Brazil Juquinha Estate

Brazil coffee first and foremost shines as espresso. If you have an aeropress or espresso machine, Brazil should be one of the coffees you keep around. But not all Brazils are equal, and the nicer Brazils are also enjoyable as drip coffee or as part of a coffee blend. This Brazil comes from a single estate in the Mantiqueira de Minas region, which is a bit north of the common Mogiana and Cerrado regions. It has a softer, less harsh presence in coffee blends, offering some notes of chocolate and hazelnuts to your espresso or coffee blends, along with a full body, and not the earthy character that the cheaper Brazils inherently have. It still has a definite Brazil coffee character, you'll note it in the aroma -- but it's absolutely a coffee that you can drink straight. 

This is a natural-processed coffee which gives it more complexity, but you don't roast it like a natural process -- you still crank it up and take it medium to dark. It is all the Yellow Catucai varietal grown at 3600 feet altitude, and it is all from the Juquinha Estate. 

Try it 15 seconds into the 2nd cracks. I'm tasting burnt chocolate chip cookie in the coffee, and I'm tasting chocolate and cashews in the espresso.  You can take it a little bit lighter if you're drinking it as coffee. 

US arrival: January 2025