Brazil Cup of Excellence® Competition and Auction - 2004 Edition

Fazenda Machado
Antonivaldo Souza Araújo


Characteristics of the coffee lot

  • Processing system: Pulped Natural
  • Variety: Catuaí 144
  • Lot size: 21 bags

Characteristics of the property

  • Location: Piatã - State of Bahia
  • Region: Chapada Diamantina
  • Total area: 50 hectares
  • Coffee growing area: 14 hectares

The coffee plantation area is at approximately 3Km from the farm's main house, and this is one of the reasons that led the producer to invest in this property. Coffee is cultivated under the family agriculture system, in a region with good altitude, which is a highly relevant factor for coffee planting.

Coffee processing system

The whole coffee produced at Fazenda Machado is processed by the pulped natural method using the humid system, in which coffee beans picked on a certain day are pulped that same day in two stages. After the selective picking, the beans are washed and separated in cherry, boia, green, in addition to leaves, stones and other impurities. The beans are dried in cemented terraces or in driers of the burareiro type and hot houses.

Concern with quality

All processes performed during production are supported by COOCAMP - Cooperativa Agrícola dos Cafeicultores do Município de Piatã [Agricultural Cooperative of the Municipality of Piatã] and ASCAMP - Associação dos Cafeicultores do Município de Piatã [Coffee Producers' Association of the Municipality of Piatã].