Café Especial Samambaia

About This Coffee

This coffee is from Fazenda Samambaia in the Campo das Vertentes region of Minas Gerais, Brazil, specifically from Santo Antônio do Amparo municipality at 1,100 meters altitude. Produced by Henrique Dias Cambraia, this is a blend of Bourbon varieties processed using the natural method with a light roast. The coffee features aromas of orange and nuts, with flavors of citric fruits, orange, and brown sugar. It has medium citric acidity, round body, and a rapadura (unrefined cane sugar) aftertaste. Scored 85 points.

Origin

Campo Das Vertentes, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Flavor Notes

Citrus Fruit, Orange, Nutmeg, Brown Sugar, Rapadura

Roast Level

Light

Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica

Bourbón

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Lucca Cafés Especiais

Lucca Cafés Especiais was founded in June 2002 in Curitiba by Georgia and Luiz Otávio Franco de Souza, both former civil engineers, making it one of the first specialty coffee roasteries in Brazil. The name honors Luiz Otávio's grandfather, João Pedro Lucca, a coffee producer in northern Paraná whose legacy inspired the family's shift from engineering to coffee. Georgia Franco de Souza serves as master roaster and regularly travels across Brazil as a Coffee Hunter, selecting micro lots from farms in regions like Caparaó and evaluating each against SCA scoring standards. The roastery maintains more than 40 different micro lot labels throughout the year, each accompanied by full traceability and detailed sensory profiles. Lucca's barista team is among the most decorated in the country, holding 14 Brazilian championship titles, and Carolina Franco de Souza earned the 2014 Brazilian Brewers Cup Championship before competing at the World Brewers Cup.

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