DIRECT TRADE: ANDRÉ SANCHES ESTATE
Estate: Barra Estate
Producer: José Edivaldo & Family
Origin: Volcanic Region of Poços de Caldas, Brazil
Since: 1966
Altitude: 950m to 1050m
Harvesting System: Hand Picked
Processing: Dry Natural and Pulped Natural
Area: 200 hectares of coffee plantation
Coffee Varieties: Mundo Novo, Catuai, Bourbon
Social: 250 people depend directly on this estate
Environmental: 75 hectares of preserved Atlantic Rainforest
Clients with Volcano: USA, UK, South Korea, Russia
José Edivaldo Gonçalves & family conduct the production of quality coffees at Barra Estate since the 1966. José Edivaldo, then with 15 years old, together with his brothers started to manage the small coffee production after their father José Fernandes Pereira passed away that year.
Over the years, working together, the brothers gradually increased their farming knowledge and expanded their coffee production up to 1995, when they decided that it would be best for each to manage their own production independently.
José Edivaldo was left with 55 hectares. Since then, he has been running the farm with the gradual help of his sons, each year with more intensity. They have been contributing, in addition to the workforce, more knowledge in quality and productivity to the estate.
Nowadays, Mr. Edivaldo and his sons Tiago, Felipe and André manage the estate with great competence, being responsible for 200 hectare of high quality coffee production and 75 hectares of preserved Atlantic Rainforest.
First steps of cleaning process
with Tiago Gonçalves as protagonist.