Brazil Sítio Santa Marta Catuaí
FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.
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- 01The name on the bagBrazil Sítio Santa Marta Catuaí
- 02The brand
- 03The roaster
- 04The variety
- 05The farm
- 06The farmer
- 07The regionPedralva, Minas Gerais
- 08The country
Marta Ribeiro Rodrigues leads Sítio Santa Marta, a 45-hectare family farm in Pedralva with 20 hectares planted in coffee. CarmoCoffees traces the family's coffee history through several generations.
Intelligentsia lists this natural Catuaí as handpicked and sun dried. Its Bright taste label is proprietary and is not converted into a conventional roast-level claim.
A producer-specific Brazilian microlot with a direct farm profile and an exact retail listing. The page now distinguishes the farm's elevation range from the undisclosed elevation of this individual Catuaí lot.
WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?
The Catuaí cherries were handpicked.
The coffee remained in its fruit for a traditional natural process.
Intelligentsia says the lot was sun dried; duration and drying surface are not disclosed.
No starter culture, fruit, spices, or other additions are disclosed.
No post-roast flavoring is documented.
The published method supports a traditional natural classification without inventing a fermentation schedule.
Juniper, bright citrus character, and raisin, according to Intelligentsia.
- · https://intelligentsia.com/products/brazil-sitio-santa-marta-catuai
- · https://www.carmocoffees.com.br/our-farms/sitio-santa-marta/?lang=pt-br
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