Product
Fazenda Cruzeiro Maragogype
Country
Brazil
Certificates
Cup Profile
Dark Chocolate, dried cranberry, cocoa, tobacco.
Description
Fazenda Cruzeiro belongs to Mr. Carlos Alberto Paulino da Costa's family and it's been with them for about 100 years. Mr. Carlos, owner and farm's manager, graduated as an Agronomist in 1960. Since then he has worked with coffee growing, keeping the activity on going, and this vocation passed from father to son. The farm is located in the south of Minas Gerais, at an average altitude of 1.100 meters. It has the varieties Mundo Novo, Topázio (hybrid variety of Mundo Novo and Catuai) and most recently the Maragogype variety has been cultivated in Cruzeiro farm and in Mrs Maria Aparecida (Mr. Carlo's wife) who also has a farm which is like a "sister" of Cruzeiro. This Maragogype variety was cultivated in Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. With the coffee crisis in 1929, this variety was practically abandoned. Few coffee trees of this variety remained in some properties that had tradition in coffee production. From these beans, Mr. Carlos began to multiply them. The interest of the buyers and the quality of the drink made him believe and increase the cultivation. Today the properties combined has two thousand trees of this Maragogype variety and expects to have a bigger production from now on.
Region
Sul de Minas, Monte Santo de Minas
Altitude
1100m
Varieties
Mundo Novo, Topázio and Maragogype
Screen
18up
Harvest
July - September
Shipment
October - December
Preparation
Natural
Owner
Carlos Alberto Paulino da Costa
Farm Size
210ha
Bag Size
59kg
