Caffè delle Donne Brasile - Speciality Coffee - 250g
Description
Caffè delle Donne is a single-origin coffee from the Nossa Senhora das Gracas farm in Brazil, in the Minas Gerais region, Alta Mogiana, Ibiraci city, grown, harvested and processed by a plantation that is a member of the IWCA, the International Women's Coffee Alliance.
Few people know this, but 70% of the workforce on plantations is female. This is why the IWCA global was created: a global network that unites and supports the initiative of millions of women, operating in 34 countries, including Italy, the first European chapter.
Brazilian Santos Women's Coffee grows at an altitude of about 1,000 metres above sea level.
It is harvested with great care through picking (manual harvesting) and processed using the washed method, whereby the skin and pulp are removed and only the beans are placed in vats of clean water to ferment. After that, they are left to dry in the sun. This will bring greater freshness and aroma during extraction.
- Nose: intensely aromatic with hints of almond and cocoa
- Taste: sweet notes of almond and red fruits, balanced by a fresh and pleasant tartaric acidity reminiscent of pink grapefruit, together with the soft bitterness of hints of bitter cocoa and nuts.
Ernani's advice: for espresso, use a dose of 8.5 g per dose.
Technical data sheet
- Aromatic notes: almond, red fruits, grapefruit and cocoa
- Intensity: 6/10
- Body: 5/9
- Sweetness: 4.5/9
- Bitterness: 4/9
- Acidity: 6/9
- Aromatic intensity: 6/9
- Roasting: medium
- Suitable for: Those looking for a balanced, fresh and unique coffee, as well as socially sustainable
- Origins: Brazil
- Location: Fazenda Nossa senhora das Gracas, Ibiraci city, Alta Mogiana, Minas Gerais
- Altitude: 1000m above sea level
- Harvest type: picking and third-stage stripping
- Type of processing: washed
- Variety: Arabica
- Expert Rating: 84/100
History of coffee
Today we travel to Brazil, the world's leading coffee producer, making it one of the most popular and well-known coffees in Italy!
In Brazil, there are a multitude of farms, both large, sprawling ones that use industrial machinery and produce low-quality coffee, and micro-farms producing specialty coffee, renowned for their attention to environmental and social sustainability, as well as the quality of the beans they produce.
In short, the coffee-growing area is vast and varied!
Arrival of coffee in the country
Coffee arrived in Brazil with European colonialism in 1727 in Parà, brought by the Portuguese sergeant Francisco de Melo Palheta from French Guiana.
Legend has it that the soldier hid the plant in a bouquet of flowers given to him as a farewell greeting by the wife of the governor of Guyana, who was in love with the Portuguese.
In this way he was able to plant the first coffee tree in Brazil.
The two departments known for producing quality coffee are the Cerrado region, where our Bom Chocolate comes from, and the Minas Gerais region southeast of the former, where our Caffè delle Donne comes from.
Cultivation began on a significant scale in the 1970s, thanks to growers who sought out regions outside of their traditional ones, where annual frosts would ruin the entire crop.
The coffee plants have intense and unique blooms, with uniform ripening of a concentrated crop, which, together with a perfect definition of the climatic seasons with hot, humid summers and mild, dry winters, create exceptional coffees.
Coffee from Minas Gerais, and more specifically from the Alta Mogiana area, has intense aromas, a caramelly taste with hints of dried and fresh fruit, with a delicate citrus acidity and a predominantly chocolatey flavor that is very persistent.
In this pleasant and idyllic landscape, until the 19th century, coffee was only for domestic consumption, after which demand from the United States and Europe grew, thus encouraging the massive export of beans abroad.
Our Brazilian Women's Coffee comes from the Minas Gerais region, more precisely from the Alta Mogiana area, near Ibiraci city, from an incredible cutting-edge plantation: Nossa Senora das Gracas.
This coffee also comes from the IWCA (International Women in Coffee Alliance) circuit.
The owner of the plantation is in fact called Lais, a strong and determined woman who has created a personal empire in the sector of extremely high-quality coffee.
He then also founded Cocapil, a specialty cooperative that exports coffee globally.
Learn all about Lais and his innovative plantation
Cos'è IWCA?
IWCA è l’acronimo di Alleanza Internazionale delle Donne nel Caffè, un’organizzazione apartitica ed inclusiva, la quale non considera sesso, religione o pensieri politici.
L’unico limite è la condivisione di un obiettivo finale comune: tutelare i diritti di ogni lavoratore e rafforzare il presidio delle donne nella comunità del caffè.
L’aspetto fondamentale è quindi il fatto che garantisca a chiunque la possibilità di svolgere una vita dignitosa, sostenibile e significativa.
Come in quasi tutti i settori infatti, i lavoratori più sfruttati e sottopagati sono coloro che stanno alla base, in questo caso quindi i contadini.
Essi non godono di un contratto stabile o di una paga minima, spesso senza tutela dei diritti basilari e senza un’abitazione salubre per sé e la loro famiglia, senza acqua o corrente elettrica.
Ma la donna si trova sul gradino ancora più basso.
IWCA si occupa proprio di individuare le situazioni più a rischio nel mondo e combatterle per tutelare i lavoratori.
Il tutto per incoraggiare e riconoscere la partecipazione femminile in tutti gli aspetti del settore, da sempre estremamente maschilista, oltre che aiutarle a condurre una vita migliore per sè, le loro famiglie e, di conseguenza, le loro comunità.
Esempi concreti possono essere: contratti di lavoro reali, paghe più alte e soprattutto adatte al costo della vita, un maggior rispetto e tutela dei loro diritti, la costruzione di asili interni alle piantagioni, dove poter lasciare i figli mentre si lavora o anche la possibilità di avere alloggi sani a prezzi vantaggiosi, o ancora la formazione gratuita in diversi ambiti, dall’imprenditorialità, all’indipendenza economica.
Inoltre…
Martina, la responsabile Marketing di Caffè ernani, è anche la Vice Presidente di IWCA Italia dal 2025. Con lei sono iniziati tanti nuovi progetti, come:
- Viaggi in piantagione
- “Cambia vita, Diventa barista”
- Social media dedicati
