A trip to Cerrado and Minas Gerais state in Brazil circa 2005
Once again, October means a trip to Cerrado and Minas Gerais state in BrazilBrazil is a coffee giant . As Frank Sinatra sang, "they grow an awful lot of coffee in Brazil".: Brazil is a coffee giant . As Frank Sinatra.... The Natural Dry-Processed coffees for the new cropRefers to fresh shipments of green coffee within the first month or two of the earliest arrivals ... not quite the same as Current Crop, which means the... are at their peak, and the Pulped Naturals are there too, a great time to seek out some new, great coffees.
And the main impetus is the Cafe do Cerrado competition, which pits the best of the region against each other. Overall, the cup quality was excellent and look for us to offer some of these competition lots in the near future.
A word of warning: a lot of my little travelogue has little to do with coffee, so read what you enjoy and stop when you are inundated! -Tom 10/20/05
Winning Lots, 2005 Caccer/ Cerrado Competition Lots Sweet Maria’s Bought!
SÉRIE CEREJA DESCASCADA – Semi-washedAn uncertain term to describe a coffee processing technique somewhere between wet-process and dry-process: Semi-washed has been used, most commonly in Brazil, to describe a hybrid coffee process.... Coffees
1. Eduardo Eustáquio de Andrade – FazendaFazenda is the Portuguese word for farm, hence it is the term used in Brazil. Fazenda is not a coffee-specific term. Paiolinho – Carmo do Paranaíba
2. Maria do Carmo de Andrade – Fazenda Paraíso – Carmo do Paranaíba
3. Virgínia Helena Crivelente Ferrero – Fazenda Caixetas – Patos de Minas
4. Amélia Ferracioli Delarisse – Fazenda Apucarana – Patrocínio
5. Rodrigo Aparecido Martins – Fazenda Pântano – Coromandel
6. José Zubioli – Fazenda Santa Bárbara – Romaria
7. Wagner Ferrero – Fazenda Pântano – Patos de Minas
8. Gláucio de Castro – Fazenda Duas Pontes – Patrocínio
9. Sebastião Francisco de Almeida – Fazenda Botânica – Patrocínio
10. Luiz Eli Caixeta Silva – Fazenda Chapadão – Patrocínio
SÉRIE NATURAL -Natural Dry-Processed Coffees
1. Carlo Diamante – Fazenda Cruz Branca – Estrela do Sul
2. Waldemar Bovi – Fazenda Araras – Monte Carmelo
3. Marcelo Cocco Urtado – Fazenda Marjorean – Monte Carmelo
4. José Diamante – Fazenda Santa Bárbara – Monte Carmelo
5. Félix Miyoshi Shimokomaki – Fazenda Santa Bárbara – Monte Carmelo
6. André Luiz Cocco Urtado – Fazenda Marjorean – Monte Carmelo
7. Ademar Posso – Fazenda Boa Vista – Monte Carmelo
8. Helder Bovi – Fazenda Monte Carmelo – Estrela do Sul
9. Mário Sugawara – Fazenda Estrela 1 – Estrela do Sul
10. Luiz Augusto Pereira Monguilod – Fazenda São Rafael – Monte Carmelo
