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.
Carmo de Minas. I attended a lecture today at Cocarive by Luiz Gonzaga de Castro, an economics professor from Lavras. The subject was minimizing risk, though Castro also addressed the issue of the ever-falling dollar. The lecture was quite good, with the charismatic Castro explaining the financial markets associated with coffee, the effects of [...]
Joel standing in a “Stump Harvesting” Field
Vicosa. Maximum production of the coffee plant occurs in its second and third years of growth. This is a relatively new technique (4 yrs) that capitalizes on this. Coffee is planted and then harvested every two years by stumping the plant (cutting it off at the [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
