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The cool, green hills of Sul de Minas provide the ideal conditions for growing coffee. No wonder that some of Brazil's best specialty lots come from this region. The region is locally known as 'Vertentes' and forms the border between two important deltas in Brazil: the Grande River delta (southward) and the São Francisco River delta (northeastward). Henrique Dias Cambraia, owner and manager of Fazenda Campo Alegre, is the 4th generation on this plantation. Together with his brother and sister, he has been running the business since 1993. The plantation house, built in 1825, was completely restored in 2006. He attributes the success of the plantation to a combination of factors: the location of the plantation at an altitude of 1200m, a stable climate with an average of 21 degrees, skilled technical management of the plantation and fields, and the continuous training of the staff based on their own quality control programs. Located around Santo Antônio do Amparo, the farm produces various varieties of Arabica coffee, including this Catucai, a hybrid between Icatu and Catuai. This variety comes in a red and a yellow variant and has a high resistance to Roya (coffee rust). The so-called single origin lots are carefully kept separate to achieve great traceability. After harvesting, the ripe berries are laid out in the sun to dry on patios, then the beans are crushed and further processed. This method results in a sweet and fruity character of the coffee.
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