Brazil
Mantiqueira de Minas
Rosinei Aparecida Silva Reis
Sítio Santa Rita
Red Catuai
Natural
July–August
Chocolate, Dried Strawberry, Jam, Sweet
1305 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
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Rosinei Aparecida Silva Reis is the daughter of coffee growers and began her journey in coffee with her parents. They worked with neighbors in the region, eventually going on to plant and cultivate their own coffee. Rosinei would go on to marry Nilson dos Reis, who also worked with coffee in partnership with other coffee producers. The couple bought their own farm, Sítio Santa Rita, and planted 4000 coffees trees across 2 hectares of the land.
Sítio Santa Rita is 5.4 hectares in total, resting 1290–1320 meters above sea level in the Mantiqueira de Minas region. Rosinei and her husband grow Red Catuai coffee and process all of their coffee using the Natural processing method. 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.
This coffee was one of the top 10 entries in a competition held by AMECAFÉ Mantiqueira (The Association of Coffee Women Entrepreneurs in Serra da Mantiqueira) in October 2020. The association was founded in 2017 and now includes 130 producers, providing professional development and other events for women producers in the region.
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.
