Brazil
Montanhas do Espirito Santo
José Antonio Debona Romão
Sítio Corrego da Prata
Mundo Novo
Pulped Natural
July–September
Apple, Dried Fig, Yellow Raisin
985 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
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José Antonio Debona Romão was born and raised on his family’s property in the city of Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil. His father, José Romão, acquired the property in the 1960s and planted the first coffee trees there. They continued working in partnership with his brother, increasing the production area and improving the management of the farm and crops.
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 to produce specialty coffee and his coffees were awarded prizes in various cup competitions.
The partnership ended in 2018, and José Antonio embarked on his own. He continued working on the production of pulped coffee, setting up his own machinery and investing in an improved structure for coffee production. Today, he works a 9 hectare farm with his family, continuing practices like selective harvest in his pursuit of better quality year after year.
This lot of Mundo Novo coffee underwent Pulped Natural processing. Mundo Novo is the product of a natural cross between Sumatra and Red Bourbon, discovered in the municipality of Mineiros do Tietê, São Paulo in 1943. Seeds from one of these trees were planted in the municipality of Mundo Novo, now called Urupês, in Sao Paulo state. Various lines of the plant were cultivated here, undergoing selection for positive characteristics. The results of this cultivation were finally distributed to farmers beginning in 1952, with new selections by the IAC (Agronomic Institute of Campinas) beginning in 1977.
The Montanhas do Espírito 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 Espírito 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 Espírito Santo state, where mild temperatures (73ºF) and steep highlands (between 700 and 1,000 meters) favor growing Arabica coffees, this region produces a superb quality coffee with a round body, nice acidity, and fine sweetness. While the most common process for the region is Natural, Pulped Naturals are increasing in popularity due to a program of quality launched in the 1980’s that included improvements in equipment necessary for this newer style of processing.
The state of Espírito Santo has its capital in the city of Vitoria, and the coastal location of Espírito 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 diversity of flora and fauna. Many communities in the mountains of Espírito 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.
