In 1727 coffee had arrived in South America through French and Hollander Guiana. It was when Francisco de Melo Palheta, sergeant of Portuguese troops, got this seed that its fruits were going to bring fortune and wealthy to the cultivators and to the country.

Then, in a short time coffee had become the main economic product of Brazil, bringing wealthy and stimulating the development in all the sectors of agriculturist and industrial activity, and until today, as one important product in our list of exportation.

Coffee brought to Brazil a economic, social and politic change. For climactic reasons the interference was minimum in North and Northeast, but in South States, specially Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas, Espírito Santo e Paraná, coffee stimulated a new civilization. In these regions, the European and Asiatic workers controlled for the coffee left notable marks, creating a cultural expansion and opening a wide door to the development.