Planet Java Brazil Vinte Nova Resende Cooperative 100% Arabica Beans (1kg)

Vinte is a blend consisting of speciality coffee grown by twenty producers in Nova Resende, South of Minas in Brazil. Developed in partnership with SMC, Vinte aims to support smallholder growers in Brazil by helping to increase their access to the speciality coffee market.

Nova Resende is a small town located in the south of Minas Gerais state. The area has relied on coffee farming historically for its development. Today, it is a large and well-developed rural area with interesting terroir, unique climatic conditions and fertile soils to grow high-quality coffee.

The Vinte blend consists of coffee from twenty smallholder producers in Nova Resende, each growing coffee on farms averaging just 7.5 hectares in size located in altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 1,250 meters above sea level.

The Vinte blend was developed through the Especialíssimo program, which Cooxupé runs in partnership with SMC in Guaxupé. Cooxupé has over 14 thousand cooperative members, 90% of which are smallholder producers working with family farming. The Especialíssimo Program was established in 2016 to give these smallholder producers more opportunities, bringing them closer to the speciality coffee market by delivering training courses, lectures and professional qualifications.

Nova Resende is one of the municipalities with the most extensive participation in the Especialíssimo program. In September 2021, speciality coffees from more than 200 producers were identified in the region, alongside the neighbouring city of Bom Jesus da Penha, and submitted through Nova Resende’s Cooxupé Center. From these producers, twenty were selected for the Vinte blend due to their distinctive cup profiles.

Below are the names and farm details of the 20 producers selected for the Vinte blend:

Aparecida Lucélia Da Silva
Sítio Gourita
1.050 Meters High | 5 Hectares In Coffee

Arnaldo Francisco De Paula
Sítio Cebola
1.130 Meters High | 8 Hectares In Coffee

Cláudia De Cássia Pereira
Sítio Mandioca
1.100 Meters High | 3 Hectares In Coffee

Flaviane Carla D’olivo Pereira
Sítio Mandioca
1.150 Meters High | 3 Hectares In Coffee

Genivaldo Viana De Souza
Sítio Rio Claro
980 Meters High | 6 Hectares In Coffee

João Batista Tomé
Sítio Boa Vista
1.100 Meters High | 10 Hectares In Coffee

José Antônio Cardoso
Sítio Caiano
1.250 Meters High | 2,4 Hectares In Coffee

José Luiz De Souza
Sítio Amaros
1.150 Meters High | 8 Hectares In Coffee

Luís Fernando De Morais
Sítio Penha 1
1.120 Meters High | 17 Hectares In Coffee

Marcelo Miguel Madeira
Sítio Serra Pelada
1.150 Meters High | 8 Hectares In Coffee

Mário Carlos Martins
Sítio Toca Da Pedra
1.100 Meters High | 3 Hectares In Coffee

Mauro Dos Reis Tomé
Sítio Córrego Do Cavalo
1.100 Meters High | 9 Hectares In Coffee

Nelson Bueno Da Fonseca
Sítio Serra Pelada
1.100 Meters High | 5 Hectares In Coffee

Nilson José Bueno
Sítio Casinhas
1.000 Meters High | 10 Hectares In Coffee

Nivaldo José Da Silva
Sítio Toca Das Pedras
1.140 Meters High | 5 Hectares In Coffee

Odinei Vítor Dos Reis
Sítio Estiva
1.100 Meters High | 11 Hectares In Coffee

Reginaldo Aprígio De Oliveira
Sítio Viradouro
1.080 Meters High | 6,35 Hectares In Coffee

Régis Robson Ribeiro
Sítio Penha
1.110 Meters High | 3 Hectares In Coffee

Sebastião Donizete Jacó
Sítio Córrego Do Adão
1.100 Meters High | 12 Hectares In Coffee

Sebastião Ferreira Cardoso
Sítio Penha Do Meio
1.080 Meters High | 14 Hectares In Coffee

We have then roasted these exceptional beans by hand in our own roastery to ensure that the finished product is as good as it can possibly be. It is then quality checked and packed by hand in individual resealable bags.