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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Cafundo, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Cafundo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Cafundo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Cafundo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇧🇷Brazil · Bahia

Cafundo

Roasted by Market Lane CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsBrazilBahiaCatuaíPulped NaturalApricotMolassesArabicaSingle originSitio CafundoPedro Santana & Delzute Araujo MesquitaMarket Lane Coffee
🇧🇷BrazilPulped NaturalCatuaí
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇷Brazil
Region
Bahia
Town
Piatã
Farm / Station
Sitio Cafundo
Farmer / Producer
Pedro Santana & Delzute Araujo Mesquita
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Catuaí
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Pecan, apricot, molasses
Fermentation
—
Drying
Sun-dried on cleaned patios with mucilage attached
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • gradeThe exact release sources do not publish a formal green-coffee grade or current lot score.
  • fermentationThe sources describe pulped-natural processing but do not publish a distinct fermentation duration, vessel, or atmosphere.
  • harvestThe exact release sources do not state a harvest period.
  • roast levelMarket Lane identifies an espresso offering but does not publish a conventional light-to-dark roast label.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Cafundo
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Market Lane Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Catuaí
  5. 05
    The farm
    Sitio Cafundo
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Pedro Santana & Delzute Araujo Mesquita
  7. 07
    The region
    Bahia
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇷Brazil
From the producer

Pedro Santana and Delzute Araujo Mesquita manage Sitio Cafundo, a farm located in the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia that emphasizes high-quality production within a serene, isolated setting.

From the roaster

Origin: Bahia, Piatã, Brazil. Variety: Catuaí. Process: Pulped Natural. Producer: Pedro Santana & Delzute Araujo Mesquita. Relationship length: since 2015.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Market Lane and Melbourne Coffee Merchants trace this pulped-natural Catuaí to Pedro Santana and Delzute Araujo Mesquita at 1,360 metres in Piatã, Bahia. The lot combines named-producer traceability with a sourcing relationship documented since 2015.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selective harvest

A small picking team selected ripe coffee cherry at Cafundó.

02
Pulped natural processing

The fruit skin was removed at the shared onsite wet mill while some mucilage remained on the parchment.

03
Patio drying

The coffee was spread about four centimetres deep on cleaned patios, raked repeatedly for even sun drying, then separated, rested in parchment, and cupped before export.

What was added?

Nothing is documented as added during processing.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, flavorings, or microbial inoculants are documented.

Why it matters

Pulped-natural processing dries coffee with some mucilage attached, generally retaining sweetness while producing a cleaner profile than whole-cherry natural processing.

What you might taste

Pecan, apricot, and molasses are Market Lane’s tasting descriptors, not added ingredients.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.marketlane.com.au/products/sitio-cafundo
  • · https://melbournecoffeemerchants.com.au/coffee/cafundo/
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-15) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Exact-product catalog and seller pages were found, but no independent source with a transparent exact-release rating or review method qualified for aggregation.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Sitio Cafundo →Meet the farmer: Pedro Santana & Delzute Araujo Mesquita →
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