[PRACTICE] ☘️Fazenda Boa Vista
Rafael Naves de Figueiredo
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Fazenda Boa Vista, located in Guapé, Minas Gerais, began
coffee cultivation in 2019 under the management of agricultural
engineer and owner Rafael Naves de Figueiredo, 34. Rafael has loved
the land since he was young. At the traditional Faenda do Gordura,
in Santana da Vargem, MG, he followed his grandfather through the
fields as he worked.
In 2009, Rafael enrolled in agronomy in Alfenas, MG, and graduated
in 2012. He worked for 10 years with organomineral fertilizers in
Brazil’s main coffee areas. Through his wife, Marianna, he
got to know the Serra Nova region between the cities of
Guapé and Ilicinea, Minas Gerais. Rafael fell in love with
the region’s peculiarities, with high elevations, plateaus
that enable mechanization merged with beautiful mountains with a
great view of the lake, watching over a total of eleven neighboring
cities. Today the couple runs the Areias and Boa Vista farms,
continuing their families’ traditions.
Given the climate favorable to having an extremely high-quality
drink, the producers intensify balanced, sustainable agricultural
practices, picking at the correct time, and drying on patios and
mechanical dryers with controlled temperatures as much as
possible.
This specific lot is a first-year harvest, hand-picked with a
great standard of maturation. The coffee cherries were dried on the
patio and piled to homogenize drying. Once dry, they were hulled
and rested for seven days before processing.
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