How to Brew Brazilian Bela Vista Estate Natural Process Mundo Novo Coffee with Pour-Over Method

Brazil Cerrado Bela Vista Estate

Geographic Region: Americas, Brazil

Processing Method: Natural

Roast Level: Medium-Dark

Flavor Description: Malt aroma, light sweetness, and smoothness

Brazil Cerrado Bela Vista Estate

Bela Vista

Natural Process Mundo Novo Variety

Mundo Novo-IAC376-4

[Wet Aroma] Cream, chocolate, hazelnut-like nuts

[Dry Aroma] Rose fragrance, nectar aroma, cream biscuits, citrus

[Slurping] A refreshing sweetness right on entry, momentarily reminiscent of a depulped natural Brazil — clean, with nutty chocolate sweetness. A subtle creaminess follows, along with a fleeting malt-and-grain note. In the finish, beyond the light sweetness, a gentle rose fragrance quietly lingers — the finest Brazil coffee our cupper has tasted to date.

When the green beans arrived, the first thing to win us over was the bag itself — meticulously labeled, exactly what you'd expect from a serious producer. The green beans were impeccably clean. After roasting and one sip, our immediate reaction was: this is unmistakably the work of a top-tier operation. Very clean indeed. A little digging confirmed it — this estate belongs to the Minas Gerais Coffee Growers Association in Brazil's Cerrado region.

Our cupper admits a personal ambivalence toward Brazil's characteristic malt-grain aroma — the malt-biscuit note isn't a flaw, purely a matter of taste. What makes this coffee stand out is how restrained it is in that regard: fruit sweetness and nutty chocolate carry the profile instead, which places it firmly among the very best Brazils. Not long ago we saw a commentary on American coffees that excluded Brazil from its list of balanced, high-quality cups. This particular lot, we'd argue, is exactly the kind of coffee that vindicates Brazil once and for all. But we digress.

Estate Information

[Estate] Bela Vista

[Owner] Produtor Grower

[Processing Method] Full Natural Process

[Roast Level] Medium Roast

[Variety] Mundo Novo-IAC376-4

[Origin] Brazil Cerrado

[Region] Mineiro

[Altitude] 970-1010m

[Grade] 17 Mesh

[Certification] Rainforest Alliance Certified

[Cupping Score] Q Grader 80 points

FrontStreet Coffee Brewing Parameter Recommendations:

How to Brew Brazil Coffee [Bela Vista Natural Mundo Novo] Well?

FrontStreet Coffee pour-over reference: weigh out 15g of [Bela Vista Natural Mundo Novo] coffee and grind to a medium grind size — slightly coarser than table salt. We use a BG grinder at setting 6A (50% standard sieve pass rate). Water temperature is 88°C, extracted through a Kono/Kalita dripper, with a recommended coffee-to-water ratio of about 1:14.

Pour hot water from the kettle in clockwise circles centered on the middle of the dripper, starting your timer as you begin. Within the first 15 seconds, bring the brew up to 30g, then stop pouring. At the 1-minute mark, begin the second pour — again in clockwise circles centered on the middle of the dripper. Keep the water off the seam where the coffee bed meets the filter paper to avoid channeling.

When your spirals reach the outermost ring, leave one ring of space from the wall, then continue circling inward toward the center. At 2 minutes 10 seconds the brew should reach 210g — extraction complete.

Japanese-style Iced Pour-over [Bela Vista Natural Mundo Novo]

FrontStreet Coffee iced pour-over [Bela Vista Natural Mundo Novo] reference:

Brazil Coffee [Bela Vista Natural Mundo Novo], medium-dark roast, BG grinder setting 5R (60% standard sieve pass rate)

20g of coffee, 150g of ice, 150g of hot water. The water temperature runs 1°C higher than the standard pour-over recommendation of 88°C. Normal grinding uses the small Fuji at 3.5; for iced pour-over, grind slightly finer at small Fuji 3. The recommended ratio of coffee to (water + ice) is 1:15.

Bloom with 40g of water for 30 seconds.

Pour in two segments: 60g in the first, 40g in the second. Use a relatively fine but tall water column so the pour agitates the bed vigorously and the grounds roll fully. Just be careful not to let the liquid level rise too high, and keep the water off the filter paper at the edges.

Total extraction time is roughly 2.5 minutes — right in line with the normal extraction time for a 20g dose.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If Bela Vista sparks your interest in Brazilian coffee, FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil lineup is a natural next step. For a classic taste of the Cerrado, try the FrontStreet Brazil Cerrado Red Bourbon — a pulped-natural lot roasted medium to bring out rich notes of creamed peanut, toasted bread, caramel, and hazelnut, with a rounded mouthfeel, gentle bitterness, and barely any acidity. It works beautifully as pour-over but is equally at home in a moka pot, as a single-origin espresso, or in a siphon or French press.

For something rarer, the FrontStreet Brazil Queen Estate Yellow Bourbon comes from Mogiana, near southern Minas Gerais, where fertile red volcanic soil produces unusually full aromatics. A genetic mutation of Red Bourbon, the Yellow Bourbon delivers a cleaner fruit character and a distinctive sugarcane sweetness alongside chocolate and fruit notes — a flavor profile you won't find from other origins. If you're mainly an espresso drinker, FrontStreet's blends (the crema-rich Classic Blend, the nutty Premium Blend, and the balanced Black Cocoa Blend) all use Brazilian components to add chocolate and cream aromatics while keeping extraction stable.