Brazil Fazenda Engenho Natural Fermented Yellow Bourbon 15+ - 35535 - Videplast Bags - SPOT RCWHSE

Sourcing details Minas Gerais is the largest of the three major Brazilian growing regions with six micro-regions, which account for 50 percent of Brazil’s production.

From this volume of coffee, we have plucked a special treat traceable to a single estate in Sul de Minas, which is known for its rolling hills and uneven terrain lending to farms that are small to medium in size.

José Ronaldo Junqueira Dias has a 590 acre estate called Fazenda do Engenho, which he inherited from his father.

Much of Fazenda do Engenho is preserved land, with less than 175 acres used for coffee production. Processing Details: During the harvest, coffee cherries are picked and floated to remove less dense and damaged coffee, and then placed on patios or raised beds to carefully reduce moisture to 11 percent and then carefully stored until it is time for milling and export. Exporting details Jose works with an exporting company called Carmo Coffee, which helps with many of the logistics of selling to the international market, like warehousing and preparing coffee for export.

Carmo Coffee also takes on a role to have a social impact with a program called Cria Carmo, which funds educational opportunities for children between 7 and 17 years old in the Carmo region.