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São Paulo - anaerobic natural Brazil
São Paulo - anaerobic natural Brazil
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"Process-driven, rich chocolate truffle, notes of strawberry, rum, lasting sweet aftertaste"
The Producer
Fazenda São Paulo is owned by José Carlos Cepera in the Campo das Vertentes region of Brazil. The 1800-hectare farm contains 600 hectares containing coffee plants and gets around 1,500 mm of rainfall annually. They use natural, pulpled natural, and fermented processing and dry the coffee on raised beds, concrete patios, or rotating dryers.
As part of a larger agribusiness group, Fazenda São Paulo started its history at the beginning of the 1980s. Coffee farming started small, but with a lot of dedication and passion, it has grown over time and now takes up an extension of 600 hectares making it one of the most prominent activities of the group nowadays. Cepera is quoted as saying, "Years ago I bought Fazenda São Paulo as a form of investment in agriculture. Today I feel enormous satisfaction in providing work for hundreds of families, bringing development to their lives and to the region."
Campo das Vertentes
The Campo das Vertentes region is comprised of the municipalities: Bom Sucesso, Camacho, Campo Belo, Cana Verde, Candeias, Carmo da Mata, Conceição da Barra de Minas, Ibituruna, Nazareno, Oliveira, Perdões, Ritápolis, Santana do Jacaré, Santo Antônio do Amparo, São Francisco de Paula, and São João del-Rei and São Tiago.
Campo das Vertentes is located in the heart of Minas Gerais state, approximately 200km south of the capital city of Belo Horizonte. The region earned its name, meaning literally “watershed fields,” due to its location between two important water basins in Brazil. Because of the fertile soils and the abundance of water, agriculture arrived early in the region following the first settlers who came in search of precious metals. The arabica coffee plant adapted perfectly to this area and production can be traced back to 1860.
More recently, the rich coffee tradition of Campo das Vertentes, as well as the unique landscape and microclimate of the region, are being recognized by a geographical indication.
Minas Gerais may be nowadays the largest coffee producing area in Brazil, but it all started in the seventeenth century because of the discovery of the gold and diamond mines. This motivated the arrival of the first pioneers and settlers, which in turn created demand for food products. Agricultural areas started to develop around the mining villages to supply those staple items.
