Brazil - Lusitano - Full Natural - 16+

When we built our workhorse blends Marchador, Lusitano, and Alter Real we were looking for very specific characteristics, coffees that were good team players for blending, but they could also shine on their own if asked. Over the years these workhorses have delivered for our clients and they've become so popular that we've cupped and searched through A LOT of coffee in search of new partnerships and producers. Brazil is a very very big place, and as we grow into the future it makes sense to grow our relationships with as many quality producers as we can.  This lot of Lusitano 16 + full natural comes from friends near the mountain town of Campestre, in southern Minas Gerais, Fazenda Mantissa.  They have been producing coffees for over 20 years and run a really tight ship, able to produce full natural and pulp natural and even fermented specialty lots with ease. Their harvest is done almost solely by hand by folks from the surrounding region who are paid a good wage to carefully select the ripest cherries.  When cherries arrive at the patio they go through either full natural or pulp natural processing on the patios. Their quality control is overseen at every step of the way by their own internal Q grader to ensure our cup profile requirements were adhered to.  We are excited to add this particular Marchador and Lusitano to our stables.  

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