Coffee category: Balanced
Process: Natural Fermented
What to expect: A great example of a really well processed, smooth tasting, Brazilian coffee. Expect notes of toffee and cinnamon with a smooth buttery and chocolatey body
Producer: Imaculada Barbosa
Region: Cerrado Mineiro
Altitude: 1,100m above sea level
Varietals: Yellow Catuai
Farm size: 20 hectares
The tradition of coffee production has been in the Barbosa Family since the twentieth century. Mr. Barbosa ancestors, his great-grandparent Elias Barbosa passed it on to his grandparent Claudio Barbosa de Paula and from him to his father, Jairo Barbosa de Paula and now Mr. Barbosa works with his generation, his sons Vítor Marcelo and Sergio Ricardo. When Danilo says family business, he means husband, wife, father, son, and daughter in law all working together. The office feels like an extension of home, where everybody shares the same dream, supports each other, learns and grows together. The office is located in Carmo do Paranaíba, Estate of Minas Gerais, with a team of ten people working towards producing the best coffee.
Unique Quality
From the choice of the varietal to the harvest season, the Barbosa family works hard to deliver the best coffee. All the processes are closely watched, and the Quality Control team follow all the stages of the traceability program, from the tree to the warehouse, and from the warehouse to the world.
About Cerrado Mineiro
The Cerrado Region has all the conditions to produce specialty coffee. During the dry season, humidity is low, temperatures are lower, and the coffee quality is highlighted. Defined seasons, soil and topography combined with experienced crop management; provides everything needed to deliver the best coffee.
Direct Trade
For many decades the family produced and sold the coffee to exporters around the region. With a huge demand from buyers, crop after crop, the vision became to trade directly with importers all around the world. After thoughtful research on quality, sensorial analyses, consistency, screens, the family is now exporting great coffee to North America on the Direct Trade basis, via our partner Orange Brown, from the farm to your cup.
