Brasil
Sitio Canaã

Natural process Red Catuai

Flavour: dried mango, dried papaya, toffee finish

Body: Acidity:

João Hamilton is a farmer turned community leader. He has been working with the neighbouring Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza (“Environmental Fortress Farm”) farm for over eight years and has been fundamental in pushing the boundaries and setting new standards of quality and sustainable practices. FAF is a leader in sustainable and organic farming practices in Brasil.

Today João works with twenty-five neighbour farmers to assist them also working towards these goals, follow his footsteps in producing fine specialty coffees and becoming more aware about sustainability.

Some words from João:

We produce coffee on our 10-hectare farm at an altitude that ranges from 1200 to 1340 meters above sea level. The varieties we produce are Catuai, Mundo Novo, Sumatra, and Bourbon.

Our production was traditionally commodity and our goal was always to produce as much quantity as possible while using various agro-toxic chemicals. We did not respect Mother Nature or the quality of the coffee.

In recent years this system of commodity coffee had ceased to be sustainable for us.

In 2006 Marcos from Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza invited our family (Joao Hamilton and Ivan) to take part in a new sustainable method of producing coffee.

The objective became to achieve the highest quality while simultaneously respecting nature, reforesting the area around our springs, recycling our trash, refraining from utilizing toxic fertilizers and herbicides giving the practice of cultivating coffee a new inspiration and hope.

Our family adopted new processes in order to improve the quality of our coffee.

We began to harvest selectively for the ripest cherries, to do semi-washed pulped cherries, and worked with more care on the drying patio.

We exported for the first time our coffees in 2008 and in 2010 we invested in building raised beds for the further development of higher quality coffees.

We’re excited to share this micro lot 786 from Sitio Canaã with you this week.

Wait, what’s a micro lot?

When coffee is harvested by hand at farms, all the picked cherries from that farm are usually combined. With a micro lot, farmers separate out the very best of their crop and process that separately.

If there’s one hillside on the farm that has outstanding flavour, rather than being mixed in with the rest of the crop, it can be processed and sold separately.

We think micro lots are interesting because they’re capturing a moment in time on the farm and showcasing the flavours of such a specific set of conditions, this coffee will never be repeated.

Sourcing and ingredients

100% Red Catuai coffee beans, provided by Silo and roasted by us on Gadigal land / Sydney.

Country grade: Unknown ?

Packaging

Bag: ABA Certified home compostable
Label: Recyclable
Valve (on bags larger than 250g): General waste
Coffee ordered online is shipped in a recyclable cardboard box

Brewing this coffee

We recommend brewing this coffee 15–49 days post-roast. If pre-ground, brew as soon as possible. Our advice on storing coffee.

1:3
dose:yield
ratio

To brew on espresso, we recommend using 20g of beans (dose) to get 60g of espresso out (yield), during 24-28 seconds.

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View the how to brew espresso (single origin) guide.

1:16.7
beans:water
ratio

To brew in infusion/fed brewers (V60, Chemex) use a ratio of 1:16.7 ratio of beans:water.

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g water

View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:14.3
beans:water
ratio

To brew in immersion brewers (plunger, AeroPress, Kalita, batch brewer) we recommend using a 1:14.3 ratio of beans:water

g beans

g water

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1:12
beans:water
ratio

To brew as cold brew we recommend using a 1:12 ratio of beans:water

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g water

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Producer: João Hamilton
Country: Brasil
Region: Caconde
Altitude: 1300m above sea level
Variety: Red Catuai
Process: natural
Harvested: August 2015
Body: Medium
Acidity: Low
Tasting notes: Dried mango, dried papaya, toffee finish
Roast style: Omni (filter + espresso)

The location

Coffee from Brasil

Brasil is the largest coffee-producing nation in the world. It is also known as a country out of which countless new varietals have emerged, both through natural mutations and selective breeding

Farm processes

Natural process

This technique leaves some flesh on the coffee cherry during processing and drying. This results in flavours which may show jammy fruit and a little winey-ness.