Brazil, Flor de Ipe

About our Brazil, Flor de Ipe

Coffee came to Brazil by a circuitous route of love and deception. In 1727, Portuguese Lt. Col Francisco del Melo Palheta, on a mission to settle a border dispute with neighboring French Guiana, also managed to seduce the Guainese Governor’s wife and convince her to help him smuggle coffee back to Brazil. To complete the affair, his paramour presented him with a bouquet of flowers and a few coffee seedlings at the state farewell dinner. From these few plants, Brazil went on to become the largest coffee producer for over 150 years and continues to be the world’s coffee powerhouse.

“Flor de Ipe” pairs two of Santo Antonio Estates finest coffees, one processed using the pulped-natural method and one using the natural-dry method. These provide for a very dynamic range of flavors in what may be considered a single-origin blend.

Roast: Dark

Altitude: 850-1,100 masl

Region: Santo Antonio do Amparo, Minas Gerais

Process: Blend of Pulped Natural & Natural

Notes: Chocolate and peanut butter, medium body and mild acidity.

ROASTED IN PORT ANGELES, WA