Characteristics of the coffee lot

• Processing system: Pulped Natural
• Variety: Red Catuaí
• Lot size: 22 bags

Characteristics of the farm

• Location: Paraisópolis - State of Minas Gerais
• Region: Sul de Minas
• Total area: 76,10 hectares
• Coffee growing area: 20,14 hectares
• Telephone: +55 11 3168-7808
• E-mail: luverg@yahoo.com

The ranch was inherited from their parents in 1986. His father is from a family traditionally linked to the coffee growing for three generations. The property was acquired in 1975, when the first plantation was begun. In 1999 the option was made to use the organic system of agriculture, and no more toxicant input was used. In 2003 the certification of organic agriculture from IBD (Instituto Biodinâmico) was requested, and now there is the possibility to get the stamp "ORGANIC INTERNAL MARKET" until the end of this year.

Coffee processing system

The plantation is handled by the organic system, and the crop is made when the fruits are in the best ripening phase. The fruits are selected then just after picked through machines that use water for the separation. The ripe fruits are then separated from the external peel. Different lots are constituted, and following are dried by the sun over yards, then stored separately. By the sale, the lots are full-peelled in the ranch and afterwards are sent to machines of electronic selection.

Concern with quality

The administration is concerned with the continuous improvement of the quality. Nowadays the partner manager, Luiz Antonio Vergueiro, is enrolled at the University of São Paulo in the Course of Quality and Productivity, which 2 years program comprise many quality systems, including the ISO-9000 serie. The other partner, Carlos Frederico Vergueiro, is medical doctor and he is now taking a degree in phitoterapy. Both are applying in the property the acquired knowledge. The agronomic orientation is given by agronomist Paulo Sérgio Almeida, he is also a coffee grower and won several prizes in coffee quality.