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Brazilian Coffee: The World's Largest Coffee Producer

At the same time, Brazil is also a leader in the world of specialty coffee.

Nowadays the changes in specialty coffee are happening faster and faster.

To adapt, it is not only roasters and baristas who need to try new approaches; coffee farmers at the source do too.

For IP Estate, long accustomed to the Brazilian pulped natural method, change was urgently needed.

I. IP Estate

The full name of IP Estate is Fazenda Isidro Pereira. It was first purchased in 1967 by Isidro Pereira, the father of Luiz Paulo. By 1974 Luis began expanding Fazenda Isidro Pereira, which now covers 720 hectares.

Luiz Paulo Dias Pereira

The estate cultivates Yellow Catuai, Acaia (Acaia, mainly grown in Brazil, a variety resulting from natural hybridization of Sumatran Bourbon), and Yellow Bourbon. It is located outside the city of Carmo de Minas, at elevations ranging from 950-1200 meters. The high altitude encourages slow maturation of the cherries and allows selective harvesting, a decisive factor in producing excellent coffee.

IP Estate has been producing premium coffee for 50 years. But owner Luiz Paulo Dias Pereira is not someone who rests on past achievements; he has a strong interest in continuous innovation for the farm. He recently invested in a fully washed processing system. Although many specialty coffees worldwide already use this method, fully washed processing is still uncommon in Brazil, and installing such systems and equipment is very expensive, requiring exceptional skill and extraordinary patience. IP Estate has worked through all these difficulties to bring us a unique and subtle flavor profile.

Speaking of Carmo de Minas, you may recall a previous Starbucks Reserve bean: Brazil Sertão Yellow Bourbon.

Origin: Latin America - Brazil

Processing Method: Honey Process (Pulped Natural)

Body: Medium Acidity: Low

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Flavor: Floral aroma accompanied by plum and dark chocolate flavors with honey-like sweetness

Food Pairing: Orange and lemon slices

Altitude: 1100-1450 meters

Sertão Estate belongs to the Sertão Group, and IP Estate is also one of the estates under that group.

The estate is named after Jose Isidro Pereira, whose wife, Nazareth Dias Pereira, was a pioneer of coffee agriculture in the Carmo de Minas region. Like other estates under the Sertão Group, IP Estate also produces the Yellow Bourbon variety, known for its very sweet and delicate quality. What makes the coffee we are using today different is that it is processed with the fully washed method.

II. Coffee Bean Information

Origin: Latin America - Brazil - Carmo de Minas

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Processing Method: Washed Process

Altitude: 950-1200m

Acidity: Lower Body: Medium

Description: Gentle acidity, flavors of red apple and hazelnut

III. Brewing Recommendations

We suggest using a French press, Chemex, AeroPress, espresso machine, and other methods.

1. French Press: Normal brewing

Description: Gentle acidity, red apple and hazelnut flavors are quite prominent, with a good aftertaste.

2. Six-cup Chemex: 30g coffee, 16:1 water-to-coffee ratio

Bloom time is counted from the start of pouring, with a 60g bloom. Start the second pour to 360g at 30s (time point 48s), start the third pour to 480g at 1min18s, and cut off at 2min20s-25s.

Description: Gentle and clean acidity, red apple and hazelnut flavors distinct, with a longer aftertaste and good sweetness.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Brazilian coffee is the backbone of many of our blends, and it stands beautifully on its own as well. If you want to taste the region's classic profile, start with FrontStreet's Brazil Cerrado. This single origin uses the red Bourbon variety common across South America and, at a medium roast, shows creamy peanut, toast, caramel, and hazelnut. It is round and smooth, not sour, with a light bitter note, and suits pour-over, moka pot, espresso SOE, siphon, and French press alike.

For a rarer cup, try FrontStreet's Brazil Queen Estate from Mogiana, near southern Minas, where fertile red volcanic soil gives the cherries ample nutrients and full aroma. It is planted with the uncommon Yellow Bourbon, a mutation of Red Bourbon with a cleaner fruit character, and shows a sugarcane sweetness that other regions seldom offer, alongside fruit and chocolate. It works as pour-over, moka pot, or home espresso.

Brazil's low acidity, balance, and friendly price also make it the natural base for espresso recipes. It appears in FrontStreet's Classic Blend, the nutty Specialty Blend, and the widely recommended Black Cocoa Blend, where it supplies chocolate and creamy aroma and a soft sweet-sour-bitter balance that keeps extraction stable.