What is a Coffee plantation?

 

 The economy of Brazil Coffee Plantation has played a prime role in the politics of Brazil, as it is the pride of Brazil on which a big bulk of the Brazilian population lives. Brazil also earned fame in the world market because of the rich productions of coffee.

The first coffee plantation in Brazil occurred in 1727 when Lt. Col. Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggled seeds from the germ plasm originally taken from Yemen to Batavia, from French Guiana.
*French Guiana = An overseas region of France.
*Yemen = A country that is located in the Middle East.
*Batavia = The name of past Jakarta.

By the 1800s, Brazil's harvests turned coffee from an elite indulgence to a drink for the masses. Like most other countries, Brazil cultivates coffee as a commercial commodity, however relied heavily on slave labor from Africa for the viability of the plantations until the abolition of slavery in 1888.
For many decades in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Brazil was the biggest producer of coffee and a virtual monopolist in the trade. But a policy of maintaining high prices soon opened opportunities to other nations, such as Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam & other countries, which are now second only to Brazil as the major coffee producer in the world.