Brazil
Montanhas do Espirito Santo
Noeli Edir Soares de Paula
Sitio Rancho Dantas
Red Catucai
Pulped Natural
August-October
Honey, Sugarcane, Dark Chocolate, Stone Fruit, Citrus
1000 meters
N/A
60kg with liner
SOLD OUT
Coffee producer Noeli Edir Soares de Paula is 55 years old, born and raised in the community of Rancho Dantas in the Brejetuba municipality in the southern part of the state of Espirito Santo. The farm property was passed from generation to generation and it was his grandfather Sebastião de Paula who began to produce coffee.
Noeli has always worked with this father, who taught him to care for the trees and to develop a love for coffee cultivation. In 1999, he inherited a nine-hectare property from his father and began to improve the coffee fields with new planting techniques and the introduction of new varieties.
In the same period, Noeli began to depulp coffees before fully realizing the value it added to the coffee. He participated in cup competitions and learned more about coffee quality. Together with his right hand–his wife Lucimar Zavarêz–and his two daughters, he is motivated to continue working to improve quality.
Discover what makes Espirito Santo a unique coffee region of Brazil.
The Montanhas do Espirito 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 Espirito 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 Espirito Santo state, where mild temperatures (73ºF) and steep highlands (between 700 and 1000 meters) favor growing Arabica coffees, this region produces a superb quality coffee with a round body, nice acidity, and fine sweetness. Pulped Naturals are increasing in popularity as a processing style to capture the attributes of the region’s coffee.
The state of Espirito Santo has its capital in the city of Vitoria, and the coastal location of Espirito 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 biodiversity of flora and fauna. Many communities in the mountains of Espirito 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.
