Queen Estate Coffee Brands in Brazil and Brazilian Coffee Brewing Steps

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The Cup of Excellence (COE) program and its trademark are currently owned and managed by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE), a non-profit organization based in the United States. ACE works each year with COE host countries to complete cupping selection and online auctions of specialty coffees, and to recommend and promote anything related to improving coffee quality. The goal is to select exemplary specialty coffees in host countries and to share experience for the industry to learn from.

Flavor Profile

The beans have a sweet, clean character. Semi-dry processing makes the acidity slightly bright while integrating beautifully with sweetness, and some batches even show tropical fruit aromas — the abundant aroma during brewing is a particular delight. Expect delicate lemon acidity, the fresh sweetness of sugarcane juice, black tea notes, and a smooth, delicate texture.

For pour-over brewing of Brazil Queen Farm: 15 g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji ghost-tooth grinder, setting 4), V60 dripper, water at 88–89°C. First pour 30 g of water and bloom for 27 seconds. Pour to 105 g and stop. When the level drops halfway, pour slowly to 225 g. Avoid the tail end. Ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Fazenda Rainha (Queen Farm) lies in the Alta Mogiana region of São Paulo state, north of São Paulo city. The farm is highly renowned in Brazil and owned by the Carvalho Dias family. The family runs four major farms that have won awards every year since the first Brazil COE competition in 1999, taking over 12 awards in seven years. In 2004 they even swept the top results, taking 1st, 9th, and 11th places. Brazil has countless farms, large and small, and many have hoped to qualify for awards over the years and found it difficult; this family's four farms have consistently won multiple awards. Fazenda Rainha's own record is impressive: 2nd place in 2000, 3rd place in 2001, and 29th place in 2005. To date it has won awards three times. Yellow Bourbon beans are inherently sweet and clean, and natural (or semi-natural) processing makes their acidity slightly less pronounced while combining beautifully with sweetness, adding tropical fruit aromas.

Farm Introduction

This Fazenda Rainha belongs to the renowned and respected Carvalho Dias family. The four major farms under Carvalho Dias have won awards every year since the first Brazil COE competition in 1999, taking over 12 awards in seven years. In 2004 they swept the top results, taking 1st, 9th, and 11th places. Brazil has countless large and small farms, and many have hoped to qualify for awards over the years and found it difficult; this family's farms have consistently won multiple awards. Even the Fazenda Rainha purchased this time has an impressive record: 2nd place in 2000, 3rd place in 2001, and 29th place in 2005. To date it has won awards three times.

The Carvalho Dias family are also founding members of the Brazil Specialty Coffee Association, and their commitment to coffee quality and environmental protection is plain to see. On their family farms they harness natural waterfalls to generate pollution-free hydroelectric power, meeting their electricity needs self-sufficiently (another of their award-winning farms is named Waterfall Farm after this waterfall). They have built churches, classrooms, nurseries, and medical stations, and they insist on preserving the original native forest and on continuous reforestation. Fazenda Rainha is a case in point: environmental protection is thorough. Because the altitude is high and the terrain uneven, machines cannot harvest — all fruit is picked entirely by hand. They also cultivate low-yield, high-quality Bourbon varieties, making it a representative estate of Brazil's premium coffee.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee

Address: No. 10, Bao'an Qianjie, Yandun Road, Dongshankou, Guangzhou

Contact: 020-38364473

Shelf Life: 90 days

Net Weight: 227g

Packaging: Bulk

Coffee Bean State: Roasted beans

Sugar Content: Sugar-free

Origin: Brazil

Roast Level: Medium roast

Brazil Fazenda Rainha COE Natural Yellow Bourbon

Country: Brazil

Grade: COE

Region: Alta Mogiana (Fazenda Rainha)

Located in the high mountain area near the Minas border in São Paulo state, at elevations of 1,200–1,400 meters. Annual rainfall is abundant, reaching over 1,800 mm, but without disastrous downpours. The average annual temperature is only 19°C, causing the fruit to grow slightly slower but with sufficient density. Although production is lower, the aroma and flavor are unmatched by ordinary Brazilian highland beans. This farm grows mainly Bourbon varieties, including some trees over 110 years old.

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Natural

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Farm: Fazenda Rainha

Flavor: Lemon, sugarcane, black tea, smooth and delicate

Fazenda Rainha's Coffee Processing System

Ripe cherries are hand-picked into cloth bags to avoid contact with the ground. Cherries harvested on the same day always go to the farm's processing facility that day for pulped natural processing. Hand-picking into cloth bags after harvest avoids earthy flavors and any improper fermentation. When the cherries reach the facility, they immediately undergo "washing": they are cleaned, and substandard or dried fruit (bóia beans) is filtered out by size. Qualified beans pass to the pulping process (using a pulper).

After the pulp is removed, some mucilage still clings to the parchment shell. The beans are laid on patios to dry until moisture content drops to around 20%. This stage lets the beans absorb their own starch components while avoiding the uncontrolled drying flavors of full natural processing. Those residual mucilage starches create a special sweetness without running out of control into off-fruit or moldy flavors.

The beans are then sent to dryers for final drying down to a moisture content of 11%, then moved to storage for resting. Before export they are hulled and graded. This staged Pulped Natural method is one of the main reasons for Fazenda Rainha's stable flavor. Insisting on Bourbon varieties is, of course, another reason for its high reputation.

Brazil Fazenda Rainha

Country: Brazil | Region: Alta Mogiana (Fazenda Rainha)

Farm Name: Fazenda Rainha

Owner: Regina Helena Mello de Carvalho Dias, of the Carvalho Dias family

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Processing Method: Hand-picked, then pulped natural

Harvest Period: Latest harvest arriving May 2006

Alta Mogiana (Fazenda Rainha) Coffee Bean Details

Origin: Brazil Fazenda Rainha (Alta Mogiana) region

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Altitude: 1400-1950m

Processing Method: Pulped Natural

FrontStreet Coffee's estate-grade Yellow Bourbon from Brazil's Fazenda Rainha offers a full, mature sweetness with rich fruit notes and a persistent aftertaste that wins constant praise. Whether brewed as a single origin in an American-style coffee maker or used as the main sweet component in an espresso blend, it satisfies professional experts, who list it as an essential purchase.

Yellow Bourbon beans have a sweet, clean character. Pulped natural (or semi-washed) processing makes their acidity slightly bright while adding tropical fruit aromas — the abundant aroma during brewing is a particular delight.

Fazenda Rainha belongs to the Carvalho Dias family and has been in operation for over 116 years. It sits in the high mountain area near the Minas border in São Paulo state, at elevations of 1,200–1,400 meters. Annual rainfall is abundant, reaching over 1,800 mm without disastrous downpours. The average annual temperature is only 19°C, causing the fruit to grow slightly slower but with sufficient density. Although production is lower, the aroma and flavor are unmatched by ordinary Brazilian highland beans. This farm grows mainly Bourbon varieties, including some trees over 110 years old. Besides those varieties, Fazenda Rainha's meticulous, attentive processing is another key to its excellent quality.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Alongside the Queen Estate lots above, FrontStreet Coffee roasts another classic Brazilian single origin that is a fine first step into the region: the Brazil Cerrado Red Bourbon. Cerrado is a well-known area prized for high-quality beans, and this is a common red Bourbon roasted to a medium level, showing rich aromas of creamy peanut, toasted bread, caramel, and hazelnut. The cup is rounded, with no acidity and a light bittersweet note, and it works as pour-over, in a moka pot, as an espresso SOE, in a siphon, or in a French press.

For the rare yellow Bourbon, FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil Queen Estate Yellow Bourbon comes from Mogiana, near South Minas, where fertile red volcanic soil lets the cherries build a full aroma. Yellow Bourbon is a red Bourbon mutation with a cleaner fruit character, and it delivers the sugarcane freshness, fruit, and chocolate notes that other origins lack — try it as pour-over, in a moka pot, or on a home espresso machine.

Brazil's low acidity, balance, and friendly price also make it the base of choice for many specialty espresso recipes. FrontStreet Coffee's Classic Blend (rich crema), Premium Blend (dense nut flavor), Black Cocoa Blend (well balanced), and Commercial Blend (built for cafés) all contain Brazilian beans, contributing chocolate and cream aromas and a soft sweet-sour-bitter balance that helps keep extraction stable.