More than 20 years ago, Marcia together with her husband bought a plot of land and over years of dedication, hard work and patience established a thriving coffee farm and built a warm and welcoming family home.
Whilst coffee is the main income for the family, Márcia and her daughter, Andressa, roast their own coffee in 1 kilo batches over an open fire which is then sold locally.
We often hear about the succession challenge of coffee framers. Not so for Marcia. Her two children both are planning to work in and with coffee. Andressa, her 19 years old daughter, has already leased her first plot of land to produce coffee, and Bruno, her 14 years old son, plans to study agronomy.
Márcia is a true warrior and always is up for a challenge. So, it was no surprise to listen to the pride with which Márcia told us the story of how she had won a competition for the fastest coffee picker of Minas Gerais, Brazilian’s largest coffee producing state. Unbelievably she harvested with a hand rake 108 kilos of coffee cherries in 30 minutes!
Márcia harvested this microlot of by selective picking. The cherries where the dried on African drying beds.
Enjoy tea rose aromas upfront, followed by red fruits and a rapadura-like sweetness in your cup.