Brazil
Mantiqueira de Minas
Marcelo Edmar da Silva and Paulo Nelci da Silva
Sítio Bananal
Red Catuai
Natural
May–June
Honey, Orange, Peach
1000 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
SOLD OUT
Marcelo Edmar da Silva and Paulo Nelci da Silva come from a family tradition of farming. They received their first property as an inheritance and chose to continue in the family’s work. In 2002, Marcelo and Paulo decided to begin growing coffee and planted their first Red Catuai and Yellow Catuai trees, beginning their journey as coffee growers.
In 2016, the partners expanded their crop by purchasing Sítio Bananal in the Saint Barthélemy community of the Mantiqueira de Minas region. The farm covers 4.5 hectares planted with the same Red and Yellow Catuai varieties that they began their careers with.
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.
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.
