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[Alto Cafezal Brand introduction]

Alto Cafezal, which means Highland Coffee Garden, is run by the Grossi family, and only their most boutique estates in the Hilado district at 1000 meters above sea level use the Alto CafezaL brand name.

This brand is well-known in the Hirado producing area, whether it is the national boutique coffee competition Cup of Excellence in Brazil or the competition in the Hilado region, you can see Alto Cafezal, and the Grossi family is one of the founding members of the Brazilian Fine Coffee Association and has a strong influence and reputation in the Brazilian coffee industry! The picture below shows the exclusive Logo of the family Alto Cafezal brand and the emblem of the Brazilian Fine Coffee Association. Before exploring this Fazenda Luciana manor, do some homework to understand the intentions of the family and this exclusive brand.

The Grossi family has 1600 hectares dedicated to ecological planning to protect water resources and rivers, as well as natural forests, so that animals and birds living in the surrounding environment can not be disturbed!

Grossi even has a manor called Fazenda Enx ó, which specializes in breeding, depending on which breed and breeding method can perform well in the Hirado area and meet the preferences of consumers.

The Grossi family is the pioneer of the private coffee industry in Hirado District. Through modern public construction, good social and medical facilities, and the production of high-quality boutique coffee, this Alto Cafeza represents not only high-quality Syrador boutique in the coffee industry, but also a perfect symbol of children's social welfare. Its working partners, if they have young children at home, can be sent to their own nurseries to receive child care and education. And equipped with medical facilities.

In Alto Cafezal's manor, the treatment of coffee harvest includes traditional sun and half-sun (that is, peeling and flesh-removing), and half-sun, which is the pulped natural method developed in Brazil, that is, after removing the coffee pulp, the attached sticky layer does not do brushing or going into the sink to ferment, but directly does the sun treatment, which is different from semi-washing or full-water washing.

Half-sun for the same kind of coffee fruit. The acidity is brighter than that in the sun, but it will be much softer than that washed in full water. in terms of aroma, half-sun will be more delicate and higher than full-sun, at the same time, the aroma of nut wheat will be weaker than that of sun, but the sweetness will be good and have more complex and diverse aromas.

Half-sun will avoid some shortcomings of improper full-sun handling, such as mildew, soil, or strange smell that is not properly stored (after all, full-sun drying takes a long time, and the temperature difference between morning and evening or the avoidance of moisture and Rain Water can cause problems).

Alto Cafezal's sun drying method is also very strict. The harvested coffee cherry fruits are treated with preliminary removal of sundries, and after screening the unripe or overripe coffee fruits, large-scale sun exposure is carried out in the exclusive sun field. In case of sudden weather, such as rain, there is a special dryer to dry to avoid moisture absorption and affect the quality of raw beans. Dried beans with shells have their own storage tank, which is to be shelled and graded before export. And then dry the treatment stage, re-classify and screen--

This Luciana Manor, that is, using Alto Cafezal sun specifications, is 1000 meters high in the Alto Cafeza manor. The picture below shows Luciana's packing sack. Because of the random inspection during customs clearance, the bag body is covered with tape, and the other is her picture of raw beans. This is also the first time that Osher has entered the yellow Icatu. Friends who are interested in Brazilian boutiques may wish to have a look at it.

The relevant cup test data are as follows:

Basic information:

Country: Brazil

Production area: Hirado District, this manor is 1000 meters above sea level

Marked: BSCA Alto Cafezal (Alto Cafezal brand of Brazilian boutique coffee association)

Manor: Fazenda Luciana

Variety: Huang Ikatu Yellow Icatu species

Treatment: solarization

Dry fragrance: flower fragrance, nut sweetness, ginseng fragrance, sweetness and oil sweetness

Wet fragrance: citric acid, sweet oil, sugarcane, flowers

Sipping: citrus citric acid is delicate and sweet, with sweet nuts, obvious grease, long-lasting sweetness and ripe fruit aftertaste.

[the following is a brief introduction to the family to which Luciana Manor belongs]

The Grossi family has run coffee for three generations, now headed by Jose Carlos Glasi Carlos Grossi, the third generation of Italian descent. In 1879, his great-grandfather came to Brazil from Italy to grow coffee, and Jose Carlos' father was one of the pioneers of a coffee plantation in the northern state of Paran á, Brazil's most harvested estate in the 1950s. Following the pioneering spirit of his grandfather and father, Carlos came to Hirado and began to grow coffee in Patro í nio in 1972. Today, Patrol í nio is the supply center of coffee trade and related industries in this region, supplying more coffee beans than even the entire output of some Central American countries!

Syrador produces some of Brazil's finest coffee while the Grossi family produces Syrador's quality coffee, which establishes the family's position in the Brazilian boutique coffee industry! Excellent varieties, the planting concept of sustainable healthy agriculture, modern treatment process, direct investment in the whole coffee industry from planting to export, all-round investment are important factors to establish the status of Grossi family in Brazilian boutique coffee!