Brazil New World Honey Process Corner Farm Rainforest Alliance Certified Hand-Sorted Brazil Single Origin Coffee Introduction

FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian high mountain coffee is located in the southern part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on the western side of the Mantiqueira Mountains. The Mantiqueira Mountains are one of Brazil's mountain ranges, located in southeastern Brazil and spanning São Paulo state, Minas Gerais state, and Rio de Janeiro state, with a total length of approximately 320 kilometers and a highest point at an altitude of 2,798 meters.

FrontStreet Coffee Brazil Corner Farm Honey Process New World Coffee

Variety: ARABICA Arabica

Region: Serra de Mantiqueira, Mantiqueira Mountains

Area: MACHADO City

Grade: Honey Process Premium Bean

Altitude: 1,100-1,350 meters

Processing: Rainforest Alliance certified farm, high original forest coverage, semi-washed method (honey process) with natural sun drying

Corner Farm produces Brazilian specialty coffee. Machado is one of the main specialty coffee production areas. Since 1896, Corner Farm has been producing and maintaining the tradition of specialty coffee. The Magellan family hopes to combine traditional cultivation with modern techniques to provide the best coffee to their consumers. Since 2006, they have obtained Rainforest Alliance certification to ensure production sustainability and to comply with the alliance's regulations, respecting labor rights and environmental legislation.

Corner Farm History

The first official record of coffee cultivation in Machado dates back to 1874. As for Corner Farm, historical documents show that economically valuable coffee cultivation began in 1896.

Since 1985, the farm has been owned by the Magalhães family. Maria Selma and Afranio, as fourth-generation members of Corner Farm's owners, remain faithful to the tradition of producing specialty coffee. The couple cares for the farm with dedication and seeks agricultural modernization while respecting tradition, learning new cultivation techniques and adding equipment to improve quality and maintain the traditional farm structure.

Thanks to its fertile land, Corner Farm has long been used for coffee. After the coffee crisis of 1930, Machado began focusing on producing refined coffee, introducing professional techniques from the affiliated experimental farm of BANCO Mineiro in Machado (now EPAMIG). At the end of 1985, agronomist Maria Selma Magalhães Paiva married Afranio José Ferreira Paiva, of the same profession. Ten years later, following her father's death, the two became owners of the farm. They have worked hard to care for it, always trying to combine respect for tradition with agricultural modernization while maintaining and improving their dairy herd. With the support of technological innovation and the protection of their ancestral heritage, Maria Selma and Afranio look forward to passing the farm to the next generation, making it not only profitable but also a force for promoting coffee refinement among farms in the Machado region.

Since 1896, Corner Farm has produced excellent coffee and, most importantly, has always maintained its traditions, especially those related to high-quality specialty coffee. The Magalhães lineage ensures that this ancient coffee tradition is combined with modern technology for cultivation, thereby providing only the best possible coffee to its consumers.

The farm preserves native forest areas and strengthens the maintenance of original forests, which benefits the ecological balance of flora and fauna, reduces the use of chemical pesticides, and increases biodiversity. Since 2006, the farm has held Rainforest Alliance Certification and promotes sustainable agricultural ecology, demonstrating 100% compliance with labor rights and local environmental regulations.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Brazilian coffee like this honey-processed Corner Farm lot is defined by balance, and several FrontStreet offerings capture that same character. FrontStreet Brazil Cerrado Red Bourbon is a classic single origin, pulped-natural and medium-roasted, with rich aromas of cream peanut, toasted bread, caramel, and hazelnut, a rounded body, low acidity, and a gentle bitter note; it works for pour-over, moka pot, espresso SOE, siphon, and French press.

For a sweeter, rarer expression, FrontStreet Brazil Queen's Estate comes from Mogiana, where fertile red volcanic soil helps the cherries develop full aroma. The variety is the uncommon Yellow Bourbon, and through pour-over, moka pot, or a home espresso machine it delivers a sugarcane-like clean sweetness alongside fruit and chocolate.

Brazil is also the low-acid, balanced backbone of many espresso recipes, and it appears in the FrontStreet Classic Blend, FrontStreet Premium Blend, and FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend, where it contributes chocolate and cream aroma and a soft sweet-sour-bitter balance that keeps extraction stable.