Minas Gillas Donna Farm, Brazil introduces the flavor of Brazilian coffee.

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Coffee was first introduced to Brazil in the early 18th century. In 1727, the Brazilian government sent a handsome army officer to secretly bring coffee seeds back to Brazil from French Guiana on the grounds of mediating border disputes. It is said that the wife of the governor of French Guiana at that time was deeply fascinated by this officer, so she secretly sent coffee seeds to him in a bouquet at a farewell dinner. At present, Brazil has two million hectares of land used to grow coffee. Over 70% of the largest crop is Arabica, and these beans end up in the hands of large bakers in various countries, known as Santos (named after the export port of Santos, not the production area). Brazil has also proved capable of producing fine coffee and small batches of coffee, local fine coffee is not necessarily only available to small-scale coffee farmers, Brazil's main coffee producing areas are Sul de Minas South, Matas de Minas Southeast Forest, Cerrado, Chapadas de Minas Minas North Central Cemetery, Mogiana Mogiana, Paraná Parana Province, Bahia Province. There are traditional varieties and varieties, such as Bourbon, Mondo Novo, Icatú Ikatu, Kaduai, Iapar, cultivated Kaduai.

Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer, accounting for about 30% of coffee production. However, due to Brazil's location in tropical rain forest areas, relatively flat terrain and few high-altitude forests, most coffee is planted in low-altitude non-volcanic soil areas, and there is not much shade as shade, resulting in the rapid growth of Brazilian beans, but the coffee density is soft and the flavor does not change much. In addition to large-scale harvesting of coffee beans by machinery, coffee with a wide range of maturity is harvested at the same time, so that the quality of Brazilian beans is not particularly outstanding and has remained in the category of commercial beans. After 2000, coffee quality was appreciated in the southern high-altitude regions because of the coffee competition, mainly in the farms around the Minas plateau, and the coffee quality was the largest in Brazil, such as the cirado in the west of Minas and the Matas in the east. In recent years, coffee competitions have been precise enough to differentiate between treatments (water treatment, semi-washing, semi-sun, sun), developing a wide variety of flavors, tastes, and aftertastes that are completely different from traditional Brazilian coffee. In particular, the semi-sun and solarization method performed best, clean and low-acid fruit aroma increased, so that the rich chocolate flavor decreased.

Brazil Dona Farm is located in the southern region of Minas and is owned by the Campos family. Coffee cultivation began in 1977. Green standards were set early in the cultivation and far exceeded Brazil's environmental laws. Drainage is subsidized and maintained for local rivers. Only ripe red cherries are harvested by hand. It maintains its own nursery providing nearly 10% of the annual yield.

Property Characteristics: Farms

Farmer Farm Owner: Fazenda Dona Nemen Dona Farm

City CITY: Minas Gerais State Minas Gerais

Country: Brazil

Altitude: 900~1,000 m

Farm Size Farm Size: 110,000 coffee engaged population

Coffee Characteristics: Coffee characteristics

Variety Variety: Catuaí, Catucaí, Yellow Bourbon Catuaí, Yellow Bourbon

Processing System: Pulped Natural Solarization

Appearance: 16-18 Screen(16~18 mesh)

Top Jury Descriptions Comments: Cinnamon 60 seconds after explosion

aroma/flavor: vanilla, nutty, sesame, ghee, cinnamon, smoke, sugar cane, caramel, chocolate, esters

Acid: citrus, blueberry, flower oxalic acid, orange

Complex complexity with other: clean aroma, caramel sweetness attractive, acidity not strong with a mixed feeling, medium baking intensity suitable for making base beans

Date of cup test: March 29, 2014

Dry aroma: 8

Wet aroma: 8

Clean: 8

Sweetness: 9

Acid: 7

Taste: 8

Flavor: 8

Aftermath: 8

Balance: 9

Overall: 8

Cup score: 81