Limão Rosa, Brazil

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
• Clean
• Funky

TASTING NOTESTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. chocolate, peanuts, malt, dried fruit COFFEE BACKGROUND The micro-region Pântano, where Fazenda Rio Brilhante sits, has well-defined seasons and consistent seasonal rain: ideal conditions for pulped-naturalHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. coffees. This process removes the cherries’ skin but leaves most of the mucilage. Drying the beans with this pulp is a middle ground between washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. and naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. processing. It highlights the coffee’s natural sweetness and produces a lovely aromatic cup. This micro-lotMicrolotA small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — often a single day's picking from one plot — kept apart because it's exceptional., named Limão Rosa (pink lemon), offers more acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. than typical coffees from Brazil. Founder Inácio Urban has grown Rio Brilhante to an impressive 1,600 hectares over the last 40 years. The farm is divided into 45 sections, each representative of a unique terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. and micro-climate . In 2006, Inácio’s children joined their father in managing the farm — continuing the family’s work while bringing fresh energy and innovation. In 2020, Rio Brilhante won the Ethics and Traceability Award, honoring the farm’s commitments to their people, to preserving the environment, and to responsible agribusiness. TASTING NOTES chocolate, peanuts, malt, dried fruit