Brazil
Mantiqueira de Minas
Marina Brito Oliveira
Fazenda Ponte Alta
Red Catuai
Natural
July–August
Pear, Vanilla, Blackberry, Caramel
1150 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
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Marina Brito Oliveira began her journey in coffee cultivation in 2012 when she met her husband, Marcos, who was already a coffee producer. Her parents had cultivated a small area of coffee during her childhood, and her passion for the trade grew in her adulthood.
Marina earned a degree in law before dedicating herself exclusively to coffee production. Today, she is committed to cultivating high quality coffee on their 20 hectare Fazenda Ponte Alta. The couple cultivates several varieties of coffee—including Yellow Bourbon, Catucai, Mundo Novo, and Catuai—across 13 hectares of the property. Together, they work in search of innovation and improvements in both their cultivation and post-harvest process management.
This lot of Red Catuai coffee underwent Natural processing. Catuai was made by the Instituto Agronomico (IAC) of Sao Paulo State in Campinas, Brazil by crossing Mundo Novo and Caturra varieties. Catuai coffees are cultivated widely across Brazil, and are known for their high productivity potential.
This coffee was one of the top 6 entries in the Natural and Pulped Natural category of a competition held by AMECAFÉ Mantiqueira (The Association of Coffee Women Entrepreneurs in Serra da Mantiqueira) in October 2021. The association was founded in 2017 and now includes 130 producers, providing professional development and other events for women producers in the region.
Located on the northern side of the Serra da Mantiqueira mountain range in the southern part of the state of Minas Gerais, the Mantiqueira de Minas region is a demarcated area of 25 municipalities. It is officially recognized as an Indication of Origin for its tradition and worldwide reputation of producing coffees with unique sensory profiles.
Most producers in the region are smallholders who operate family farms. The region is differentiated by the unique terrain and the resulting characteristics that the terroir leads to in the cup. Coffees from Mantiqueira de Minas reflect both the place itself and the committed work of its producers. Mantiqueira includes more than 8,200 producers, 82% of whom are smallholders, and 56,000 hectares of mountain land planted with coffee. Most harvesting is still completed manually, and this and other practices keep the regional cultural heritage of coffee farming alive while at the same time pursuing new flavors.
