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Brazil Pedralva

Sebastião Alexandre da Silva
Macerated Red Natural Catuaí

This selection is from a farm called Santa Catarina, a 70-acre estate (with just 12 acres of coffee) owned and managed by Sebastião Alexandre da Silva, located near Pedralva a little to the southwest of the city of Carmo de Minas. Da Silva delivered his coffee cherry to nearby mill Pedra Branca, where under the experienced care of the workers there the ripe fruit is transformed. Sebastião’s is careful to selectively pick and deliver ripe cherries to the mill where this Red Catuai is washed and floated to remove damaged and less dense seeds, then sealed in airtight barrels and macerated for 24 hours before the drying process begins. Cherries are gently dried on raised beds to reduce moisture to 11 percent and then carefully stored until it is time for milling and export.