Origin - Especial
VICENTE
Producer: Vicente Gomes
Score: 86 points
Location: Manhuaçu – Minas Gerais
Variety: Catuaí Vermelho
Altitude: 1150m
Harvest: Selective and manual
Process: Natural
Drying process: Suspended yard
Flavor notes and aromas:
Bags (60kg): 9
Harvest year: 2017
Vicente is the son of a producer and born here in Minas Gerais. He decided to try life in Rio de Janeiro in 1978, where he was a policeman for 10 years. When he lost his father, he had to go back to help his mother on the farm, restarting his story in the farm, got married, had 4 children and fell in love with the cultivation of specialty coffees.
He began to produce coffee seedlings, testing some varieties to improve the quality and by maintaining this activity he is today a great nurseryman. He has done several courses in the sorting and degassing area at SENAR , at the Ministry of Agriculture and is in the final phase of Q-Grader. He is a renowned “Sensorial Judge of Quality in the competitions of Minas Gerais”. He participates as a producer of the “Boa Vista Specialty Coffee Group” and is happy to share his knowledge whenever he has the opportunity. Vicente believes and struggles to produce, research, taste and classify even more specialty coffees.
CLAUDINEI
Producer: Claudinei Felix Pereira
Score: 85 points
Location: Manhuaçu – Minas Gerais
Variety: Catuaí Vermelho
Altitude: 1120m
Harvest: Manual
Process: Natural
Drying process: Yard
Flavor notes and aromas: honey, brown sugar and berry. Pleasant acidity.
Bags (60kg): 13
Harvest year: 2016
Mr. Claudinei tells us that the history of all his generations comes from coffee-growing on this same ground. He declares himself in love with the cultivation of coffee and country life (after his wife Wanderléa and his son Vinicius, of course). Besides the cultivation of coffee, he loves to play football and enjoys a good conversation with friends and neighbors. He is very concerned about producing in a sustainable way and invests a lot of his time in the protection of water springs and wild animals. Encouraged by his friend and neighbor Vicente Gomes, he began to create an interest for the production of quality coffee, joining a group of 10 specialty coffee producers of his region. the “Boa Vista Specialty Coffee Group”. The results you can check in this remarkable coffee.
MARINA
Producer: Marina Ferreira Moura
Score: 85 points
Location: Santa Margarida – Minas Gerais
Variety: Catuaí Vermelho
Altitude: 1200m
Harvest: Selective and manual
Process: Natural
Drying process: Yard
Flavor notes and aromas: Honey, berry, caramel and chocolate. Pleasant acidity, smooth body.
Bags (60kg): 5
Harvest year: 2016
Marina was born on this small property and the whole family always lived of the coffee. She got married to Ademir and together they sought a way to improve. Encouraged by her father Mr. Mario Roberto (winner of several specialty coffee awards) and following instructions from Emater, both of them are always making an effort to accomplish the dream of also being winners in the art of quality coffee. Marina was awarded the 2nd place of the contest of COORPOL (Regional Cooperative) – her first participation. She keeps it proudly, the first of many awards she still intend to collect.
SIRLEI
Producer: Sirlei Cezar
Score: 85 points
Location: Alto Jequitibá – Minas Gerais
Variety: Catuaí 44 amarelo
Altitude: 1200m
Harvest: Manual
Process: Natural
Drying process: Suspended yard
Flavor notes and aromas: Honey, chocolate and nuts. Low acidity, apple.
Bags (60kg): 19
Harvest year: 2016
“My name is Sirlei Cezar, I belong to the coffee-growing since my childhood and I grew up watching my parents taking such good care of the plantations, even not being the owners of the property, which awoke in me the dream of having my own cultivation, and to achieve that I worked hard and today I have a little ranch, where I practice with my wife and children a family agriculture oriented to the making of specialty coffees. We are investing in knowledge, structure and practices to produce coffees, getting better each crop.”