Pe De Cedro is a constant coffee in our offer and holds the position of a sweet coffee with a pleasant light fruity taste on the body. Even coffee from Brazil can have an interesting taste and the coffee from this farm proves that every year. This year’s harvest brought us an unusually juicy fruitiness on the body. And we love it.
In 2012 Edson Morais de Barros bought this farm. Even then it had a good reputation in the industry. The new owner was keen to build on this reputation and further improve production thanks in part to the collaboration with the experts at CACARIVE and the Brazilian Coffee Association. The company was able to change some of its processing, growing and harvesting practices. It has also managed to put together a stable team of experts who are regularly involved in harvesting and processing the coffee at the washing station. Quality has become an important priority and its control a routine practice on the farm.
In Brazil, mechanisation has also been increasingly used for harvesting quality coffee recently, making the whole process cheaper. On this farm, however, the entire harvest is still carried out by hand. The coffee is processed on the day of harvest. Processing begins with the coarse peeling of the beans. Then the drying process begins in thin layers to achieve even drying. For the same reason the beans are turned, raked and sorted during the drying process. The beans are dried to a moisture content of 12% and then stored in wooden containers. Once the moisture has stabilised, the coffee is then transported to the COCARIVE warehouses in Carmo de Minas.
Notes from our baristas:
Pe De Cedro is our constant coffee. It is easy to set up and it is easy to impress a wide range of your customers with. We found it to work best at a ratio of 1 to 2.11 in a time of just over 30 seconds. The result is a sweet and juicy espresso with hints of roasted pear and a jammy sweetness that takes over as it cools. At the same time the espresso has a nice creamy body and notes of chocolate dominate the finish. We have not changed the recipe to milk. The result was a very smooth, sweet cappuccino with notes of banana and chocolate. An ideal coffee if you are looking for a balanced espresso that you will also enjoy.
