Brazil

Montanhas do Espírito Santo

Denominação de Origem (geographical indication) coffee region · Espírito Santo (state), Brazil

Terroir

Climate
tropical along the coast (dry winters, rainy summers); in the mountainous south/southwest, altitude strongly lowers temperatures
Terrain
central-mountainous interior of Espírito Santo: extremely rugged relief, mountains, steep slopes and deep valleys
Varieties
Catucaí 785 · Catucai 785/15 · Catucaí Amarelo
Base process
Honey · Washed

steep former-Italian-colony mountain slopes now farmed for selective specialty Arabica coffee

Across Montanhas do Espírito Santo5 coffees with no finer area recorded