Coffee King

Coffee King (Portuguese: Rei do Café) was an informal title created in Brazil during the 19th century and used until the early 20th century. It was usually applied to the biggest coffee producer of a given period.[1]

In spite of the lack of consensus around the exact number of Coffee Kings, there are sources pointing to at least five of them:[2]

  1. ^ GIOVANNETTI, L. G., O "rei do café," Geremia Lunardelli, 1951.
  2. ^ MARTINS, Ana Luiza, História do Café, Editora Contexto, 2008, São Paulo – SP, Brasil.
  3. ^ Pessoa, Thiago Campos (2009). "O Universo Escravista no Império dos Souza Breves: A família Breves e o tráfico ilegal de africanos" (PDF). ANPUH – XXV Simpósio Nacional de História. Fortaleza: 1–11.
  4. ^ "Henrique Dumont, primeiro Rei do Café do Brasil". G1. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ Forner, Larissa Aparecida (2017). "Francisco Schmidt: o colono que se tornou o 'Rei do Café' (1890 – 1924)" (PDF). Catálogo USP. doi:10.11606/D.8.2018.tde-09012018-190830.