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Quick Facts
All the facts about our Brazil Cup of Excellence Winning Lot 2 – Sao Geraldo natural
| Region | Sul de Minas |
|---|---|
| Producer | Geraldo Alves de Souza |
| Variety | Red Catuai |
| Process | natural |
| Type | Unwashed Arabica |
| Category | Mission Red |
| Harvest | from 5 to 9 |
| Shipping | from November to 2 |
| Unit | 30kg Box |
São Geraldo began with Geraldo and Maria when they married in 1998. In this year they planted their first plot of coffee on the lands of Geraldo’s paternal grandfather and the seedlings were a gift from his mother. She is a third-generation producer and has worked with coffee since she was young.
Her first steps were in the coffee fields and her first word was “coffee”, joking aside, she always worked with coffee.
The producer’s son, Gustavo, will be a fourth-generation producer, Geraldo himself is a second-generation coffee farmer.
The parents help with everything on the property and nowadays Gustavo actively participates in all the processes from the management part of caring for the fields. Overall, the property is a good size, and the producers take care of it themselves. Maria helps with the harvest, post-harvest processing, and management,she also handles the shed and patios.
Gustavo has actively helped on the property since turning 18, this year makes 5 years that he’s been helping.
The parents allow him to take courses on specialty coffee production and today this is his main responsibility.
This is the fourth year in which they produce specialty coffees and their first time participating in the Cup of Excellence. This year they gathered the experiences of the past 3 years and applied them to this lot.
This was the first lot picked this harvest. The coffee was picked selectively in sieves, taken to African beds daily.
The lots were separated into 2 and 3 days, 2 lots per week, when the humidity reached 18%, the lots were stored in a shed.
After 40 days the coffee returned to the sun to reach the ideal humidity. Then technical reports of the lots were made, similar ones were joined, thus resulting in this 4-bag lot.
Origin
Specialty coffee from Brazil
Varieties
More than 40 varieties are grown, mainly Catuaí, Catucaí, Bourbon, Mundo Novo.
Processing methods
Natural Drying, Pulped Natural
Altitude range
200-1100 masl
Harvest
Starts in May/June and ends in October
Total yearly production
2022/23 ca. 65.49 million bags
Main production areas:
Minas Gerais: the state with the largest coffee production, divided into Southwest, Central-Western, Southeast. Only produces Arabica. Main export port of Santos in the state of São Paulo.
Espirito Santo: the state with the second largest coffee production; largest Robusta production in Brazil; 70% Robusta and 30% Arabica; Main export ports: Vitoria in the state of Espirito Santo, Salvador de Bahia in the state of Bahia.
São Paulo: the state with the third largest coffee production. Only produces Arabica; Main export port: Santos in the state of São Paulo.
Parana: one of the states with the lowest production (approx. 2%)
Port of Shipment: Santos, Vitoria, Salvador de Bahia
Export bag size: 59kg or 60kg
Total number of coffee farmers: ca. 280.000
| Region | Sul de Minas |
|---|---|
| Producer | Geraldo Alves de Souza |
| Variety | Red Catuai |
| Process | natural |
| Type | Unwashed Arabica |
| Harvest | from 5 to 9 |
| Shipping | from November to 2 |
| Unit | 30kg Box |
São Geraldo began with Geraldo and Maria when they married in 1998. In this year they planted their first plot of coffee on the lands of Geraldo’s paternal grandfather and the seedlings were a gift from his mother. She is a third-generation producer and has worked with coffee since she was young.
Her first steps were in the coffee fields and her first word was “coffee”, joking aside, she always worked with coffee.
The producer’s son, Gustavo, will be a fourth-generation producer, Geraldo himself is a second-generation coffee farmer.
The parents help with everything on the property and nowadays Gustavo actively participates in all the processes from the management part of caring for the fields. Overall, the property is a good size, and the producers take care of it themselves. Maria helps with the harvest, post-harvest processing, and management,she also handles the shed and patios.
Gustavo has actively helped on the property since turning 18, this year makes 5 years that he’s been helping.
The parents allow him to take courses on specialty coffee production and today this is his main responsibility.
This is the fourth year in which they produce specialty coffees and their first time participating in the Cup of Excellence. This year they gathered the experiences of the past 3 years and applied them to this lot.
This was the first lot picked this harvest. The coffee was picked selectively in sieves, taken to African beds daily.
The lots were separated into 2 and 3 days, 2 lots per week, when the humidity reached 18%, the lots were stored in a shed.
After 40 days the coffee returned to the sun to reach the ideal humidity. Then technical reports of the lots were made, similar ones were joined, thus resulting in this 4-bag lot.
