Brazil Agricola B34 برازيل اجريكولا بي ٣٤

Farm: Fazenda Rio Verde

Varietal: 100% Yellow Bourbon

Processing: Natural 

Altitude: 1,195 to 1,282 meters above sea level

Owner: Ipanema Agricola

Town / City: Alfenas & Machado

Region: Sul de Minas, Minas Gerais

Country: Brazil

الإيحاءات: رمّان | عسل | برتقال

المزرعة: فازندا ريو فيردي

 السلالة: ١٠٠٪ بوربون اصفر

المعالجة: مجفّفة 

الارتفاع: ١،١٩٥ الى ١،٢٨٢ متر فوق سطح البحر

المزارع: ابانيما اجريكولا

المدينة: الفيناس & ماشادو

المنطقة:  سول دي ميناس، ميناس جيرايس

البلد: البرازيل 

Story Behind The Coffee

Fazenda Rio Verde was already established before the newly married Antonio Fachardo Junqueira and Gabriella Augusta inherited the farm as a dowry. However, it was the couple who first established coffee here in 1887. Ipanema Coffees was the first to be certified by Utz and Rain Forest certification programs. Their Premier Cru project, initiated in 2014, has taken specialty coffee to new heights in the country and is a natural extension of the farm’s approach to quality and innovation.  Every micro lot is categorised into one  of the four edition groups, revealing the complexity of the taste and its rarity. Ipanema’s coffee specialist team scores the lots into Black, Gold, Blue, and Diamond Edition grades (similar to whiskey). This 100% Yellow Bourbon lot was selectively hand-harvested and then processed using the traditional Natural method with a wild fermentation for 38 hours. This process begins with a measuring of the coffee’s Brix, or sugar content. The cherries are sorted and placed in the aerobic (oxygen present) environment to initiate fermentation, allowing for the coffee’s microorganism development. Once the coffee’s temperature stabilizes, the fermentation is complete. During this process, the temperature rises and the Brix content drops. After processing, the cherries were dried on a conventional patio for 89 hours and in a vertical dryer for an additional 133 hours. Some of the plots in this farm have been awarded the Cup Of Excellence award in 2018.