Sao Francisco is a super approachable, easy-going coffee, with the classic Brazilian taste profile of low acidity, soft, rounded body and naturally sweet. We often release highly expressive and fruity coffees, but this is always a very popular flavour profile! We are enjoying flavours like milk chocolate, hazelnut, caramel, nougat and a mildly fruity note like white grape as it cools.
The Producer
Sao Francisco has been one of our staple coffees ever since we first started buying it back in 2014 and since then it has been a solid favourite for our regulars every year! So much so that when we first purchased it in 2014, we contracted just a few sacks, now we are purchasing 1,200kg per season! Not only does it feature in our filter roast range but we also use it in Archetype Espresso for 6 months of the year.
Granja São Francisco is a family-run farm located in the Mantiqueira de Minas mountains in Brazil’s Minas Gerais region, at around 1,300 metres above sea level, which is relatively high for Brazilian coffee. The area benefits from regular rainfall, mild temperatures and fertile loamy soil, and is now recognised as one of Brazil’s leading coffee-growing regions. Originally acquired by Otaviano’s grandfather, a coffee exporter who saw the potential of Carmo de Minas for speciality production, the farm has gradually expanded from former cattle pasture into biodiverse coffee fields with interplanted shade trees. Today it is run by Otaviano, his wife Maria and their son Luis, supported by 12 full-time staff who live on the farm. Since the 1990s they have diversified their production and now grow Acaia, Mundo Novo, Yellow Catucai, Red Bourbon and Yellow Bourbon, the latter two benefiting from the farm’s higher elevation.
