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. Clovis Vieira de Mello Junior has a 540 acre estate called Terra de São Francisco in the Carmo micro region. Terra de São Francisco is preserved land, with less than 100 acres used for coffee production managed through organic practices.
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:
Clovis 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.
