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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Caxambu | Shipped by Sail, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Caxambu | Shipped by Sail; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Caxambu | Shipped by Sail; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Caxambu | Shipped by Sail; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇧🇷Brazil · Sul de Minas

Caxambu | Shipped by Sail

Roasted by Origin CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsBrazilSul de MinasYellow CatuaíNaturalHazelnutMilk ChocolateArabicaSingle originSpecialtyFazenda CaxambuCarmen Lúcia Chaves de BritoOrigin Coffee
🇧🇷BrazilNaturalYellow Catuaí
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇷Brazil
Region
Sul de Minas
Town
Três Pontas
Farm / Station
Fazenda Caxambu
Farmer / Producer
Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Yellow Catuaí
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Raisin, Hazelnut, Milk chocolate, Mild apple, Dried fruit
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mOrigin publishes a 970–1,200-metre range rather than one exact elevation; no midpoint is stored as a fact.
  • fermentationOrigin identifies a natural process but does not publish lot-specific fermentation details.
  • drying methodOrigin does not state the drying surface, equipment, or duration for this lot.
  • roast levelOrigin states that the coffee is roasted for espresso but does not publish a discrete roast-level label.
  • harvestThe current exact listing does not state a harvest period.
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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
    Caxambu | Shipped by Sail
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Origin Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Yellow Catuaí
  5. 05
    The farm
    Fazenda Caxambu
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito
  7. 07
    The region
    Sul de Minas
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇷Brazil
From the producer

Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito, also known as Ucha, manages Fazenda Caxambu in Três Pontas, Sul de Minas. Origin has sourced from her since 2022.

From the roaster

Origin describes a softly rounded, mellow espresso with raisin, hazelnut, milk chocolate, mild apple-like acidity, a medium creamy body, and a short dried-fruit finish.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This natural Yellow Catuaí combines named-farm traceability with unusually detailed sourcing transparency. Origin publishes a $3.50 per pound FOB price, 94% above the Fairtrade minimum, and transported a 19-tonne shipment by sail from Brazil to France before conventional onward travel.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Natural process

Origin identifies the coffee as natural, meaning the coffee dried with the fruit intact, but does not publish lot-specific fermentation or drying parameters.

02
Sail freight

The shipment crossed the Atlantic from Brazil to France by sail, then continued to Cornwall by ferry and road.

03
Protected altitude integrity

Origin publishes a 970–1,200-metre range, so no derived midpoint is stored as a fact.

What was added?

No fruit, flavorings, or commercial cultures are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

Fermentation duration and drying equipment are not published.

Why it matters

Natural processing supports rounded dried-fruit sweetness, while the freight trial tests a lower-emission ocean route.

What you might taste

Raisin, hazelnut, milk chocolate, mild apple acidity, creamy body, and a short dried-fruit finish.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.origincoffee.co.uk/products/sail-ship-coffee-espresso
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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Fazenda Caxambu →Meet the farmer: Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito →
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