Belo Horizonte. We made a quick stop at the Museu Inima de Paula on Rua da Bahia in Belo Horizonte. The museum was created to preserve the work of the artist Inima Jose de Paula. All three floors of the museum featured the exhibit “80 years of Estado de Minas,” the largest [...]
Belo Horizonte. This morning I went down to the Mercado Central. The market is quite well known, with products ranging from birds to cachaça to artisan handcrafts.
First stop — cheese. Here is a photo of a cheese stand worker wearing a Chapeu de Cangaceiro. Cangaços were nomadic bandits that rebelled against wealthy [...]
Filling Cups with Gun
I returned to Poços de Caldas to recup some coffees, in particular to find a better lot of Serra do Bone. Until now, only one sample has met my expectations, and that was a small lot of naturals from a competition. This time I walked away happy – finding a microlot [...]
Poço Fundo. Maria Carolina won a Casa Brasil scholarship and will receive tuition and books to the Centro Educacional Cooperar (CEC) school. From left to right, CEC school director Cidinha, Maria Carolina Dias Pereira Goncalves, Lucas Dias Pereira Goncalves, Marcia de Jesus Pereira Goncalves, Geraldo Donizetti Goncalves, and Joel Shuler. Maria Carolina’s father [...]
Joel with Luis Adauto
Poço Fundo. I went back to Coopfam today to close the deal with Luis Adauto. This is a truly remarkable coffee and I look forward to sharing it with you when it arrives. Naturally processed, sweet, full bodied, rounded acidity and a wonderful melon fruit in the aftertaste.
