MAPLE SYRUP, Creamy & BLACKBERRY FINISH

PROCESS: natural aerobic
VARIETY: topazio
ELEVATION: 1000-1050m
REGION: Minas gerais
IMPORTER CUP SCORE: 88

This was sourced from the Urban family, a traditional coffee farming family with both first and second generations involved. The father and his older children own a 1755 hectare farm, Rio Brilhante. Of this, 840 hectares are dedicated to coffee production with 566 hectares set asidecfor preservation. The family impacts the local economy by employing 87 local workers and 199 temporary workers.

Topazio is a hybrid variety which produces yellow cherries and is a cup profile distinguished by syrupy brown sugars notes with a backdrop of fruitiness.

For this particular lot, the coffee cherries are fermented for 48 hours in aerobic conditions before being patio dried for 15 days.