- Catalogue altitude
- 700–1,600 m · 45 of 64 catalogue coffees report altitude. 4 of those 45 have a recorded range partly or wholly outside this band. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
- Climate
- Well-defined seasons with cold dry winters and hot rainy summers
- Terrain
- Highly diverse relief; 4% flat, 80% undulating, 16% mountainous; includes rocky outcrops of mountain massifs
- Soil
- Soil suitable for coffee cultivation and other agriculture
- Varieties
- Catuaí · Mundo Novo · Yellow Catuaí · Arara
- Base process
- Natural · Honey · Washed
- Conditions and additional steps
- Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen) · Aerobic (open-air fermentation)
Coffee industry transformed Varginha into major export center; second largest coffee trading center in the world after Santos