Brazil Premium Cerrado Mineiro – Fazenda Lembrança – Mundo Novo Natural

Description

New 2020/21 crop!
Romero dos Reis Moreira got his start in coffee at a young age working for a coffee cooperative in the city of Carmo do Paranaíba. In 2010 he moved to the Pântano community in the city of Coromandel to begin his career with the Tina Group. Here he began working in partnership with Teissin Tina and his sons Gilberto Tina and Edson Teiko. Together they work in search of high quality coffee, aiming for economic sustainability as well as environmentally responsible production. Today, Romero’s sons Vitor Aparecido Moreira and Jeovana Aparecida Moreira work Fazenda Lembrança with their father, learning the passion and skills of the trade.

This lot of Mundo Novo coffee underwent Natural processing. Mundo Novo is the product of a natural cross between Sumatra and Red Bourbon, discovered in the municipality of Mineiros do Tietê, São Paulo in 1943. Seeds from one of these trees were planted in the municipality of Mundo Novo, now called Urupês, in Sao Paulo state. Various lines of the plant were cultivated here, undergoing selection for positive characteristics. The results of this cultivation were finally distributed to farmers beginning in 1952, with new selections by the IAC (Agronomic Institute of Campinas) beginning in 1977.

Tasting notes:
A very tasty cup, we seldom see single strains of Mundo Novo but after this cup, we will pay a little more attention to them. Fuller bodied and lower acidity, lighter roasts are quite jazzy. Hints of citric acidity and soft fruit tones will be the first tastes to hit the tongue, on the sweeter side but they fade pretty quickly into more more nutty and chocolaty undertone. A bit of that traditional Brazil nuttiness holds on in the aftertaste clearly identifying this as a Brazil cup. Medium roasts we though shined best, smooth and more creamy, still a bit of a sweet edge, almost no detectable acidity and very easy to drink. Darker roasts are strong and far less sweet, tastes a little more like a standard Brazil, dark was our least favorite roast point but still very drinkable.

Roasting Notes:
Versatile coffee good from light to dark. A little chaff heavy being a natural but roasts nice and even. Super light or super dark were the least favorite roasts for everyone here. A little development past first crack to a  borderline dark roast presented the cup nicely. For espresso good to get a little fuller roast to get some nice chocolate in the shot.