Fazenda Cachoeira da Grama has been in the Carvalho Dias family since 1890 and some of its original Bourbon varietal trees are over 170 years old. The farm is located at around 1,100- 1,500 meters above sea level, in the Mogiana region of Sao Paolo State. This rolling, fertile area runs along the Sao Paulo side of the Sao Paulo / Minas border, and is home to some of Brazil’s oldest coffee farms. The region is named after the Companhia Mogiana Estrada de Ferro train line, which was founded in 1882 to transport coffee out of the many coffee farms that were expanding into the area at the time.

Fazenda Cachoeira ( meaning ‘ waterfall’, da Grama’ is from the name of the local town, Sao Sebastiao da Grama ) is managed by Gabriel de Carvalho Dias, nephew of the owner and a leading agronomist. The farm extends over 417 hectares, 165 hectares of which are given over to coffee. Almost all tasks on the farm are carried out by hand, as the farm’s steep topography makes the use of machines impossible.

The % 100 Bourbon beans composing  this lot were handpicked, collected  on a plastic groundsheet and prepared using the Brazilian ‘pulped natural’ process.

The farm takes social and environmental sustainability very seriously. It is powered by ıts own a small hydroelectric plant and only buys extra energy during the peak harvest. Most workers are housed on site and the farm also offers a school, social club and a full-sized soccer field for employees and their families.