Caffè delle Donne Brasile - Speciality Coffee - 250g
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Description
Caffè delle Donne is a single-origin coffee from the Nossa Senhora das Gracas company in Brazil, in the Minas Gerais region, Alta Mogiana, in 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 plantation workers are women. This is why IWCA Global was created: a global network that unites and supports the entrepreneurship 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 fruit, 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.
Suitable for
Those looking for a balanced, fresh and unique single-origin, as well as socially sustainable
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
Thanks to the medium roast, the carefully selected raw coffee beans can express themselves to their fullest, releasing all their natural aromas without ever being overly bitter. Try it without sugar, it's incredible!
The coffee is stored inside a sealed bag, self-protected with a one-way valve, which allows the coffee to degas, preventing oxygen from entering, which would otherwise oxidize it. This keeps the coffee beans fresh and aromatic even after several months.
Notes for the 250g grain pack:
- Roasted coffee beans
- Packaged in a protective atmosphere of food-grade nitrogen with a one-way valve
- 250 g net weight
Notes for the 250g ground pack:
- Coffee beans roasted and then ground
- Packaged in a protective atmosphere of food-grade nitrogen with a one-way valve
- 250 g net weight
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.
Coffee area
Minas Gerais was recognized as a growing area in 1970, when coffee became the most imported product of regional agriculture, and in 2020 it was declared an IP, or Indication of Origin, mark.
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
From my trip to Brazil I remember these vast lands, with a magical view of green hills and plateaus, contrasting with the clear sky.
Our Brazil Caffè delle Donne is good in every extraction: from espresso, to moka pot, to filter coffees for percolation and infusion.
Discover the different preparations
Curiosity!
As already mentioned, Brazilian coffees are the best-selling in the world and the most widespread in Italian blends, and there are truly valuable coffees as well as poor-quality beans full of defects.
For this reason, the term "Brazilian" coffee is very generic and has little meaning. It's important to delve deeper into the coffee's origins, as well as its processing methods and roasting level!
