ROAST LEVEL: MEDIUM

TASTING NOTES: PEANUT BUTTER-GRAHAM CRACKER-CITRUS ZEST-CHOCOLATE

GROWER: Smallholder producers from the Mantiqueira Region

REGION: Mantiqueira Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil

PROCESS: Full natural and dried in the sun on patios

CULTIVAR: Mundo Novo

SOIL: Clay Minerals

ALTITUDE: 1150 masl

This Brazil Mantiqueira de Minas coffee is sourced from a family owned farms in the Mantiqueira de Minas region within the state Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mantiqueira de Minas region has a protected designation of origin (PDO) because of the regions renowned coffee reputation and optimal growing conditions. The region is comprised of 25 municipalities with more than 9,000 producers, nearly 90 percent considered small producers. These small producers are organized through cooperatives that operate in the region to bring their coffee to the international market. This collective of small producers is distinct in Brazil where lots often come from larger estates that use highly mechanized processing strategies to manage larger volumes.