Flavor Characteristics and Taste Description of Brazil Sao Silvestre Estate Sun-Dried Coffee Beans Brazil Coffee Brand Images

Basic Information

Farm: Sao Silvestre

Varieties: Yellow Icatú, Bourbon and Typica

Processing: Pulped Natural

Altitude: 1,250 meters above sea level

Owners: The Andrade brothers (Ismael and Eduardo Andrade)

Town: Serra do Salitre

Region: Cerrado

Flavor Notes: Milk chocolate, caramel

Farm History

Fazenda São Silvestre has been managed by the Andrade brothers since 1991. It sits in the Cerrado Mineiro region of northern Minas Gerais, close to the border with the state of Bahia.

Cultivation and Processing

The farm's volcanic soil provides ideal conditions for its main varieties: Yellow Icatú, Bourbon and Typica. The coffee is harvested and dried using natural sun-drying processes: the cherries are washed and then left with their pulp intact during drying. Depending on the weather, the coffee may be fully sun-dried or finished in two stages, first sun-dried down to roughly 20% moisture, then finished in mechanical dryers to remove the excess moisture while holding the final moisture at 12%.

After drying, the coffee is stored in silos, protected by parchment or husk. Once it has matured and before export, the husks are removed and the beans are sorted. The farm has a BSCA-standard cupping laboratory, where qualified cuppers carry out physical and sensory analysis.

Family Legacy

Fazenda Capim Branco in Paranaiba, in the Cerrado Mineiro, was the Andrade family's first farm. Since the 1970s, however, the family has been actively establishing new farms to expand its growing area, all guided by the same philosophy of producing the highest-quality coffee. It was during this period of expansion that the family acquired Fazenda São Silvestre.

Quality Recognition

By combining the region's natural conditions, meticulous crop management, forward-looking planning and careful post-harvest work, every farm in the Andrade family delivers premium, award-winning coffee, recognized both in Brazil and abroad as some of the country's finest green coffee.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Pulped natural coffees like Sao Silvestre are prized for the balance they strike between the sweetness of a natural and the clarity of a washed, and FrontStreet Coffee's Brazilian single origins follow that same thread. FrontStreet Brazil Cerrado Red Bourbon is a classic Brazil single origin from the well-known Cerrado region; a common red Bourbon from South America, roasted to a medium level, it shows rich aromas of creamy peanut, toast, caramel and hazelnut with a round body, no acidity and a faint bittersweet note. It works for pour-over and also for a moka pot, espresso SOE, siphon or French press.

For a rarer, fruit-forward alternative, FrontStreet Brazil Queen's Estate Yellow Bourbon comes from Mogiana, near South Minas, where fertile red volcanic soil helps the cherries develop a full aroma. This Yellow Bourbon, a natural mutation of Red Bourbon, tastes cleaner in fruit, and you will find a sugarcane sweetness alongside fruit and chocolate notes that other regions rarely offer.