Brazil Santa Ines Natural Red Bourbon

Brazil Santa Ines Natural Red Bourbon

dried cranberry • dark chocolate. • candied pecan
$19.24
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Grind Levels Explained

Proper coffee extraction is critical for achieving that perfect cup at home. Grind size is one of the few ways to be able to directly affect that extraction rate.

In addition to whole coffee beans, we currently offer 3 different coffee grind levels:

Coarse (Think sugar in the raw, maybe more coarse)
Recommended for

  • Chemex Brewer
  • French Press
  • Cold Brew

Medium (Slightly coarser than table salt)
Recommended for

  • Any flat bottom brewer
  • Kalitta wave
  • Cloth filters

Fine (Slightly finer than table salt)
Recommended for

  • V60 pour overs
  • Typical cone filter coffee pots
  • Aeropress

If you're interested in ground for Espresso, choose fine and mention something in the order comments.

If at all possible, we recommend grinding at home. We prefer Baratza coffee grinders and offer several of their models for sale. Click here to shop for one of their brewers.

Region:
Carmo de Minas

Process:
natural • dry process

Altitude:
900-1050m

Producer:
Santa Ines

Flavor Notes:
dried cranberry • dark chocolate. • candied pecan

Roast Level:
full city • medium

Variety:
red bourbon

Recommended Brew Method:
drip • espresso • cold brew

Farm:
Fazenda Santa Ines

Body:
bold • complex

In the Cup:

Brazilian coffees very frequently offer a punchy chocolatey profile with little to no fruited notes. Although the present chocolate notes are still there, there remains a hint of bitter acidity in the backend that makes this specific coffee unique. As you taste, there is a lot of dark chocolate throughout the cup and notes of dried cranberry as it cools.

Fazenda Santa Ines

Coffee growing in Carmo de Minas has been the business of the Pereira family since 1979. When the family started managing the 215-hectare farmland at Fazenda Santa Ines, it was already planted in coffee, but they opted to plant new varieties and update the work model in order to improve quality and productivity. At the time the family took over management at Santa Ines, the Carmo de Minas region was experiencing problems with quality. The family hired experts to help improve quality, they introduced new harvesting/processing techniques, and they also implemented the newest farm technology available. Since making these changes, the coffees from Santa Ines have stood out in regional and national contests: In 2005, a sample from Fazenda Santa Ines won first place in Cup of Excellence Brazil, with a world-record 95.85 score. The farm is planted with Catucai, Yellow and Red Catuai, Yellow and Red Bourbon, and Acaia on about 100 hectares; the rest of the farmland is used for bananas, corn, and dairy cows. Annual coffee production is around 4,000 bags. "In Carmo, soil and climatic conditions are favorable to the coffee. It is what French people call 'terroir,' and our region is doing its homework; we are on the right way. Now we can only expect better times," the family says.