Brazil - Claudio Nakamura - 340g

Omni Roast

340g

Single Origin Coffee

Origin: Chapada de Minas, Brazil

Producer: Claudio Nakamura

Varietal: Red Catuai

Process: Anaerobic Natural

Elevation: 900 MASL

Notes: Strawberry Juice, Blackberry, Black Tea, Maple Syrup, Olive Oil

Let's groove on the story of Cláudio and Elvia, who took their vibes to  Chapada de Minas back in '86. Cláudio, an Agricultural Engineer from  UFPR, and his wife Elvia are now joined by their son Éder, an  Environmental Engineer from UFV who’s back from Japan. Together,  they’re all about producing high-quality coffee, man. Their fermented  coffees, spending 10 days in sealed barrels, often rock the top spots in  coffee contests. Cláudio sees coffee as a life companion, bringing  prosperity and jobs to the family. These cool cats use a method called manual stripping to harvest their  coffee. It’s like a hands-on dance, where they strip the beans from the  branches and let them fall onto a cloth spread under the plants. After  lifting and cleaning, they bag up the cherries for the next stage. The magic really happens during the processing, which is done by  anaerobic fermentation. This groovy process takes place in a  container without oxygen, where microorganisms feast on the  sugars and phenolic compounds from the cherries. This lack of  oxygen lets the microorganisms multiply and create exotic flavors in  the coffee. The gases emitted are controlled through a valve, keeping  the fermentation process just right.