BRAZIL | Bom Jardim | Yellow Catuai | Anaerobic Natural

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About This Bean

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246786689 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW246786689 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0">The Nunes family has been farming the land around the small city of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW246786689 BCX0">Patrocínio</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"> for generations—beginning with Osmar Pereira Nunes, who raised both dairy and beef cattle. In the mid-’80s, Osmar’s son, Osmar Junior—or Juninho—was inspired by other farmers in the area and the changing global landscape and planted 10 hectares of coffee. After that, he planted another 7 hectares each year, dedicating </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0">more and more</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"> of the family farm to coffee production.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246786689 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246786689 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW246786689 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0">More recently, Juninho and his son, Gabriel (the third generation and a trained agronomist), again saw the global market shifting and transitioned their production away from large-scale commercial farming to a more quality-focused specialty approach. Gabriel believes that coffee production is no longer centered around maximizing volume but instead on ensuring quality and sustainability. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0">It's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"> clear that Gabriel knows what </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0">he’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"> doing—scoring over 92 points and taking 1st place in the 2017 Brazil Cup of Excellence (COE) competition.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246786689 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}'> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW246786689 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW246786689 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0">We’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246786689 BCX0"> no strangers to the Brazil COE competition—in fact, Nolan Hirte (Proud Mary founder) served on the international jury that year and absolutely fell in love with the Nunes family’s coffee—so much so that we bought the whole lot! The Nunes family is a shining example of both the quality of coffee available in Brazil and how commercial producers can pivot to a quality-focused specialty model.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW246786689 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}'> </span></p> </div>