I could blanket say any region is hands down the best. They all bring something different to the table, If however I am blending my coffee I will most likely u6

Although it's not like the European espresso, I started to love Four Barrel in SF and Intelligentsia and Portola Coffee Lab (in Southern California) espresso in California. Both are great, no need to fight between the right and wrong way of making espresso. The article definitely delivers some great insight on how to improve the American espresso!

Nice -- check out Vivace is you are ever in Seattle....I would like to hear your opinion