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.
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 has annual average [...]
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 from Carmo Coffees, [...]
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 you love coffee, [...]
