Brazil
Sul de Minas
Tiago dos Santos Barbosa
Fazenda Santa Cruz
Red Catuai
Natural
May–August
Chocolate, Black Tea, Citrus
984 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
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Tiago Barbosa is a second generation coffee producer in the Sul de Minas region of Brazil. He grew up accompanying his parents during their work raising cattle and growing coffee on a farm called Moenda. Tiago eventually took over the family business in 1999, working on the farm with his wife Graciele Ribeiro Barbosa.
Over the years their business and production have grown. In addition to the Moenda farm, they also have Esperança, Santa Cruz, and Calogi farms with a focus on high quality coffees. This coffee comes from Fazenda Santa Cruz, which covers a total of 116 hectares in the city of Santo Antônio do Amparo.
This lot of Red 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.
