BRAZIL ORGANIC FAZENDA SANTA CLARA

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About this coffee

Grower

Fazenda Santa Clara

Altitude

960-1100 meters

Variety

Catuai, Icatu, Mundo Novo, and Tupi Vermelho

Soil

Clay Minerals

Region

Andradas, Sul de Minas, Brazil

Process

Full Natural and dried in the sun

Harvest

April - September

Certification

Organic

Coffee Background

From the volumes of coffee flowing out of Minas Gerais (the largest of the three major Brazilian growing regions), we have plucked a special treat traceable to a single estate located near the city of Andradas in the protected origin of Mantiqueira de Minas region, known for its rolling hills and uneven terrain. The 220-acre estate called Fazenda Santa Clara has been in the Basso family since the 1930s, when they immigrated from Italy and first planted grapes on the estate.  Along the way the estate was converted to coffee cultivation. Since then, Fazenda Santa Clara has consistently established itself as a go-to source of Brazilian specialty coffee where focus on farm management has made the estate a symbol of the organic movement in the region.  Much of the credit goes to the leadership of Paulo Teixeira Giordani who draws his passion for coffee all the way back to his great grandparents.  As a trained agronomist, Paulo has matched his inherited family passion with academic knowledge, creating biodiverse environments full of microorganisms and beneficial cover crops that support a healthy coffee crop. During the harvest coffee cherries from this yellow bourbon variety are sorted and floated to remove less dense and damaged coffee, then placed on patios to dry to 11 percent moisture, and then carefully stored until it is time for milling and export.