- Catalogue altitude
- 810–1,250 m · 8 of 15 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
- Terrain
- São Paulo city sits on a plateau of the Brazilian Highlands beyond the Serra do Mar, at ~799m average elevation (this describes the state capital's own site, not necessarily the coffee-growing areas of the wider state)
- Varieties
- Arara · Catuaí · Catucaí · Mundo Novo
- Base process
- Natural
- Conditions and additional steps
- Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen)
coffee was first grown in the Paraíba Valley (east of São Paulo state), later expanding to Campinas, Rio Claro, São Carlos and Ribeirão Preto