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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Ipanema Premier Cru Blue Anaerobic Natural, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ipanema Premier Cru Blue Anaerobic Natural; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ipanema Premier Cru Blue Anaerobic Natural; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ipanema Premier Cru Blue Anaerobic Natural; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇧🇷Brazil · Sul de Minas

Ipanema Premier Cru Blue Anaerobic Natural

Roasted by Dark Woods CoffeeRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsBrazilSul de MinasYellow BourbonNaturalWine-likeArabicaSingle originFazenda Rio VerdeIpanema CoffeesDark Woods Coffee
🇧🇷BrazilNaturalYellow Bourbon
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇷Brazil
Region
Sul de Minas
Town
Mantiqueira Mountains
Farm / Station
Fazenda Rio Verde
Farmer / Producer
Ipanema Coffees
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Yellow Bourbon
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Blackcurrant, Berry, Chocolate, Citrus, Creamy texture, Winey finish
Fermentation
Yellow Bourbon cherries anaerobically fermented for 90 hours.
Drying
Patio drying followed by vertical-dryer finishing.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • gradeThe exact product page does not publish a formal green-coffee grade.
  • altitude mThe exact Dark Woods release does not publish a lot elevation.
  • roast levelDark Woods displays a proprietary roast-scale value of 2, which is not translated into the site's conventional roast enum.
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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
    Ipanema Premier Cru Blue Anaerobic Natural
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Dark Woods Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Yellow Bourbon
  5. 05
    The farm
    Fazenda Rio Verde
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Ipanema Coffees
  7. 07
    The region
    Sul de Minas
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇷Brazil
From the producer

Ipanema Coffees is a well-established producer located in the Mantiqueira Mountains, known for its commitment to high-quality specialty coffee. Their Rio Verde farm operates as a sanctuary for local flora and fauna while utilizing advanced processing methods.

From the roaster

The Yellow Bourbon coffee cherry has been anaerobically fermented for 90 hours, before both patio drying and time in the vertical dryers. This micro-lot (B64 Blackcurrant Blue) displays the winey, fruity character of an anaerobic process, with balanced citric acidity and a creamy body.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A 2025–26 Yellow Bourbon micro-lot from Fazenda Rio Verde, fermented anaerobically for 90 hours and finished with patio and vertical-dryer drying. Dark Woods identifies it as Ipanema’s B64 Blackcurrant Blue lot.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Anaerobic fermentation

Yellow Bourbon cherries fermented anaerobically for 90 hours.

02
Patio drying

The coffee received patio drying after fermentation.

03
Vertical-dryer finishing

Drying was completed in vertical dryers.

What was added?

No additive is documented.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spice, flavoring or post-roast additive is documented.

Why it matters

The 90-hour anaerobic stage and two-part drying protocol define the lot's experimental natural process without establishing a co-ferment.

What you might taste

Dark Woods lists blackcurrant, berry, chocolate, juicy citric acidity, creamy texture and a winey finish.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://darkwoodscoffee.co.uk/products/brazil-ipanema-premier-cru-blue-anaerobic-natural
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 2026-10-17) 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

Method: exact roaster, B64 Blackcurrant Blue lot and release identity were required. Coffee Review's Ipanema A50 Red review and other roasters' Fazenda Rio Verde coffees are different lots; catalog and retailer pages without attributable tasting or rating data were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Fazenda Rio Verde →Meet the farmer: Ipanema Coffees →
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