Fazenda do Cedro

Brazil

Fazenda do Cedro

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Fazenda do Cedro

Fazenda do Cedro

Highlights

  • Fazenda do Cedro sits at 1200 to 1400 m.a.s.l. - extreme heights for coffee production in Brazil.
  • Sebastião's coffees are often featured and recognized in quality contests and the nationwide Cup of Excellence.

Fazenda do Cedro: start of a Minas Gerais legacy

Good tidings come to those who work hard. Sebastião Aluísio de Sales, owner of Fazenda do Cedro, agrees. Sebastião’s father-in-law, Edward Rodrigues de Oliveira, employed him to manage Fazenda do Cedro in 1983. After a decade and a half, in 1997, Sebastião took over the Fazenda with the help of a partner, Eduardo Moraes Ferreira.

Sebastião and Eduardo didn’t stop there. Besides the Cedro farm, they purchased other farms: Fazenda Agua Limpa, in 1998, and Fazenda Conquista, in 1999. Today, Sebastião, his wife Karla, and their three children, Rodrigo, Gabriel, and Gustavo, manage the three farms.

You can find Sebastião’s farm amidst the mountains of Ilicínea. Also known as the popular Chapadão region, which borders the Serra da Boa Esperança state park. Ilicínea stands out because of its elevation. The farm sits at 1150 to 1400 m.a.s.l. For Brazil, this is extremely high.

Sebastião’s mountain coffees

Because of the heights and the micro-climate, Sebastião can produce flavor-rich specialty coffees. But besides the location of his farm, the harvest and processing best-practices highlight the flavors of Sebastião’s coffee. The Cedro coffees are often featured and recognized in quality contests and the nationwide Cup of Excellence.

For Sebastião, every season is a challenge to keep the production high and the taste outstanding.

Technical

Information

Region

sul-de-minas

Processes

Natural

Varieties

Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Icatu, Catucai

Altitude

1150 - 1400 masl.

Producer

Sebastião Aluísio de Sales