Brazil Sul de Minas Castanhas 17/18 FC SS

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About this coffee

Grower

68 coffee producers from the South of Minas Gerais

Altitude

925 - 1170 meters

Variety

Icatu, Yellow Bourbon, Yellow Catuai, Yellow Catucai, Red Catuai, and Rubi

Soil

Clay Minerals

Region

Três Pontas, South of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Process

Full natural and dried in the sun and mechanical driers

Harvest

April - September

Certification

Conventional

Coffee Background

As the world's largest coffee producer, Brazilian lots often come from larger estates that use highly mechanized processing strategies to manage larger volumes. Minas Gerais is the largest of the three major Brazilian growing regions and accounts for 50 percent of Brazil’s production. Minas Gerais has six micro-regions. This particular lot comes from Sul de Minas, which is known for its rolling hills and uneven terrain lending to farms that are small to medium in size. This particular lot was sourced from 68 producers in the Tres Pontes area. Each producer cultivates and harvest their own cherries and places them on patios to dry. After drying, coffee is carefully stored until it is time for milling and export. Preparation for export takes place through Cocatrel, an export company established in 1961 that works with 5,000 producers. At the Cocatrel dry mill, traceability and cupping analysis is used to establish the Castanhas lot and its vibrant regional profile.