Brazil
Mantiqueira de Minas
Eduardo Daniel da Silva
Sítio Tarumã
Yellow Catuai
Natural
July–September
Peach, White Currant, Lemon, Juicy
1250 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
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Eduardo Daniel da Silva is the youngest of his family, son of Sebastião Daniel da Silva and Hilda Cândida da Silva. The family has a history in agriculture, beginning with working on large farms assisting with rice and banana production in the region. They began growing coffee in the 1990s, and eventually were able to plant their crops across four different growing areas of three hectares each in the community of Sertãozinho. When Eduardo turned 18 he received one of the plots to manage and named it Sítio Tarumã.
The family continued working together through the years, and eventually decided to enter the specialty coffee market in 2016. Eduardo’s older brother, Cleverson, became a Q Grader, and the two worked together to improve the quality control management and post-harvest processing on the farm. Since implementing these changes they’ve already won a number of quality competitions throughout the region.
The goal of Eduardo and his family is to continue producing high quality crops and to build a legacy of coffee cultivation for future generations of the family. They aim to show other people in the region that small producers can grow incredible coffees and work harmoniously with the land around them.
This lot of Yellow Catuai coffee underwent Natural processing. Catuai was developed by the Instituto Agronomico (IAC) of Sao Paulo State in Campinas, Brazil by crossing Mundo Novo and Caturra varieties. Catuai coffees are cultivated widely across Brazil, and are known for their high productivity potential.
Located on the northern side of the Serra da Mantiqueira mountain range in the southern part of the state of Minas Gerais, the Mantiqueira de Minas region is a demarcated area of 25 municipalities. It is officially recognized as an Indication of Origin for its tradition and worldwide reputation of producing coffees with unique sensory profiles.
Most producers in the region are smallholders who operate family farms. The region is differentiated by the unique terrain and the resulting characteristics that the terroir leads to in the cup. Coffees from Mantiqueira de Minas reflect both the place itself and the committed work of its producers. Mantiqueira includes more than 8,200 producers, 82% of whom are smallholders, and 56,000 hectares of mountain land planted with coffee. Most harvesting is still completed manually, and this and other practices keep the regional cultural heritage of coffee farming alive while at the same time pursuing new flavors.
