Brazil - Anahi Peaberry

Flavour Notes: Cacao Nibs / Berries / Rum COUNTRY: Brazil REGION: Cerrado Mineiro FARM: Fazenda Cachoeira, Danilo Barbosa VARIETY: Yellow Catuaì ALTITUDE: 1250 Masl PROCESS: Natural Fermented ROAST: Light Medium Recommended Brewing Methods Filter / Chemex / Pour Over / Espresso / Cold Brew ABOUT THE COFFEE After a 2 year hiatus, the Anahi Peaberry we all loved is finally back! This naturally fermented coffee comes to us from the Anahi lot of the Cachoeira Farm by way of Danilo Barbosa of Barbosa Coffee. The family-run business is in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, within the Cerrado, a vast region of tropical savannah increasingly known for its coffee production. Peaberry coffee is a naturally occurring mutation present in coffee varieties where only one bean is present inside of the coffee cherry instead of two (approx 5-10% will be peaberry). Farmers will then sift out the peaberry coffee beans and package them separately. ABOUT THE FARM Danilo Barbosa is the fourth generation of a coffee family who started farming in 1930. Now, he works with the fifth: his sons Vítor Marcelo and Sérgio Ricardo. Cerrado Mineiro is a large region in the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. According to The Cerrado Coffee Growers Federation, it is made up of 55 counties, 210,000 hectares of coffee farms, and 4,5000 producers. It has an average production of 5 million bags every year – a quarter of Minas Gerais’ output, and 12.7% of Brazil’s. It is also the first region in Brazil to receive protected Designation of Origin status, meaning coffee labelled “Cerrado” has to actually come from Cerrado (similar to the rules protecting Spanish ham or Champagne).