Blog posts from: November 2008

Warehouse and Mill in Carmo de Minas

By Joel Shuler | Published: November 15, 2008

I asked BSCA president Gabriel Carvalho Dias if those in the Brazilian coffee industry were aware of Carmo’s quality during the IBC days. (Instituto Brasileiro do Cafe – a government entity that, for brevity’s sake, controlled Brazilian coffee exports in order to control world market prices and in doing so adversely affected coffee quality in [...]

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A Look Into the Back Room

By Joel Shuler | Published: November 14, 2008

Cup of Excellence Samples

A quick look into the back roasting and prep room after the Cup of Excellence was over. Here are some of the samples. Also the Probatino Roaster.

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Fazenda Sertãozinho

By Joel Shuler | Published: November 12, 2008

This afternoon the COE international jury visited Fazenda Sertãozinho. On the farm is the 1500+ year old Jequitiba Tree pictured here. It is the symbol and logo of the farm. Located near Botelhos in the Sul de Minas coffee region, Sertãozinho’s average altitude is 1200m, average temperature is 19ºC and the farm [...]

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