Brazil - Luis Otavio Turati Microlot

Cherry pie, nectarine, butterscotch
TOP LOT
Log in to view price
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2022/23
Status Spot
Lot Number P611583-7
  • Out of Stock Bag(s)
Log In To Buy / Sample

About This Coffee

Luis Otavio Turati is a third-generation coffee producer working in the reknowned Cerrado region, outside the city of Medieros. His grandfather worked in coffee in Sao Paolo; his father, Jose Afonso, studied agronomy in the 1980s and began his own production operations shortly thereafter, specifically searching out a coffee-growing area above 1100 masl, with well-defined periods of rain. Novo Horizonte was established in 1999.  His coffee-loving son, Luis Otavio, took over the quality department on the family farm in 2020, in order to better meet the demands of the specialty coffee market. 

Country of Origin Brazil
Region Cerrado
Producer Type Single Estate
Farm Name Novo Horizonte
Processing Natural/Dry Processed
Processing Description Mechanical dryer and cement patio
Growing Altitude 1100m
Harvest Season 2022/23
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species Arabica
Variety Yellow Catuai

History of Coffee in Brazil 

American colonists had been drinking coffee for fifty years before the first coffee seed was planted in Brazil in 1727. A hundred years later, Brazil accounted for 30% of the world’s coffee supply. A hundred years after that, in the 1920’s, Brazil held a virtual monopoly, producing 80% of the world’s coffee. Although Brazil’s market share peaked at 80% in the 1920’s, its continuing status as the world’s largest coffee producer still gives the country considerable influence on the market and coffee prices. It is said that when Brazil sneezes, the coffee world catches cold. In 1975, a “black frost” destroyed over 70 percent of the crop in Brazil and coffee prices doubled world-wide. Brazil was a founding member of the Pan-American Coffee Bureau, which invented the concept of a “coffee break,” during an advertising campaign in the early 1950’s.

Growing Coffee in Brazil 

The U.S. state of Maryland is not large enough to contain all the coffee plants in Brazil, even if every inch of the state was growing coffee. Over 300,000 coffee farms in 2,000 cities grow coffee in Brazil. Although some of Brazil’s 30 coffee growing regions are home to the world’s largest coffee farms, there are also small and medium sized farms, including those owned and operated by women as part of Olam’s Café Delas initiative.  With so much land devoted to coffee, it’s no surprise that  over 40 species coffee plant can be found growing in Brazil, but the most common are Yellow Bourbon, Acaia, Yellow Catuai, Red Catuai, and New World. While the amount of washed coffee coming out of Brazil has increased steadily over the years, the vast majority of coffee is still produced using the dry method.  

  • Region Cerrado
  • Farm Name Novo Horizonte
  • Producer Type Single Estate
  • Processing Natural/Dry Processed
  • Processing Description Mechanical dryer and cement patio
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Yellow Catuai
  • Min Growing Altitude 1100m
  • On Sale No
  • Top Lot Yes
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade BRA CA NAT FY NY 2/3 SC 16/17
  • CTRM Contract Number P611583-7
  • Country of Origin Brazil
  • Warehouse Continental NJ