Natural - Fazenda Santa
Barbara - Yellow Catuai
(GrainPro)
We are extremely excited to introduce a new offering from yet another one of
Brazil's coffee regions, Paraná. This region has historically been a strong producer
of Brazilian coffee but during the late 20th century, annual hard frosts kept the
production low. Today, Paraná has not had extreme frosts for 5 years and has been
experiencing an increase in overall production. This coffee, a Yellow Catuai, is from
Fazenda Santa Barbara, a well-established farm with a rich history in Brazilian
ID#
10065
Origin
Region
Farm
Variety
Altitude
Proc. Method
Brazil
Jacarezinho, Paraná
Fazenda California
Yellow Catuaí
900-1000 masl
Natural
coffee. The farmland itself was colonized in the beginning of the 19th century by
the American company Leon & Isreal. In 1963 the movie Instant Love was filmed
The Cup
here and Mr. Nelson Rockefeller visited in 1947. Today, Fazenda Santa Barbara is
" Cocoa, lemon, peanut and citric."
owned by the Saldanha Rodrigues family, and has been since 2004. After acquiring
the farm, the Saldanha Rodrigues family has implemented a new cycle of
management focusing on sustainability for specialty coffee production. The farm
spans a total of 1,467 hectares of which only 250 are planted in coffee. Coffee is
harvested mechanically followed by a light sorting process in which the ripest
cherries are set aside for specialty lots such as this one. For this lot, the coffee was
pre-dried on a patio for 4 days then moved to natural mechanical dryers where
12-hour drying cycles were performed (coffee was dried for 12 hours then rested for
12 hours and repeated until it reached a moisture content of 10.5% ). For more
information on Brazilian coffee, visit our Brazil origin page.
Gallery Natural - Fazenda Santa Barbara - Yellow Catuai (GrainPro)