This is the season’s first release from Espírito Santo, Brazil. In this, our third year working in the region, it continues to redefine our understanding and expectations of Brazilian profiles and quality potential. This particular lot is extremely clean; nuanced with red berries, an apple-like acidity, and excellent sweetness.
Catucaí 785
Batéia, Castelo, Espírito Santo
1,050 masl
November, 2021
Hand picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects and depulped on the day of harvest. Moved straight to drying beds and dried until moisture reaches ~10.5%.
ABOUT ELZIO SARTORI
Elzio is a fourth-generation coffee producer whose family originally came from the northern Italian region of Veneto. He works alongside his wife Maria Aparecida and his sons Wilian and Everton. The Brazilian region of Bateia used to be heavily mined for gold, but that practice has since been prohibited, and the area is now producing some of the best coffees we've tasted in anywhere in the world.
ABOUT CATUCAÍ 785
Catucaí 785 is a progeny of Icatú Vermelho and Catuaí Vermelho, and within the Bourbon lineage. It is a small uniform plant with wavy-edged leaves, and bronze-hued new growth. It is high-yielding, produces large red fruit with a large sieve rating, and is both highly leaf-rust tolerant and remarkably stable in varied weather conditions. While generally an early-harvest plant, in certain climates fruit development begins early but slows significantly—a trait that has been utilized to extend fruit maturation and improve cup quality by some of the more astute producers in compatible regions.
Pricing Details
FARM GATE (LOCAL)
51.61 BRL/KG
FARM GATE (USD)
~$9.48/KG
FOB
$9.48/KG
FOT
$14.66/KG
The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.