Brazil | Fazenda Santo Antônio COE #4 | SL-28 | Fermented

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  30
• Funky
  25

Region: Mantiqueira de Minas, Minas Gerais Elevation: 1050 masl About: Luiza is a fourth-generation member of a family deeply rooted in specialty coffee production. After finishing her studies, she learned the intricacies of running a coffee farm from her father and brothers. Today, she manages Fazenda Santo Antônio and plays a crucial role in creating packaging, selecting, and defining the coffees for the family’s roasted coffee brand. Fazenda Santo Antônio’s coffees are processed at the headquarters at Fazenda Irmãs Pereira, which boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure designed to deliver the highest quality post-harvest processing. The farm features advanced machinery, African beds, a UV-protected greenhouse, and a continuous focus on quality improvements. The coffee is meticulously handpicked, 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. to separate the ripe beans, then pulped and dried on African beds. The SL-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. is originally from Kenya and is rarely found outside of Africa. It is prized for its bright 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. and exceptional cup quality.