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FrontStreet Coffee Brazil COE Queen's Estate

Estate Name: FAZENDA DO SERTAO

Estate Age: From 1857 to present

Estate Region: Located in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil

City Name: Machado

Estate Terrain: Altitude above 900 meters

Soil: Red soil, planted alongside other fruit trees

Estate Size: 524 hectares, with 210 hectares dedicated to coffee cultivation

Production: 7,500 bags annually (60 kg per bag)

Coffee Species: 100% Arabica

Varieties: Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Catuai

Coffee Flavor: Moderate acidity with fruity notes, full-bodied

Processing Method: Natural drying and semi-washed/honey process

Fazenda do Sertão: A Legendary Estate

FAZENDA DO SERTÃO is a renowned estate that has won the CoE competition four times! It is also the namesake of the SERTÃO Group! This legendary estate has over a century of history, particularly in Carmo de Minas, a premium coffee hub in southern Minas Gerais, where it stands as a pioneering estate.

Because Fazenda Sertão has been cultivating coffee for over a century and was the first coffee estate established in this region, its long history combined with superior coffee flavor has earned it widespread acclaim. Later, it was incorporated into a renowned specialty coffee group, which decided to name the entire group after SERTÃO.

In 2005, this group set multiple records in the history of CoE coffee competitions across various countries, sweeping both the "Highest Bid" and "Most Finalist Estates" categories, with three estates from the group simultaneously ranking in the Top 10! This record is unprecedented and will likely remain unmatched for years to come. This time, we have specially introduced two exceptional estates from this group, with Fazenda Sertão being the first!

The SERTÃO estate is famous for its sweet natural springs and beautiful, well-preserved primitive forests, making it well worth a visit.

The estate is located in the high-altitude mountainous region of the Mantinqueira mountain range, with excellent climate conditions—large temperature variations but no frost damage, and naturally fertile soil. The estate actually had the conditions for producing premium coffee very early on. After José Isidro Pereira and Nazareth Dias Pereira inherited this estate, they maintained traditional meticulous farming practices and advanced toward superior quality in specialty coffee. Their descendants and son-in-law also joined the management team. Word-of-mouth from customers is actually their driving force for continuous improvement, which is also why we strongly recommend and introduce them. They also take excellent care of their employees, providing medical care, school, sports facilities, and even fishing ponds. More importantly, the coffee quality is excellent, with every cupping session demonstrating high standards. When I first tested their samples in 2003, I was deeply impressed.

SERTÃO Estate Harvesting and Processing Methods

The harvesting and processing model at SERTÃO estate is as follows:

(1) Manual harvesting of coffee cherries: The estate consists mainly of terraced and sloped terrain, making manual picking the most feasible method. Nowadays, with higher quality requirements for specialty coffee, in addition to manual picking, only properly ripe coffee cherries are selected for harvest.

(2) At the receiving and processing station in the coffee plantation, cherries are transported twice daily and immediately undergo washed, pulped, and spread processing (pulped natural) on the same day.

(3) After washing the harvested cherries, the pulp is removed, followed by another wash. On the same day, these coffee beans are spread on concrete platforms for the subsequent drying process.

(4) Next comes drying and resting, with the goal of achieving uniform drying to reach 10.5% moisture content.

(5) The coffee beans in their hulls are rested for 30 days to ensure quality stability.

(6) They are transported to the cooperative for final dry processing and grading packaging.

(7) Consistent quality control: Investment in first-class equipment, implementation of process management and quality supervision at all stages, and importantly, each batch of harvested and processed coffee is independently labeled and cupped.

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