The central symbol on the imported marble floor of the Trading Room at the Coffee Museum bears the initials for Bolsa Official de Café, or Official Coffee Exchange.
Flashes cannot be used to photograph the Trading Room and it takes adequate lenses to get a good shot. A full view of the trading room, available in the Museum's photo gallery, shows the 81 chairs and the table made of jacaranda, a noble neotropical wood.
One of the walls is taken by the triptych The Foundation of Santos, painted by Benedicto Calixto (1853-1927), one of the greatest painters in the history of São Paulo State. Founder Braz Cubas is portrayed in the middle panel.
The Coffee Palace was the site of the Coffee Exchange until 1950, long after the Crash of 1929 had deeply affected coffee production in Brazil.
As the coffee industry recovered in Brazil, new regions emerged as coffee growing areas. Today, Minas Gerais is the country's largest coffee producer. But some of the best coffee in Brazil still comes from São Paulo.
