Blog posts from: November 2007

Cerrad Cupping

By Joel Shuler | Published: November 14, 2007

Today was my first cupping with Akio and Cerrad. Akio prepared the cupping for me to better know Cerrado coffees, and also to discover my personal tastes to facilitate communication in the future. The Roaster: It looks like a standard sample roaster that one finds here in Brazil. However, Akio, an electrical engineer by trade, [...]

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Fazenda Boa Vista II

By Joel Shuler | Published: November 14, 2007

One of the farms in the Cerrad farmers group is Fazenda Boa Vista II. Clezio took me to Boa Vista II today and was able to show me both their production as well as some coffee agronomy basics. Panoramic View of Boa Vista II Clezio and Fazenda Boa Vista II Raised Screens Why Raised Screens? [...]

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Ze Carlos Grossi

By Joel Shuler | Published: November 14, 2007

Patrocinio. Ze Carlos Grossi is a living legend in Brazilian Coffee. He is one of the first to plant coffee in the Cerrado region, the first to implement mechanical harvesting, and one of the first to produce large quantities of high-quality coffee. He is the single largest supplier of coffee to Illy in the world. [...]

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