Lot CoE 6e: Fazenda Paredão

Marcelo Assis Nogueira’s story in the world of specialty coffee begins in 2010. He is the son of farmers, educated as an agricultural technician. He decided to begin his journey in coffee crops in the Cerrado Mineiro, located in the city of Campos Altos, an area favorable to good fruits. The future held promise, coffee is a passion for the majority of the inhabitants of the Cerrado Mineiro region, and it could not be any different for the young entrepreneur, born and raised surrounded by coffee fields. His great purpose was to produce extraordinary coffees from the beginning, and he has been living this dream since then and reaping great fruits.
This coffee lot is made up of the Arara variety. It was harvested mechanically, washed and pulped, then fermented in drums for 60 hours, taken to the asphalt patio and spread in a thick layer and not touched for two days. After drying, the coffee rested in bags and was processed.
Mapping is always performed before every harvest to discover maturation percentages and to measure Brix. Picking is done with a maximum of 15% green cherries. Coffee cherries are picked selectively and the producers take all due care with post-harvest processing. Women are involved in the production process.
Until 2021, the farm held UTZ certification. In 2022 and 2023, it obtained Rainforest Alliance certification, RA_00083182202, valid until 17 May 2027. It is also certified by Orfeu, CAFE Pratices and Regenagri.