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Brazil Portal do Cerrado Minas Gerais - Unroasted Coffee

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Brazil Portal do Cerrado Minas Gerais

Unroasted Coffee
$10.95

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About

Our Brazil Minas Gerais is a luscious single origin offering that can produce a fruity, berry-heavy mid palate flavor and striking finish. We recommend roasting this coffee to a light or medium roast.

Our unroasted, green coffee selection is intended for roasting purposes. Do not consume green coffee. Green coffee that has been purchased and roasted is not returnable.

Brazil Portal do Cerrado Minas Gerais - Unroasted Coffee
Brazil Portal do Cerrado Minas Gerais - Unroasted Coffee

Altitude

500 - 1000 masl

It’s not just about where coffee grows but how high up it grows. Flavors become lighter and more complex the further from sea level a coffee grows, going from earthy to sweet to nutty citrus and chocolate to spiced wine and fruits.

Environment

Precipitation, temperature, and humidity have a lot of say in a coffee’s maturation, overall flavor, and quality. Many coffee-producing countries are either primed for growing success or use alternative methods to improve their ecosystem.

Precipitation

1500 mm

Temperature

22℃ - 27℃

Humidity

73% - 86%

Processing

A coffee’s process describes how the seed (aka the coffee bean) is separated from the coffee cherry. Popular methods include washed, dry, and honey, but there are many other processes that put special emphasis on different aspects of these methods.

The washing process

Washing Process

Washed
The drying process

Drying Process

Patio and Mechanical
The varietal type

Coffee Varietal

Caturra, Catuai

Timeline

Harvest and export times are based off when a particular coffee will be at its peak quality. Cherries picked at the start of the harvest season tend to be underdeveloped, and those picked at the end are often overdeveloped, so producers aim for that sweet spot in the middle.

Harvest

May - Sept

Export

July - May
Two Brazilian coffee farmers harvesting ripe cherries.

Brazil

Minas Gerais is the largest coffee-producing state of the 26 states that make up Brazil, accounting for almost half of the country’s total coffee. The landscape in Minas Gerais abounds with mountains and valleys, which give Brazilian coffees their wide-ranging flavor profiles. Consistent rainfall, high daytime tempe...

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