Semi-Sun-Dried Brazilian Queen Estate Yellow Bourbon Premium Coffee Bean Cultivation, Geography, Climate, and Altitude

Product Information

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee Brazil Chacal Estate Yellow Bourbon

Specification: 227 grams

Origin Country: Brazil

Region: Minas Llicinea

Estate: Queen Estate

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Grade: 2 d/300gr, 17-18 screen

Altitude: 1200m - 1380m

Processing Method: Natural

Roast Level: Medium-Dark

Flavor Profile: Sweet and smooth fruitiness, distinct nutty flavors, balanced and gentle acidity, clean and subtle bitterness, rich chocolate aroma and nutty flavors, bright and refreshing mouthfeel

Estate Overview

Queen Estate sits in the mountainous region near the Minas border in São Paulo state, at altitudes from 1200 to 1400 meters. The area receives abundant rainfall of over 1800mm a year, though not in destructive downpours, and the average annual temperature is only 19°C. This lets the coffee cherries ripen a little more slowly, producing denser beans. Production is smaller, but the aroma and flavor are unmatched among typical Brazilian highland coffees. The estate grows mainly Bourbon varieties, including some Bourbon trees over 110 years old.

Brazilian Coffee Excellence

Brazil has proven that it can produce exceptional coffee and small-batch varieties just as well, and specialty coffee there is not supplied exclusively by smallholders. Brazil's main coffee-producing regions include Sul de Minas, Matas de Minas, Cerrado, Chapadas de Minas, Mogiana, Paraná, and Bahia, with both traditional and improved varieties such as Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Icatú, Catuai, Iapar, and Cultivated.

Processing Excellence

Besides growing Bourbon varieties, Queen Estate's meticulous processing is another key to its exceptional quality. Flavor characteristics: balanced sweetness, creamy smoothness, fruit notes of orange and apricot, and chocolate and caramel aromas. Ripe fruit sweetness and caramel sweetness, floral and nutty notes, and a milky, rich, sweet finish.

Queen Estate (Fazenda Rainha) lies in the Alta Mogiana region of São Paulo state, north of São Paulo city. The estate enjoys high recognition in Brazil and is owned by the Carvalho Dias family, which owns four major estates that have won awards every year since the first Brazil Cup of Excellence competition in 1999, with over 12 awards in 7 years. In 2004 the family even swept the championship, 9th place, and 11th place. Among Brazil's countless estates, many have hoped to be nominated over the years, which is difficult to achieve, yet the four estates under this family have won multiple awards consecutively. Queen Estate's own record is impressive: 2nd place in 2000, 3rd place in 2001, and 29th place in 2005. To date, Queen Estate has won awards three times.

FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil Queen Estate Yellow Bourbon beans are inherently sweet and clean. Using natural, or semi-natural, processing slightly reduces the acidity while combining it perfectly with sweetness, creating tropical fruit aromas.

Coffee History in Brazil

Coffee was first introduced to Brazil in the early 18th century. In 1727, the Brazilian government sent a dashing army officer who secretly brought coffee seeds back from French Guiana under the pretext of mediating a border dispute. It is said that the governor's wife of French Guiana was so taken with the officer that at a farewell dinner she hid coffee tree seeds in a bouquet and gave them to him. Today Brazil has two million hectares of land dedicated to coffee cultivation, over 70% of it Arabica, the largest variety. These beans eventually reach large roasters in various countries, known to everyone as Santos, named after the export port rather than a producing region.

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Brazil Rainha Yellow Bourbon Natural

Region: São Paulo state, Alta Mogiana region

Estate: Queen Estate (Fazenda Rainha)

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Altitude: Average 1150-1350 meters

Processing Method: Natural sun-drying method

Flavor Characteristics: Balanced sweetness, creamy smoothness, fruit notes of orange and apricot, chocolate and caramel aromas

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world, and its coffees carry a moderate acidity with a fine balance of sweetness, bitterness, and body, which makes them well suited to a medium roast that brings out nutty aromas, a mellow taste, and a light acidity, usable as a single origin or in blends. For a first taste of the Brazilian origin, FrontStreet Brazil Cerrado Red Bourbon is a classic single-origin bean. Cerrado is a well-known local region prized for high-quality coffee, and this washed-then-semi-dried lot is the common South American Red Bourbon variety; at a medium roast it gives concentrated aromas of creamy peanut, toast, caramel, and hazelnut, a round mouthfeel that is not sour, and a light bitterness, and it works for pour-over, moka pot, espresso SOE, siphon, and French press.

FrontStreet's other Brazilian single origin, Queen Estate, comes from Mogiana, close to South Minas, where fertile red volcanic soil lets the cherries absorb ample nutrients and develop a full aroma. Part of the area keeps traditional farming methods while another part has adopted modern, standardized management, and the quality of the local coffee has improved greatly as a result. FrontStreet Queen Estate grows the rare Yellow Bourbon, a mutation of Red Bourbon with cleaner fruit notes; through pour-over, moka pot, or a home machine, it delivers a sugarcane sweetness that other regions lack, along with fruit and chocolate flavors.

Brazil is also the backbone of FrontStreet's espresso blends. Its low acidity, balanced body, and accessible price have made it the first choice in many Italian-style recipes: the oil-rich FrontStreet Classic Blend, the nut-forward FrontStreet Specialty Blend, the balanced FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend, and the shop-focused FrontStreet Commercial Blend all contain Brazilian coffee. The Brazilian component supplies chocolate and creamy aromas along with a soft sweet-tart-bitter balance, and its even character helps keep extraction stable.