Brazil Cafe Delas - Aragao Farm (2021 Crop)

Dried mango, yellow peach, chocolate, butterscotch

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Bag Weight	60 KG BAG
Harvest Season	2021/22
Status	Spot
Lot Number	P608898-1

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About This Coffee

Café Delas is based on the idea that given better access to resources traditionally held out of their reach, and an equal voice in leadership, women will not only produce fine specialty grade coffee, they will create positive impacts within their families and communities as a result.

“Our family has been in the coffee-growing activity for generations, passing from great-grandmother to great-grandson, all on the coffee-growing. In times of crisis, it is important to be able to add value to our product, thus requiring better treatment, both in handling and in the post-harvest activities. Our concern is to produce quality coffee that meet market expectations, always taking care of the environment and the well-being of our employees.”

Country of Origin	Brazil
Harvest Season	2021/22
Coffee Grade	BRA CA NAT FY NY 2/3 SC 16/17
Bag Type	Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species	Arabica
Processing	Natural/Dry Processed
Variety	Catuai

Farm Name	Aragão Farm

History of Brazilian Coffee

American colonists had been drinking coffee for fifty years before the first coffee seed was planted in Brazil in 1727. A hundred years later, Brazil accounted for 30% of the world’s coffee supply. A hundred years after that, in the 1920’s, Brazil held a virtual monopoly, producing 80% of the world’s coffee. Although Brazil’s market share peaked at 80% in the 1920’s, its continuing status as the world’s largest coffee producer still gives the country considerable influence on the market and coffee prices. It is said that when Brazil sneezes, the coffee world catches cold. In 1975, a “black frost” destroyed over 70 percent of the crop in Brazil and coffee prices doubled world-wide. Brazil was a founding member of the Pan-American Coffee Bureau, which invented the concept of a “coffee break,” during an advertising campaign in the early 1950’s.

Growing Coffee in Brazil

The U.S. state of Maryland is not large enough to contain all the coffee plants in Brazil, even if every inch of the state was growing coffee. Over 300,000 coffee farms in 2,000 cities grow coffee in Brazil. Although some of Brazil’s 30 coffee growing regions are home to the world’s largest coffee farms, there are also small and medium sized farms, including those owned and operated by women as part of Olam’s Café Delas initiative. With so much land devoted to coffee, it’s no surprise that over 40 species coffee plant can be found growing in Brazil, but the most common are Yellow Bourbon, Acaia, Yellow Catuai, Red Catuai, and New World. While the amount of washed coffee coming out of Brazil has increased steadily over the years, the vast majority of coffee is still produced using the dry method.