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

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Daterra Calabria, Brazil; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Daterra Calabria, Brazil; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Daterra Calabria, Brazil; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇧🇷Brazil · Cerrado Mineiro

Daterra Calabria, Brazil

Roasted by George Howell CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsBrazilCerrado MineiroNaturalDark roastDark ChocolateCherryArabicaSingle originDaterraLuis Norberto PascoalGeorge Howell CoffeeIndependent
🇧🇷BrazilNaturalField BlendDark roast
Brand
George Howell Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇷Brazil
Region
Cerrado Mineiro
Town
—
Farm / Station
Daterra
Farmer / Producer
Luis Norberto Pascoal
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Dark
Tasting notes
Dark Chocolate, Walnut, Cherry
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • Formal gradeGeorge Howell does not publish a formal green-coffee grade for this release.
  • Point altitudeThe source publishes a 3,600–3,900-foot range; no single representative elevation is stated.
  • FermentationThe exact page identifies Natural processing but does not publish fermentation duration, vessel or environmental controls.
  • Drying methodThe exact Calabria page does not publish the drying surface or duration.
  • Roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is published on the product page.
  • Public sentimentThe only current exact-product aggregate found is merchant-hosted and was excluded from independent Internet Pulse scoring.
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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
    Daterra Calabria, Brazil
  2. 02
    The brand
    George Howell Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    George Howell Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Daterra
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Luis Norberto Pascoal
  7. 07
    The region
    Cerrado Mineiro
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇷Brazil
From the producer

Daterra is a highly innovative farm led by Luis Norberto Pascoal, who is a prominent figure in the coffee quality movement. The farm is noted for its commitment to environmental policies and its early adoption of vacuum-sealed packaging to preserve bean quality.

From the roaster

The roaster announces the return of Daterra Calabria, a naturally-processed coffee with a balanced, heavy-bodied profile and dark chocolate notes.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A producer-traceable, natural-process Red and Yellow Bourbon from Daterra, roasted extra dark for a heavy-bodied espresso profile rather than origin-obscuring generic “dark coffee.”

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the current lot

Confirmed Daterra, Cerrado, Luis Norberto Pascoal, the two Bourbon cultivars, July–August 2025 harvest, and the 3,600–3,900-foot range from the exact roaster page.

02
Kept the process conservative

Recorded Natural as a traditional process without inventing fermentation or drying details that the exact release does not publish.

03
Separated roast and taste claims

Recorded the roaster’s Extra Dark intent, espresso use, heavy body, restrained acidity, and dark chocolate, walnut and cherry notes as roaster-provided—not an in-house score.

04
Audited public sentiment

Preserved the merchant-hosted Shop aggregate and older-release evidence as research records, while excluding them from independent current-release scoring.

What was added?

Current $23 price, availability, harvest window, Field Blend link for the documented two-cultivar lot, four editorial sections, and a transparent evidence-limit note.

What wasn't added?

No point elevation, formal grade, roast date, fermentation protocol, drying protocol, original tasting score, or independent public-sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now distinguishes the 2025 release from historical and merchant-hosted evidence without presenting seller-channel ratings as independent sentiment.

What you might taste

Dark chocolate, cherry-glazed walnut and a lush, heavy body with deliberately restrained acidity, according to George Howell.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://georgehowellcoffee.com/products/daterra-mantiqueira-brazil
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 2026-10-25) 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.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Daterra →Meet the farmer: Luis Norberto Pascoal →
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