Brazil coffee

1,167 Brazil coffees from 352 independent UK roasters, from £1.50.

Brazil grows roughly a third of the world’s coffee, so it is the workhorse behind countless UK espresso blends — and, increasingly, a single origin worth seeking out. Grown at lower altitudes than most speciality origins and usually natural or pulped-natural processed, Brazilian coffee leans sweet and heavy: milk chocolate, roasted nut, caramel and low acidity. That makes it forgiving to brew and superb through milk, which is why baristas reach for it in flat whites. Regions like Cerrado Mineiro, Sul de Minas and Mogiana dominate. If bright, fruity coffees aren’t your thing, a Brazilian natural is the comfortable, chocolatey counterweight — and usually among the better-value single origins on the shelf.