Brazil
Montanhas do Espirito Santo
José Antonio Debona Romão
Sitio Corrego da Prata
Yellow Catuai
Pulped Natural
July-September
Clean, Chocolate, Orange Peel, Juicy, Molasses, Cacao, Nougat
1000 meters
N/A
60kg with liner
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José Antonio Debona Romão is of Italian descent and was raised on his family’s property, Sitio Corrego da Prata, in Castelo, Espirito Santo. His father, José Romão, acquired the farm in the 1960s and planted the first coffee trees at that time. They continued working in partnership with his brother, increasing the production area and improving the management.
In 2000, José Antonio began depulping coffee with the intention of improving quality and adding value. Lot by lot, he began identifying the property’s potential pto produce specialty coffee and his coffees were awarded prizes in various cup competitions.
In 2018, the partnership was dissolved and José Antonio continued to produce Pulped Natural coffee and assembled his own machinery, investing in an improved structure to produce specialty coffees.
Currently, José Antonio works a nine-hectare farm with his family and selectively harvests cherries. He is motivated to continue to produce specialty coffee and his son, José Vitor, is eager to continue the process that he learns from his father day by day.
Learn more about the Montanhas do Espirito Santo region of Brazil.
The Montanhas do Espirito Santo region is dominated by small-scale coffee growers and is characterized by the presence of farmers who are actively engaged in the entire chain of the production process. Growers in Espirito Santo work with family members and build off of traditional knowledge to innovate and improve their quality of life and coffee. Located in the southern area of the Espirito Santo state, where mild temperatures (73ºF) and steep highlands (between 700 and 1000 meters) favor growing Arabica coffees, this region produces a superb quality coffee with a round body, nice acidity, and fine sweetness. Pulped Naturals are increasing in popularity as a processing style to capture the attributes of the region’s coffee.
The state of Espirito Santo has its capital in the city of Vitoria, and the coastal location of Espirito Santo to the south of Bahia, east of Minas Gerais, and north of Rio de Janeiro makes it a popular destination for its beaches. Inland, Espirito Santo is home to natural parks and preserves that protect the rich biodiversity of flora and fauna. Many communities in the mountains of Espirito Santo were settled at the beginning of the twentieth century by European immigrants from Italy and the Pomeranian region along the Baltic Sea coast, straddling the border between what are now Germany and Poland.
