Description
Pirapitinga sits in the municipality of Divinolândia, in São Paulo state, within the Mogiana region, which is split between São Paulo and Minas Gerais and considered the most renowned of Brazil’s three major growing regions. It’s an area of rolling hills and uneven terrain that lends itself to small- to medium-sized farms. This lot is a Yellow Catuai grown between roughly 1,200 and 1,350 meters in latosol soils, with a harvest running June through August. After careful selective picking of ripe cherries, the coffee is washed and floated to remove damaged and less-dense beans before the drying process begins. From there it heads to FAF’s centralized mill in Serra do Cigano, where decades of processing know-how go into a 100% natural process: the cherries are gently dried on raised beds, reducing moisture to around 11%, and then carefully stored until it’s time for milling and export. FAF also helps producers with much of the logistics of selling to the international market, including warehousing and preparing the coffee for export.
A clean, sweet, and stable single-origin Brazil that punches above the average cup. This is a Yellow Catuai natural with a bit more life than your typical Brazil; think orange and a hint of cranberry up top, settling into roasted nuts and a soft herbal tea note as it cools. Lighter roasts bring out the brighter, juicier side, a gentle citrus and red fruit edge with a sweet, clean finish. Push it into the medium range and you build good body, classic Brazilian nuttiness, and a rounder caramel sweetness. Darker roasts caramelize those sugars into a richer semi-sweet chocolate with the fruit fading politely into the aftertaste. Versatile from light to dark, but the sweet spot is medium for a balanced, all-day cup. Great as a single origin for drip or espresso, and a fantastic, traceable base for a small-farm Brazil blend.
