The cool, green hills of Minas Gerais provide ideal conditions for coffee growing and produce some of Brazil’s finest beans. This lot is made up of coffee from three farms: Fazenda Varjão, Fazenda Mutuca, and Fazenda Boa Vista, located throughout the Minas Gerais region. Each lot was processed naturally, meaning that after the cherries were picked during the harvest, they were dried whole to enhance the fruitiness of the cup profile.
Farm: Fazenda Varjão, Fazenda Mutuca, Fazenda Boa Vista
Varietal: Various
Process: Natural
Altitude: 1100 meters above sea level
Region: Minas Gerais
Owner: Renata Soares Ferreira Mota, Joao Ruiz Lourenco, Anderson Monteiro de Andrade e Outros
Tasting Notes: Cocoa, Stone Fruit, Lemon
Arabica production first began here back in 1860. Minas Gerais started growing coffee because of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the 17th century, bringing workers and people from all over the world. The demand for food products such as coffee grew, so coffee was soon planted. The landscape was difficult to move various agricultural products, which led to the usage of horses for transportation. Tropeiros, or groups of men with horses, created the trails in this rugged terrain to deliver goods, and these trails are still visible today amidst many other cultural practices preserved by the Mineiros (the people of Minas Gerais).
