View Larger Map Matas de Minas From Lavras we headed north to Manhuaçu, the major coffee trading center of the Matas de Minas Coffee Region. As I have mentioned in previous blog entries, although this region is historically known in Brazil for its low-quality coffee, within the past few years it has been gaining a [...]
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Visit Luis Adauto, Brazilian Coffee Producer of the Year in 2007, and he may just start digging. Besides being one of the pioneers of Fair-trade coffee in Brazil, Luis Adauto and his family also produce award-winning coffee. He is proud that wherever he digs on his farm, you find life. The worms are in some [...]
(Editor’s Note: I first met Dr. Shawn Steiman at the Association for Science and Information on Coffee (ASIC) conference last year in Campinas, Brazil (Click Here for Conference Link). A coffee scientist and consultant based in Hawaii, his The Hawai‘i Coffee Book: A Gourmet’s Guide from Kona to Kaua‘i is the first comprehensive overview of [...]
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A brief and simplified look at what happens between the time the coffee cherry is picked from the tree and the coffee bean is roasted. If you want the specifics, take a look at some of the posts in the Coffee Geek category or email us with your questions. This post serves to provide general [...]
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 [...]
