Brazil
Sul de Minas
Wagner Campos Palmeira Junior
Fazenda Rancho Feliz
Yellow Catuai
Natural
May–August
Brown Sugar, Honey, Lemon
885 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
SOLD OUT
Fazenda Rancho Feliz is managed by coffee producer Wagner Campos Palmeira Junior, following in the more than 150 years of tradition that his family has in coffee production. The farm is part of his family’s company, Palmeira Agro, which includes several farms such as Fazendas Jabneh, Paineiras, Baraca, and Hortelã alongside Rancho Feliz. Although coffee has always been the primary focus, other crops such as oats, corn, soy, wheat, beans, and strawberries are cultivated on the family’s farms.
Fazenda Rancho Feliz was acquired in 2012, and has since been the property on which Wagner Campos Palmeira Junior has established himself as a producer. The property covers nearly 400 hectares in the city of Machado, Minas Gerais, and is planted with 153 hectares of Catuai, Mundo novo, Bourbon, and Acaia coffees. Wagner implements thoughtful care throughout the entire production cycle to ensure quality crops; the farm undergoes months of fertilization and pest and disease management, and harvest is only completed once the cherries are at the peak of ripeness.
This lot of Yellow Catuai coffee underwent Natural processing. Catuai was developed 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.
Southern Minas Gerais is one of Brazil’s most productive coffee producing areas. This region has grown Arabica coffee since the 1850s and is characterized by rolling hills, a mild climate averaging 23° C, and high elevations. While some of the largest coffee producing properties in Brazil are located in Sul de Minas, more than half of the region’s producers are small to medium-sized farms. Sul de Minas accounts for, on average, 30% of Brazil’s coffee production.
The mountainous terrain, reaching up to 1400 meters above sea level, is ideally suited for growing coffee and Sul de Minas has increased production quality through investments in infrastructure and sustainability measures. The most commonly cultivated varieties are Yellow Catuai and Mundo Novo, with some farms also growing Icatu, Obatã and Red Catuai. Most of the coffee produced is processed as Natural and the final cup profiles are full bodied, with low acidity and fruity aromas.
