Brazil
Mantiqueira de Minas
Roberto Carlos de Oliveira
Sítio Santa Rita
Red Catuai
Natural
June–August
Dark Chocolate, Honey, Cherry
1200 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
EU - Hamburg, Germany - Schwarze
Roberto Carlos de Oliveira’s journey in coffee began as part of a small family operation, cultivating 800 coffee plants with his father, grandfather, and two brothers. Their desire to expand their production brought them to acquire 2,000 more coffee seedlings planted in a nearby neighborhood; Roberto and his brothers traveled an hour and half on foot to reach their coffee, showing their unwavering commitment to the trade. It was during these journeys that Roberto would cross paths with the woman who would become his partner, Creusa Teixeira de Oliveira, changing his life forever.
Creusa inherited land, and together she and Roberto dedicated themselves to coffee production. Through hard work and determination the family flourished in coffee farming over the years, and today their Sítio Santa Rita includes 15 hectares of coffee production in the São Bartolomeu neighborhood of Lambari, Minas Gerais.
This lot of Red Catuai coffee underwent Natural processing. Catuai was made 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.
