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1885 C. F. van D. Laërne Brazil & Java: Rep. Coffee-culture x. 267 The second or Santos zone lies..between 21 and 24 degrees S.L. but a little further landwards, as it does not begin till about 150 kilometers from Santos.

1885 C. F. van D. Laërne Brazil & Java: Rep. Coffee-culture x. 289 The coffee-shrub in the Santos zone is much larger than the coffee-shrub in the Rio zone, besides being almost twice as productive.]

1888 C. G. W. Lock Coffee vi. 112 As to impurities:—San Domingo is usually very dirty; Ceylon, East India, Rio, Santos, Martinique, and Java, generally well prepared and clean.

1899 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring–Summer 171/3 Coffees... Finest Santos and Jamaica with chicory.

1956 A. E. Haarer Mod. Coffee Production xvii. 398 Though an ever-increasing number are beginning to pick ripe coffee and prepare it by the wet method,..most planters still follow the old dry method. Of the latter there are two kinds, those who process only ripe cherry and take more care in its preparation,..and those who strip the crop from the trees at the stage when most of it is ripe... The first of these two methods produces a softer and milder product such as Santos coffee.

1975 Times 6 Mar. 7/7 Blue Sumatra, 82 p per pound..very strong aroma. Santos, 72 p, the best Brazilian, rich flavour.