Brasil Mata de Minas

Some single-origin coffees are like a firework display. Mata de Minas is more like a well-exposed black and white photo where the light tells the story slowly.

This is a naturally processed coffee from the mountains of Minas Gerais in Brasil, with the sweetness and comforting flavours the country does so well.

Expect macadamia, toffee, apple and milk chocolate, with a rounded body and enough fruit to keep things interesting without turning your morning coffee into a tasting exercise.

Mata de Minas exists because single origin doesn’t have to mean difficult, unusual or fiercely acidic. Sometimes you want all the traceability and character of a coffee from one place, but you also want something reassuringly easy to enjoy.

This is that coffee.

The coffee comes from Araponga, a small growing area surrounded by Atlantic Forest in Minas Gerais. The combination of altitude, biodiversity and a varied mountain microclimate gives producers a surprisingly broad range of growing conditions, even between neighbouring farms.

After harvest, the ripe cherries are sorted by density before being moved onto raised drying beds. They begin drying in thicker layers, encouraging a gentle natural fermentation in the fruit, before being spread more thinly and covered for a slower, more even finish.

That natural process helps build the sweetness and body in the cup, while the cooler mountain conditions preserve enough acidity to stop everything becoming too heavy.

The result is a coffee that feels familiar without being boring. Chocolatey and sweet, with soft nutty flavours and just enough apple-like fruit to lift the whole thing.

Origin: Araponga, Minas Gerais, Brasil
Altitude: 950–1,400 masl
Process: Natural
Varieties: Mixed
Tasting notes: Macadamia · Toffee · Apple · Milk chocolate
Coffee score: 84+

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