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 [...]
Carmo de Minas. Carmo de Minas has become famous over the past few years for the quality of their coffees. Their dominance in the Brazilian Cup of Excellence and the high demand from their coffees has created and then embellished this fame. Joao and Paulinho, cuppers from Cocarive, along with Jacques Pereira [...]
On Friday morning Akio prepared another cupping for me at Cerrad.
The Cupping
The table again today was 100% Cerrado, with both natural and pulped natural
Paul Celso de Almeida, owner of Fazenda Botanica, stopped by briefly.
Cupping Form
Unlike the BSCA/COE system, Cerrad uses the SCAA method of giving fragrance/aroma points.
Patrocinio. Daterra deserves several pages due to their dedication to quality and sustainability and due to our offerings of their best coffees. For now I will just concentrate on this visit. I will start off by saying this: When you walk around Daterra, you get the idea that no matter how much [...]
And then Akio took me to Campos Altos, on the outskirts of the Cerrado region. He wanted to introduce me to Ze Maria Domigues, a reputable producer known for quality. Ze Maria has been able to preserve a strain of Bourbon Coffee on his farm that is both resistant and full of flavor. [...]
