BRAZIL – RECREIO
*For subscribers please note that we expect this coffee to run until Q4 2023, after which we will replace it with a fresh crop from Brazil, hand picked by us and traded directly by the full container into Port of Cork.
In 2018 we saw Brock and Elia traveled to Brazil to create new and cultivate existing Direct Farm Relationships—as this is something that we as a company are passionate about!
While they were there they had the opportunity to visit Fazenda Recreio in Sāo Paulo. They fell in love with the systems and procedures that Homero Texiera de Macedo and his family lived by to ensure their cup quality was the best in the region. From that point on we do our best to support what he and his family have been doing for generations, by contracting a couple containers of their highest scored crop to fit into the Brazil Mainstay Single Origin slot on our offering list.
We couldn’t be more excited to release it again to the world, as we know that their passion and hard work will present itself in each and every cup.
Region: São Sebastião da Grama, South of Minas
Producer: Diogo Dias
Altitude: 1100 – 1350 masl.
Coffee varieties: Yellow Bourbon
Process: Natural
Drying: Patio
Cupping notes: Orange, pecan, Cocoa Nibs
Cupping score: 85.00
As one of Brazil’s most consistently excellent coffee farms, Fazenda Recreio delivers a cup reflecting evolved processing methods for quality coffee production dating all the way back to 1890. After 4 generations of managing Fazenda Recreio in his family, Diogo Machaedo is now in charge, and he plans to maintain the historic farms exceptional reputation as the world of Specialty Coffee continues to blossom.
Educated as an Agricultural Engineer, Diogo Dias Teixeira de Macedo is responsible for managing the farm. Following in his parents’ footsteps, Mr. Homero Teixeira de Macedo Júnior and Maria Dias Teixeira de Macedo, he started working on the property in 2000. In the past few years, he has been working to combine tradition and innovation in order to produce the best coffees and prizes at quality contests are crowning his legacy.
Diogo was a finalist at the Cup of Excellence back in 2001, and in the following years he has achieved: 2003 (4th), 2004 (1st), 2008 (2nd), 2009 (3rd), 2010 (4th) and 2013 (5th).
Luca Mirimin (verified owner) –
This has been my favourite every day coffee for some time!
david.mcevoy05 (verified owner) –
Tasty enough
annmconachy (verified owner) –
Absolutely lovely flavour. It has a great aftertaste.
This is my new favourite.
Brian Silke (verified owner) –
Go to bean in our house. Have tried a number of alternatives but kept coming back to this bean!
Barry (verified owner) –
Our go-to bean in the office and mine at home, Consistently good, great for pour-overs and Moccamasters.
Elizabeth O Byrne (verified owner) –
My current favourite bean
bluedocjamal (verified owner) –
Really enjoy this coffee as Americano with milk or milky lattes, really compliments well! Please do dial in notes for each of your coffees in the description if you can! It makes it a lot easier to try new varieties when you give those notes!