Brazil

Caparaó

Mountain range / national park spanning municipalities in two states, not a single formal administrative unit · border of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states, Brazil

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
900–1,500 m · 6 of 10 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Climate
annual rainfall about 1,000mm; average temperatures 19-22°C, with occasional winter frost at higher altitudes
Terrain
mountain range (Serra do Caparaó) straddling the border of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states
Soil
stony soils at the massif's higher elevations, subject to frost and ice crust
Varieties
Red Catuaí · Catucaí 785 · 785 RED CATUCAÍ 250g
Base process
Natural · Honey
Conditions and additional steps
Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen)

Manhuaçu, at the foot of the Caparaó range, is the commercialization center for the surrounding 'Zona da Mata' mountain coffee, with storage for about 1 million sacks and ~1.5 million sacks harvested yearly in the area

Across Caparaó10 coffees with no finer area recorded