How to Make Iced Pour-Over Coffee with Brazil Fazenda Pântano Sun-Dried Yellow Catucai

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Yellow Bem-te-vi

Café das Vertentes

Sul de Minas, Brasil

Brazilian Coffee Fazenda das Vertentes Yellow Bem-te-vi Micro Lot

Variety: Yellow Catucai

Flavor: Starfruit, lime, caramel, chocolate

Screen size: 17/18

SCAA Score: 86 points

Recommended roast level: Medium

Processing method: Natural

Origin: South Minas, Brazil

Fazenda das Vertentes

Fazenda das Vertentes is located in the concentrated coffee cultivation zone of Brazil, serving as an outstanding representative of the giant coffee estates in the South Minas state, as well as a cooperative alliance and brand service institution for surrounding coffee farms. It is also a member of the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA). The estate's green coffee beans are exported and traded through Santos Port in São Paulo, the world's largest coffee export port.

When it comes to Brazil, people first associate it with commercial beans, but this is not entirely true. Brazil also boasts coffee estates that are highly respected.

COE Award-Winning Region

Fazenda das Vertentes was founded in 1824. For nearly two centuries, through seven generations of inheritance and cultivation, it has continuously improved quality, expanded exports, and acquired land. It now directly owns approximately 2,000 hectares of premium coffee plantations and collaboratively manages farms belonging to neighboring farmers and family friends.

The core area of Fazenda das Vertentes covers about 1,000 hectares, with approximately 400 hectares planted with exceptionally high-quality coffee at an altitude of 905-1,160 meters. The unique climate and geographical conditions have created the naturally superior specialty coffee beans of Fazenda das Vertentes. The estate produces coffee beans covering many famous varieties including Mundo Novo, Acaiá, Catucaí, Bourbon, and Icatu. Processing methods are mainly semi-washed (honey processed) and natural.

The coffee exhibits considerable body while maintaining smooth chocolate sweetness and refreshing fruit acidity. Due to the balanced natural environment, the production is extremely stable.

Fazenda das Vertentes combines modern agricultural machinery with manual harvesting, utilizing techniques and experience accumulated over generations to fully express the authentic character of South Minas, Brazil coffee. For this reason, the estate has also obtained UTZ, Rainforest Alliance, and 4C certifications. The coffee is of high quality and stable, renowned throughout Brazil and worldwide.

The Santo Antônio do Amparo region, which just won the Brazil Cup of Excellence award last year, belongs to the core producing area of South Minas near the headquarters of the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA).

FrontStreet Coffee Brewing Parameter Recommendations:

How to properly brew Brazilian Coffee [Fazenda das Vertentes Natural Yellow Bem-te-vi]?

FrontStreet Coffee pour-over reference: Weigh 15g of [Fazenda das Vertentes Natural Yellow Bem-te-vi] coffee powder, pour into a grinder for medium grinding. The ground particles should be slightly coarser than table salt. We use BG grinder setting 6A (50% standard sieve pass rate), water temperature 88°C, Kono/Kalita filter cup for extraction, recommended coffee-to-water ratio around 1:14.

Pour hot water from the pour-over kettle in clockwise circles centered on the middle of the filter cup. Start timing when brewing begins. Brew the coffee to 30g in 15 seconds, then stop pouring. When the time reaches 1 minute, pour the second time. The second pour should be the same as before - clockwise circles centered on the middle of the filter cup. The water stream should not hit the area where the coffee powder connects with the filter paper to avoid channeling effect.

Leave a circle of space when pouring to the outermost edge of the coffee powder, then brew in circles toward the center. By 2 minutes and 10 seconds, brew the coffee to 210g to complete the brewing process.

Japanese Ice Pour-over [Fazenda das Vertentes Natural Yellow Bem-te-vi]

FrontStreet Coffee ice pour-over [Fazenda das Vertentes Natural Yellow Bem-te-vi] reference:

Brazilian Coffee [Fazenda das Vertentes Natural Yellow Bem-te-vi], medium-dark roast, BG grinder setting 5R (60% standard sieve pass rate)

20g of coffee powder, 150g of ice cubes, 150g of hot water. The water temperature should be 1°C higher than the normal pour-over recommendation of 88°C. Normal grinding uses Fuji 3.5 setting, while ice pour-over uses slightly finer by half a notch - Fuji 3 setting. Recommended coffee-to-(water+ice) ratio of 1:15.

Bloom with 40g of water for 30 seconds.

Segmented pouring: first segment 60g of water, second segment 40g of water. Use a relatively fine but high water column for pouring, stirring forcefully to ensure the coffee powder rolls fully. However, be careful not to let the liquid level get too high and avoid hitting the filter paper at the edges.

The entire extraction time should be approximately 2.5 minutes (similar to the normal extraction time for 20g of powder).

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