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The Proexport Colombia governmental organization focused on promoting tourism, exports and investments in Colombia in several countries, highlights the claim of Fernando Pimentel, Minister of Foreign Trade of Brazil. That said the country intends to increase its exports of roasted coffee blends, while reducing sales and increasing green beans coffee purchases from countries like Colombia to offer their own blends.

In order to get a coffee drink with good features, a doctoral student at the University of Lavras (UFLA), Suzana Reis Evangelista, developed a research project to evaluate the use of beneficial microorganisms for fermentation (yeasts), selected to improve the quality of natural coffee drink, obtained by dry process. This method consists of processing the freshly picked without being husked, that is, keeping the fruit with its structures until it reaches the ideal moisture to be stored in coconut and then be processed.