Massive toasted hazelnut and caramel notes laced with milk chocolate and dried apricot. This is great all-day coffee with a smooth, velvety body.
Juliana Paulino da Costa Mello is the 5th generation of her family to be involved in coffee production and together with her husband, agronomist Flavio Pereira Mello, owns 150 hectares of land in the region. The area used to be one huge farm but was split up, and surrounding farms are all now owned by members of Juliana's family.
Our team travel to Brazil during harvest regularly and are always inspired to witness first-hand the developments and innovations the family are implementing. On our recent trips we observed that with careful organising and an understanding of long-term sustainability, the family and planting native trees, fruit trees and companion planting to promote biodiversity and soil health. This attention to detail carries through in the care of their plants, with careful measuring of many variables to assess plant health used to guide pruning, planting and harvesting.
Processed in the Natural method, the attention to detail is evident in the clean, rounded, chocolate and nutty flavour profile they produce, which we're delighted by.
- Region: Monte Santo de Minas, Minas Gerais
- Farm: Fazenda Nova Aliança
- Producer: Flavio Pereira Mello and Juliana Paulino da Costa Mello
- Variety: Mundo Novo, Yellow Catuai, Yellow Catucai
- Process: Natural
- Altitude: 1,000 – 1,100 masl