With Attitude
Marcelo Assis Nogueira
Olhos D'água - Bioma Café
Farm facts
Municipality: Campos Altos
Average altitude: 1200.00 metros
Average temperature: 20 ºC
Latitude: -19.602510
Longitude: -46.156175
Entidades: ASSOGOTARDO, EXPOCACCER, Carmocer, CARPEC
Certificações: UTZ
Variety: Arara, Bourbon amarelo, Catuaí vermelho IAC - 144, Catucaí 785-15, Catucaí Vermelho 20/15 cova 476, Guará, Obatã vermelho - IAC 1669-20, Paraiso - MG2
About your grower
Marcelo's passion for coffee comes from his father, João de Amaro de Assis, a rural worker who found in the coffee culture the basis to support his family. Marcelo has always been by his father's side from which he learned what he would carry throughout his entrepreneurial life. In 2000 he graduated as Agricultural Technician and in 2001, Marcelo is hired as a technical manager to work on the family properties of Flávio Márcio Ferreira, a rural producer in the São Gotardo Region - MG. Over time Flávio perceives in Marcelo the entrepreneurial spirit, a young man who is fearless in exploring the universe of agriculture. In 2010 the opportunity arises to together form the first specialty coffee farm. Thus Marcelo and Flavio begin the journey in search of the perfect terroir, after a long journey, the farm is built in the municipality of Campos Altos Olhos D'Agua. Today, next to Flávio Márcio, he is a producer and administrator of Bioma Café, a company oriented towards the sustainable production of specialty coffees.
About Cerrado Mineiro Region
Designation of Origin
The Cerrado Mineiro Region is a world recognized high quality coffee producing origin - the first “Designation of Origin” in Brazil, located in northwest of Minas Gerais State.
Having well-defined seasons - a hot, wet summer and a pleasantly dry winter - is a strong characteristic of the region. The coffee plantations are cultivated in areas with altitudes varying between 800 and 1,300 meters, the result being high quality coffees with a unique identity.
The coffees are “Origin and Quality Guareanteed” by the Cerrado Mineiro Region - D.O. Regulatory Board.
Our official production process
The Designation of Origin oficial production process emphasizes and values the characteristics of our terroir. Only coffees grown inside the officially delimited area and that followed the rules of the production process defined by our Regulatory Board may have the Cerrado Mineiro Region - D.O. assured by the Guaranteed Origin and Quality Seal.
Producing farms must be located within the Designation of Origin delimited area;
Minimum altitude of 800 meters, reaching up to 1,300 meters;
Coffee arabica is the official specie;
Minimum quality of 80pts based on SCAA* methodology;
The use of good practices and respect to Brazilian laws;
Coffee lots must be warehoused only in the accredited cooperatives;
Only the official coffee bag, identified with the Guaranteed Origin and Quality Seal., must be used;