Brazil
Mantiqueira de Minas
Regina de Fátima Bueno
Sítio Três Barras
Yellow Catuai
Natural
May-July
Berries, Brown Spice, Jammy, Papaya
1150 meters
N/A
60kg with liner
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Regina de Fátima Bueno and her husband Silvanei de Sousa are both children of coffee farmers and together run their farm Sitio Tres Barras in the city of Lambari in the Mantiqueira de Minas coffee region of Sul de Minas, following in the footsteps of their great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents.
They began by working as harvesters on neighboring farms and slowly started adding to their own property. In 2014, they intensified their efforts to produce specialty coffee to add value to both the quality of the coffee and of their family’s life.
Currently, Regina and Silvanei face the difficulties common among smallholders, but their experience of overcoming obstacles over the years has helped them produce coffee of excellent quality that is recognized in regional cup competitions. Today Sitio Tres Barras is 28 hectares, with 20 hectares planted with coffee. Regina’s teenage daughter also helps her parents with daily farm tasks after the school day.
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 and the region is differentiated by the unique terrain and the terroir it 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.
