Brazil
Montanhas do Espirito Santo
Mário José Zardo
Sítio Sesconetto
Mundo Novo
Pulped Natural
June-August
Black Tea, Hazelnut, Milky body, Sweet Citrus
1050 meters
N/A
52kg with liner
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Mário José Zardo is the third generation of his family to work in coffee agriculture. His grandfather, Honorio Zardo, settled a property in the city of Pindobas in the mountains of Espirito Santo. In 1970, Mr. Honorio left the property he had worked in favor of another region, but one of his eleven children— José Zardo, Mário’s father—followed his passion, which was for coffee farming.
José Zardo remained in the community of Alto Caxixe near the city of Venda Nova do Imigrante, where he married Tereza Altoe and cared for 20,000 coffee trees. This is where Mário José was born and raised and learned about coffee cultivation from his father. As José Zardo’s only son, Mário José inspired his father to begin depulping coffee in 2004 in search of improved added value. In 2010, Mário José took over the responsibility for Sitio Sesconetto’s 24,000 coffee trees covering three of the farm’s four hectares.
In 2014, Mário José married Lucinéia Cesconetto and started his own coffee roaster and began to plant coffee together with his father-in-law, inclduing Mundo Novo, Yellow Bourbon, and Catuai varieties. He is always looking for quality, despite the difficulties of finding manual labor and keeping up with crops, and is motivated to produce the best possible coffee.
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.
