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COE 2018

Farm: Fazenda Rio Verde

Varietal: 100% Yellow Bourbon

Processing: Natural 

Altitude: 1,142 to 1,156 meters above sea level

Owner: Ipanema Agricola

Town / City: Serra da Mantiqueira

Region: Sul de Minas, Minas Gerais

Country: Brazil

Story Behind This 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 categorized 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. The cherries were dispersed on patios to dry for 110 hours then finished drying in vertical dryers for an additional 92 hours. Once dried, the coffee is rested in bags before being hulled and prepared for export. Some of the plots in this farm have been awarded the Cup Of Excellence award in 2018.