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Brazil Cafe Delas - Vivian Goncalves de Freitas Campos Borges

Apple juice, honey, lemon, floral, cantaloupe
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2024/25
Status Spot
Lot Number P612943-2
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About This Coffee

Vivian's passion for coffee began when she acquired her first farm, together with her husband Ronaldo, in 1986. Since then, she works on the administration, quality control and monitoring of certifications. For her, the secret to the quality of their coffees involves carefully monitoring the whole process, from the choice of varieties and the handing of seedlings to the timing of the harvest and meticulous post-harvest processing. All that, and of course, love and passion for the land itself. 

Cafe Delas is a program that started in 2018, in which Covoya's origin operations in Latin American countries buy coffee from women producers. Every sale is an investment in initiatives that promote gender equality and provide resources that strengthen women's performance in the field to motivate them to assume a leadership position on their property. This includes workshops, quality training, meetings and events for the community of women producers we work with. In addition to being women-produced, Cafe Delas coffees are fully traceable. 

Country of Origin Brazil
Harvest Season 2024/25
Coffee Grade BRA CA NAT FY NY 2/3 SC 16/17
Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species Arabica
Processing Natural/Dry Processed
Variety Acaia, Catuai, Catucai
Region Minas Gerais
Farm Name Rubiacea

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 Minas Gerais
  • Farm Name Rubiacea
  • Producer Type Single Estate
  • Processing Natural/Dry Processed
  • Processing Description Dried on patios & mechanical driers
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Acaia, Catuai, Catucai
  • Min Growing Altitude 1050m
  • On Sale No
  • Top Lot Yes
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade BRA CA NAT FY NY 2/3 SC 16/17
  • CTRM Contract Number P612943-2
  • Country of Origin Brazil
  • Warehouse Continental NJ
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